The installation presents the appearance of a displaced cargo adrift on a sea of concrete.
Metal barrels usually associated with the shipment of chemicals, emerge from the concrete to present a dystopian Zen garden in a post-industrial twilight.
ARCHIPELAGO 2 (detail)
Steel chemical barrels
Hong Kong, 2020
James Wolfe was born in London. On leaving school he worked as a printer and went on to study sculpture at Wimbledon school of art.
He lived in Paris and Glasgow before moving to Hong Kong in 2001. He has lived on Cheung Chau for 10 years, where he has a studio.
The work featured in Portal responds to issues stimulated by island life and our relationship to the environment