Never pausing in his childlike creativity, Hong Kong photographer Ric Tse has been recreating iconic city scenes with Lego since the start of the year. With the most up-to-date piece depicting the Sep. 28 police tear gassing of protesters, Tse’s first solo exhibition, launching at Central’s Picture This Gallery today, will bring the topical and loveable together.
Having shot numerous weddings and family portraits while working as a freelancer for more than 10 years, Tse tells Coconuts Hong Kong why he tuned his well-trained hand to the seemingly juvenile pursuit of “Legography”.
Beginning with the quote “All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince, Tse says, “I would like to use Lego, which is the symbol of childlike innocence, to capture the spirit of Hong Kong not only through the eye of a photographer, but also through the eyes of children.”
With his work normally focusing on celebrations or ancient customs, Tse is notably mixing in a new strand with his decision to feature arguably the darkest moment of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests. But why?
The exhibition will open tonight and run until Nov. 29 at Picture This Gallery, 1308, 13F, 9 Queens Road Central, HK. Admission is free.
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