Exhibition
Free Tours: Kurt Tong; The Queen the Chairman and I
18 Sep 2018 – 27 Oct 2018
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
Rugby, United Kingdom
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Kurt Tong TheQueen The Chairman and I
Exhibition
Kurt Tong: The Queen the Chairman and I
18 Sep 2018 – 27 Oct 2018
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 16:00
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- Little Elborow Street
- Rugby
- CV21 3BZ
- United Kingdom
Event map
Described by Tong as a photographic ‘who do you think you are’; the Queen the Chairman and I was made over four years across three continents.
About
In this multi-stranded saga of love, hope, and tragedy, Tong uncovers family secrets and reveals the impact of political and economic forces on individual people.
Drawing on Tong’s Chinese, Hong Kong and British connections, the exhibition combines new large-scale photographs, alongside heirloom photographs and rare colour film footage from the 1940s. Central to the exhibition is a contemporary Chinese teahouse installation where visitors are invited to drink tea, read Tong’s artist book, and share their own family stories.
