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Recent works by Hong Kong animator Wong Ping, whose childlike cartoons evoke adult themes and anxieties

Produced in tandem with his first solo museum exhibition in New York, this publication offers insight into the work of Hong Kongbased animator Wong Ping (born 1984). Over the past ten years, Ping has crafted tales of individual desires, societal pressures and political upheaval. His works, which are often vibrantly pop-colored and rely on geometric form, reveal themselves as metaphors for larger systemic issues, such as immigration, social relations and economic anxieties. Although his videos may initially recall the language of children's cartoons, Wong Ping's work emerges from his own stories and journals in which he reveals the daily aspirations and anxieties of everyday residents of Hong Kong through surreal narratives and a bizarre cast of anthropomorphic characters. This exhibition brings together a selection of recent work by Wong Ping from across his

Wong Ping Your Silent Neighbor

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      Publisher New Museum of Contemporary Art,U.S.
      Published 16 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780915557257
      978-0915557257
      ISBN-10 915557258

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      Book Synopsis

      Recent works by Hong Kong animator Wong Ping, whose childlike cartoons evoke adult themes and anxieties

      Produced in tandem with his first solo museum exhibition in New York, this publication offers insight into the work of Hong Kongbased animator Wong Ping (born 1984). Over the past ten years, Ping has crafted tales of individual desires, societal pressures and political upheaval. His works, which are often vibrantly pop-colored and rely on geometric form, reveal themselves as metaphors for larger systemic issues, such as immigration, social relations and economic anxieties. Although his videos may initially recall the language of children's cartoons, Wong Ping's work emerges from his own stories and journals in which he reveals the daily aspirations and anxieties of everyday residents of Hong Kong through surreal narratives and a bizarre cast of anthropomorphic characters. This exhibition brings together a selection of recent work by Wong Ping from across his

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