The Problem of Asia Revisited: Ai Weiwei in the New Yorker

The Problem of Asia ran at Chalk Horse courtesy of Para/Site Hong Kong from April through to May 2010.

Ai Weiwei, Beijing Ring Roads II, video (installation view)

The show featured Ai Weiwei, Tintin Wulia, Dinu Li, Huang Xiaopeng, Leung Chi Wo, Michael Lee and was curated by Alvaro Rodriguez Fominaya.

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos featured a dynamic profile piece on Ai Weiwei in a May 2010 edition of the magazine and recorded an accompanying video to the piece.

Para/Site HK at Chalk Horse: "The Problem of Asia"

Jasper Knight and Alvaro Rodriguez Forminaya in front of Huang Xiaopeng's You are the Dream of My Realisation
(2010), vinyl wall installation.



Chalk Horse Preview Guests


Alvaro Rodriguez Forminaya and Preview Guests



Michael Lee Spiral Supermart (2010) Digital Print



Tintin Wulia (Re)Collection of Togetherness- Stage 5 (2010) Installation of ten tables and fake passports from an ever-growing number of countries.


Luke Ching Chin-wai Easy to Learn Cantonese (I Love You)- Japan Version (2006) Video

Chalk Horse and Para/Site "The Problem of Asia" team



Michael Lee, Leung Chi Wo, Alvaro Rodriguez Forminaya and Huang Xiaopeng in front of Huang Xiaopeng's You are the Dream of My Realisation
(2010), vinyl wall installation.


Tintin Wulia (Re)Collection of Togetherness- Stage 5 (2010) Installation of tentables and fake passports from an ever-growing number of countries.

Photography by Sacha Kenyon