Mak2's "In the Same Breath 5" (2020) from her “Home Sweet Home” series
Sunflowers growing in a swimming pool. Nuns having a picnic among skyscrapers. A couple passionately kissing, encircled by an ominous ring of video cameras. These are just a few of the wacky and whimsical images that appear in the paintings of Hong Kong artist Mak Ying Tung 2, who over the past few years has established herself as a leading light of the local art scene. Her work is laden with big ideas about technology, surveillance culture and consumerism but, perhaps most importantly to Mak2, her art is often funny.
