This past week, the exhibition The Art of Defiance – Hong Kong: Revolution of Our Time, opened at the Sydney gallery m2 – a space for hire located in Surry Hills. The exhibition was organised by the group NSW Hongkongers, an independent outreach group of Hong Kong expats and Australian citizens.
While the theme of the exhibition was certainly current and contentious – swelling from the Hong Kong democracy movement and advocating freedom of speech – the opening (6 February) delivered a mixed message, with the work of Australian-Chinese political artist and cartoonist Badiucao withdrawn from the exhibition.
