{{Short description|Contemporary art gallery in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong}} {{Infobox museum | name = Osage Gallery | native_name = 奧沙畫廊 | native_name_lang = Traditional Chinese | logo = Osage_Gallery_Logo.jpg | image = | map_type = | latitude = | former_name = | established = 2004 | location = 4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Building, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong | director = Agnes Lin | website = http://osagegallery.com }} '''Osage Gallery''' ({{lang-zh|奧沙畫廊}}) is a contemporary art gallery located in Hong Kong.<ref name=onarto>{{Cite web|url=https://onarto.com/art-galleries/osage-gallery/|title=Osage Gallery|website=ONARTO|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>
Osage Gallery was founded in 2004, and has since established itself as a major interdisciplinary platform for Asian and international contemporary art.<ref name=nytimes>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/arts/artsspecial/hong-kong-finds-its-footing-in-art-world.html|title=Osage Gallery: Hong Kong Finds its Footing in the Arts World|website=The New York Times|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=jingdaily>{{Cite web|url=https://jingdaily.com/jing-daily-interview-osage-gallery-founder-director-agnes-lin/|title=Interview: Osage Gallery Founder & Director, Agnes Lin|website=Jing Daily|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> Osage has organized solo exhibitions by artists such as Miao Xiaochun, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Leung Mee Ping, Maurice Benayoun, Nipan Oranniwesna, and Masaki Fujihata, as well as notable group exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.cafa.com.cn/miao-xiaochun.html|title=Artist: Miao Xiaochun|website=Cafa Art Info|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artradarjournal.com/2009/09/16/surprising-new-direction-taken-by-chinese-cadaver-artists-and-saatchi-stars-sun-yuan-and-peng-yu-interview/|title=Surprising new direction taken by cadaver artists and Saatchi stars: Sun Yuan and Peng Yu|website=Art Radar Journal|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shift.jp.org/en/blog/2014/02/leung-mee-ping-pearl-river-delta-series1/|title=Osage Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Leung Mee Ping|website=Shift|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=moben>{{Cite web|url=http://www.randian-online.com/np_event/osage-gallery-presents-maurice-benayoun-just-digit-a-virtual-reality-media-art-installation/|title=Osage Gallery presents Maurice Benayoun|website=randian|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artradarjournal.com/2009/08/25/thai-chinese-artist-nipan-aranniwesna-shows-installation-art-made-of-baby-powder-in-hong-kong-review/|title=Thai Chinese artist Nipan Oranniwesna shows installation art made of baby powder in Hong Kong – review|website=Art Radar|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artbasel.com/events/detail/8698/Osage-Art-Foundation-l-Tour?blLocaleCode=en|title=Osage Art Foundation: Masaki Fujihata|website=ArtBasel|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> It has become best known in the art world for exhibiting dramatic installations and performance artworks, often with challenging and critical subject matters.<ref name=onarto /><ref name="timeout.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/singapore/art/osage-gallery|title=Osage Gallery: Art in Rochor, Singapore|website=Timeout|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> Osage Gallery has hosted art fairs such as Art Basel, where it was the first Hong Kong gallery to be featured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/art-basel-hong-kong-2017-the-highlights/|title=Osage: Art Basel Hong Kong returns, bigger and bolder than ever before|website=Wallpaper|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artbasel.com/news/hong-kong-history-institutions-galleries-artists-art-basel-week|title=Hong Kong or the history of a global art hub|website=Art Basel|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> Since its establishment in Hong Kong, Osage has opened satellite galleries in Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore.<ref name="timeout.com"/>
The organization is currently headed by Founder and Director, Agnes Lin.<ref name=jingdaily /><ref name=agneslinscmp>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/663146/avant-guardian|title=Agnes Lin: Avant Guardian|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
