DURING Art Basel Hong Kong this month the Swiss artist Michel Comte will showcase his new collection of artworks at the booth of Galerie Urs Meile. Capturing environmental and social causes has been critical for the artist’s practice. Along these lines, Comte’s new art series has a strong emphasis on the phenomenon of red water. The selection is made from black and red ink painted onto transparent sheets of paper and feature the impact of environmental change. Just like that, his work is interpreting the global water streams, pools and lakes which have turned into red due to severe pollution.
Michel Comte, Red Ink collage
Michel Comte, Black Ink collage
Recently, the artist exhibited his first three major multimedia works which are related to climate change – Light at the MAXXI museum in Rome, Black Light – White Light at the Triennale di Milano and Light III at Galerie Urs Meile in Beijing.
Michel Comte, 2019, installation view of the booth at Galerie Urs Meile, Art Basel Hong Kong 2019
For the rest of this year, Michel Comte plans to undertake a set of exhibitions and installations with a focus on the global decline on the environment.
by Viola Li
The Art Basel Hong Kong takes place from March 29-31, 2019. The opening is on Thursday March 28, from 9-5 pm.
1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Galerie Urs Meile / Level 1, Booth 1D26