135A Agenda No.3

Freeman LAU Siu Hong
Agenda No.3 (2015)
Stainless Steel Sculpture
overall (Approx.): 146x200x200mm
(Set of 10)

Artist Statement

Renowned Designer, Artist and Curator. Over the past 40 years, Freeman's contribution to the design sector and Hong Kong's society is widely recognised, achieving over 300 international art and design awards. In 1992, Freeman was received Champion of Sculpture Section, Philippe Charriol’s Modern Art Competition.  In 1994 & 1998, Freeman was received Urban Council Fine Arts Awards and was received Mid-American Art Alliance Awards in 1997. In 2021, Freeman was named "DFA World's Outstanding Chinese Designer". 

As an artist, Freeman has created a wide spectrum of artworks, including sculptures, installations, public arts and even art products. Apart from his highly reputed “Chairplay” series which has been collected by museums all over the world, in recent years, he has also been working on bamboo installations including “Sui Sui Ping An” – a gigantic bamboo lantern installation shown in San Francisco in 2017, as well as the “Bamboo Fortune Cookies” shown in Hong Kong Heritage Museum in 2015 and Suzhou in 2016. 

As a curator, Freeman co-curated the "By the People: Creative Chinese Characters" exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2022. In 2024, Freeman curated the "Loong Legacies" exhibition at the Hong Kong Central Library and “Design Pulse Asia” at DX design hub (Hong Kong Design Centre) .

劉小康 BBS  
著名設計師，藝術家及策展人。 從事設計及藝術創作四十多年, 多年來獲獎超過300項。1992年， 獲菲利普夏利豪現代藝術比賽雕塑項目優勝者。 1994 和1998 年， 分別獲「市政局藝術獎」。1997年，獲頒發美國中部藝術聯盟獎。2021年，獲得「DFA亞洲最具影響力設計獎–世界傑出華人設計師奬」。
作為藝術家，劉氏藝術創作包括雕塑、裝置、公共藝術和藝術產品。代表作「椅子戲」系列，被世界各地博物館收藏。 還有「歲歲平安」，「幸運曲奇」等，竹裝置作品曾於三藩市市民廣場、油街實現及香港文化博物館、蘇州誠品生活展出。
在策展方面，劉氏以客席策展人的身份，與香港藝術館聯合策劃「字由人——漢字創意創作集」展覽 (2022)及以策展人的身份, 在香港中央圖書館策劃「《龍承九子》中華文化藝術設計IP作品展覽」和香港設計中心—DX 設計館「亞洲 設計脈沖」(2024)。