kiwisual Artistic Stones

Frog King presents the elements around in ink writing or painting; “two springs”, for example, means “two stones” (the Cantonese slang for stone literally means “stone spring” in English). Fire is another element in Frog King’s work. He would ignite the paper he writes on, put out the fire and then paste it on the stones--- just as if he were in the Stone Age!

Now a renowned artist in Hong Kong, Kwok Mang Ho used to teach industrial design. He lived and worked in New York for 10 years. His works are known for the usage of Chinese characters, frog images and ink. Collectors include museums and galleries of Hong Kong, the US, Japan and Korea. He pulled out a string of plastic bags at the Great Wall in 1979 at the very beginning of the Chinese economic reform, making himself among the first group of overseas artists that went to Mainland China for artistic and cultural communication. "Frog King" was selected to represent Hong Kong and take part in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. He has been exhibiting at Art Basel HK since 2013.