Geopoetics Regarding a Waterless Sea is sculptor Nabuqi’s third solo exhibition at Kiang Malingue Gallery. It is based on a novel by writer Chen Si’an that was commissioned specifically for this exhibition. The Inner Mongolian artist is known for sculptures that she crafts out of a combination of industrial materials and found objects, that seek to make viewers aware of their sense of what’s artificial and what’s real, and their relationship to their environment—in particular, how we challenge or accept our perception and understanding of systemic structures and constructed norms.

For this show, Nabuqi has created new sculptural installations based on Chen’s writings that explore distinctions and relationships between the land and sea, and sculpture and literature. The sculptor commissioned Chen to create this novel after conducting research in Hong Kong; in turn, the sculptor conceived a new body of work that in turn became the starting point from which Chen expanded the novel, materialising in alternating segments of both mediums, forming one continuous story.

September 12-October 12, 10 Sik On St, Wan Chai

Blindspot Gallery is staging Taiwanese-American artist Jen Liu’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, featuring a new body of work which comprises videos, paintings and mixed-media animatronic sculptures. For this show, Liu used research and non-fiction material to create fantastical narratives that examine the idea of virtualisation from its history through its speculated futures. The title is a metaphor for what lies at the core of Liu’s interest and also evokes the idea of the “cloud”, the seemingly automated digital vault that stores our data and memories, which is in fact controlled by humans. This theme continues into the new titular work, a film which explores forms and ideas of labour in the virtual era—in which workers are hidden within and confined to mechanical façades. 

September 17-November 2. 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang

Chinese courtier Guo Pei is known for much more than just designing Rihanna’s elaborate 2015 Met Gala dress. She’s created a niche for herself in the fashion world with her dramatic fusion of classical Chinese elements and modern couture. M+ will present the first major exhibition of Guo’s work produced in China, showcasing her key collections and early designs. Works on view include The Magnificent Gold (2006)—the designer’s first haute couture piece—and pieces from her Garden of Soul (2015) and An Amazing Journey in a Childhood Dream (2007) collections. The exhibition is curated by Ikko Yokoyama, M+’s lead curator, of design and architecture, and is divided into five thematic sections that reveal Guo’s inspiration from and engagement with nature, architecture and mythology.  

September 21-April 6 2025. 38 Museum Drive, Kowloon

Known for her floral creations, Megumi Shinozaki is staging her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, Meridiem, featuring more than 200 new paper flower works. A flower installation made from fresh local flora is also on view. On a fundamental level, the artist seeks to explore natural life cycles as well as the dichotomy between living and dead, ephemeral and long-lasting. This contrast is cemented in her durable paper-made flowers and the use of real ones used in her installation that eventually decomposes.

Shinozaki is also the founder and creative director of Edenworks, a creative studio that specialises in using flowers and plants to create artworks, installations and experiences that aim to serve as a point of connection between people and nature. 

Until 12 October. 20/F, Coda Designer Centre, 62 Wong Chuk Hang Road

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