== History == Osage Gallery was founded by Agnes Lin in 2004 in SoHo, Hong Kong.<ref name=agneslinscmp /> In 2005, Osage expanded into Mainland China, opening two venues in Beijing - a two-storey gallery in a converted wine factory in the Chaoyang District, and an artists' studio in Suojiacun.<ref name=agneslinscmp /> In 2007, it opened galleries in Shanghai in a former 1920s mansion, and in Singapore in an iconic former mission school.<ref name=agneslinscmp /> In 2009, Osage Gallery launched a platform called ''Sigma Projects'' which explored interdisciplinary art projects, combining music, dance, performance and film works.<ref name=jingdaily /> Osage relocated its main exhibition space in 2013, to its present-day location in the Union Hing Yip Factory Building in Kwun Tong, Kowloon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myartguides.com/art-spaces/galleries/osage-hong-kong/|title=Osage: Hong Kong|website=My Art Guides|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>
Osage was the first Hong Kong gallery to feature in Art Basel in 2011, the Spotlight section at Frieze Art Fair's Frieze Masters in 2012, Arte Fiera in 2014, Art Cologne in 2014. It was one of the first Hong Kong galleries to participate in the Museum of the Moving Image in New York in 2014. Osage has participated in Art Hong Kong from 2008 – 2012 and in Art Basel from 2013 – 2016.<ref name=moben /> Art Basel's Magnus Renfrew noted that "Osage [has] strong programming that [is] different from the purely commercial objectives of the city’s [other] galleries".<ref name=nytimes />
== HKACT! == In 2015, Osage Gallery announced a new platform called '''HKACT!''' (Hong Kong Art Culture and Technological Innovation).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkact.hk/about|title=About HKACT!|website=HKACT!|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> HKACT! showcases artworks that utilize new media, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and other emerging technologies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkdesigncentre.org/en/events/entry/ddcommissionedwork-hkact-act-1-behere-by-masaki-fujihata-wan-chai-guided-tour/|title=HKACT! Act 1 BeHere by Masaki Fujihata - Wan Chai Guided Tour|website=HK Design Centre|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>
Notable exhibitions featured in the HKACT! programme include ''BeHere'', a large-scale public augmented reality installation by Masaki Fujihata,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2175843/ar-app-adds-people-old-hong-kong-your-photos-modern-city|title=AR app adds people of old Hong Kong to your photos of the modern city|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> ''Kowloon Forest'' ({{lang-zh|靜影九龍}}), a virtual reality film and solo exhibition by Alexey Marfin,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/04/26/video-premiere-kowloon-forest-virtual-reality-film-follows-five-strangers-finding-intimacy-changing-hong-kong/|title=Kowloon Forest – a virtual reality film follows five strangers finding intimacy in a changing Hong Kong|website=Hong Kong Free Press|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com.hk/hong-kong/hk/%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93/%E9%9D%9C%E5%BD%B1%E4%B9%9D%E9%BE%8D-%E6%94%BE%E6%98%A0|title=《靜影九龍》放映：奧沙畫廊：馬樂思VR電影 - Kowloon Forest; a VR film by Alexey Marfin at Osage Gallery|website=Time Out|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> and ''WYSIWYG'', a solo exhibition by Jeffrey Shaw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zolimacitymag.com/events/hkact-act-9-wysiwyg-jeffrey-shaw-solo-exhibition/|title=HKACT! Act 9: WYSIWYG Jeffrey Shaw Solo Exhibition|website=Zolima City Mag|accessdate=4 December 2019}}</ref> HKACT! has also chaired events such as a public symposium with Siegfried Zielinski, Yuk Hui and Scott Lash, on the topic of interactive arts, and the expanded field between arts, sciences and technologies (HKACT! Act 4).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hkac.org.hk/calendar_detail/?u=NuduCyPtZH8|title=HKACT! Act 4 "A Forum Act"|website=Hong Kong Arts Center|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
== Osage Art Foundation == '''Osage Art Foundation''' ({{lang-zh|奧沙藝術基金}}) is Osage's not-for-profit arts development organization and production company, founded in 2004.<ref name=agneslinscmp /> It is a registered charity in Hong Kong,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artinasia.com/institutionsDetail.php?catID=1&galleryID=2683/|title=Osage Art Foundation - artinasia.com|website=Art in Asia|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> which raises funds to provide support for art projects, ranging from experimental performances and installations, to art education workshops and outreach programs.<ref name=agneslinscmp />
The foundation has helped to introduce a number of contemporary Asian artists to the wider international art world, such as the Philippine artist Roberto Chabet (1937 - 2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oaf.cc/about.html|title=Osage Art Foundation: About|website=OAF|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://osagegallery.com/ Official website] * [https://www.hkact.hk/ ''HKACT!'' website] * [http://www.oaf.cc/about.html ''Osage Art Foundation'' website]
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