International Association of Art Critics Hong Kong

It has been awhile since I have visited Tsim Sha Tsui East and the recent renovations in the central plaza is a little better for the public: better seating, for example. In another section of TST East I saw a sculpture by Van Lau - it has been in this location for many years and it is, aesthetically, dated and out-of-place.

There is much bad public sculpture in Hong Kong - some is out-dated but much is, aesthetically, just bad art. Do you have examples of bad public sculpture that you can tell us about?

How do we re-assess sculpture? Can it be removed if there is a consensus that it should be removed? Can we request (to whom?) that it be removed? Who decides what is selected in the first place? Do we have a transparent system of assessment and selection? Can we trust government officials to make good aesthetic judgements when considering to commission sculpture?

Below are two examples of poor public sculpture.