《WAST3D POT3NTIAL》The Exhibition Marks Brett Crawford’s First Solo Show in Asia

Phillips is pleased to present WAST3D POT3NTIAL in Hong Kong, a selling exhibition of works by Southern California based artist Brett Crawford, following the tremendous success of a pop-up exhibition featuring works by the artist in Singapore this January.

Brett Crawford’s works often pay an homage to a plethora of pop culture and contemporary icons, such as FIRST ST3P highlighted in the show with Mario mushrooms, and the background figure in WAST3D POT3NTIAL presented here refers to Cezanne’s Man with Crossed Arms in the Guggenheim Museum. The wooden figure Pinocchio is the artist’s symbol of redemption as he is very connected to the idea of this iconic character. Seemingly a deceitful character, Pinocchio is brave and saves his father at the risk of his own life. Brett relates to this as someone growing up around crimes, and art was his salvation. Another highlight of the show, 3MOTIONAL CONTROL shows Brett’s recurring motif of whales. He creates different sizes of the whale on the various canvases playing with the idea of Pinocchio’s struggle and how he triumphs at the end.

Brett Crawford is a multidisciplinary artist whose art practice spans across painting, sculpture, design, and street murals; each of his work is a cultural exchange between art, fashion, and street culture. Playing with fairy tale imagery and surreal settings, Crawford’s works are populated with pop references and contemporary icons that inspire the underlying sentiments of contemporary society.

Exhibition: 10am to 6pm, 9-22 June, 2023

Location: Phillips Asia Headquarters, G/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong