1983 Kwok Mang Ho "Frog King" Print
Pencil signed, dated and numbered 2/12
"Frog King" Kwok Mang Ho print, dated Nov. 1983. New York gallery label
on verso. Temporarily mounted in inexpensive acrylic frame for safe
keeping. Re framing recommended. Measures 8.5ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 11ʺH. Excellent original condition.
Kwok Mang Ho:
Kwok Mang
Ho (born 1947), also known as Frog King, is a multi-media, conceptual,
visual and performance artist from Hong Kong. According to Oscar Ho, the
former exhibition director of Hong Kong Art Centre, he is one of the
pioneers to engage in contemporary art in Hong Kong during the early
70s.[1][2] His artistic uniqueness is best expressed in his creations
“Frogtopia”, which takes over the exhibition space with numerous
colourful mixed-media installations and graffiti of his signatured frog
icon.[3] In addition to his inexhaustible style, Kwok held a solo
multimedia art exhibition representing Hong Kong
“Frogtopia-Hongkorucopia” at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011.[4] He is
currently the director of the Frog King Museum at Cattle Depot Artist
Village since 2001.
Kwok Mang-Ho (aka Frog King) was born in 1947
in Guangdong, China and grew up in Hong Kong. He began his artistic
practice as a traditional ink painter under the guidance of Lui
Shou-Kwan, who was known as the “Hong Kong New Ink Painting master” at
the time.[7] Thus he was enrolled to the Fine Art programmes at the
Grantham College of Education in Hong Kong (now renamed the Institute of
Education) from 1967 to 1970. Concurrently, during 1968 to 1973, he
further studied in extramural courses at the Chinese University of Hong
Kong as well as the University of Hong Kong. After his completion of the
programmes, Kwok went to the Art Students League of New York for
further education(1980-1984).[5] He spent 15 years in New York City
experiencing new art scenes, and eventually returned and settled down in
Hong Kong in 1995.
