{"id":722,"date":"2024-07-22T14:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T05:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/176.photos\/en\/?p=722"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T02:31:25","slug":"240906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/176.photos\/en\/exhibitions\/240906\/","title":{"rendered":"Pengkuei Ben Huang Photo Exhibition \u201cTWO KINGS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exhibition Overview<\/h3>\n

\u00a01839 Contemporary Gallery (Taiwan) x gallery 176 (Japan) Exchange Exhibition in Osaka<\/h4>\n

Exhibition Title: \u201cTWO KINGS\u201d<\/h4>\n

Artist Name: Pengkuei Ben Huang<\/h4>\n

Venue<\/h4>\n

gallery 176<\/a><\/h5>\n

1-6-1 Hattori-motomachi, Toyonaka-shi, OSAKA, 561-0851, JAPAN<\/p>\n

Exhibition Duration<\/h4>\n

September 6 on Friday to September 17 on Tuesday, 2024<\/p>\n

Closed Date<\/h4>\n

September 11 on Wednesday and September 12 on Thursday<\/p>\n

Open Hours<\/h4>\n

1:00 pm to 7:00 pm<\/p>\n

Admission Fee<\/h4>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Exhibition Planning<\/h4>\n

gallery 176, 1839 Contemporary Gallery<\/p>\n

Curator<\/h4>\n

Edward, I-Chien CHIU, phD<\/p>\n

Exhibition Introduction<\/h4>\n

The work explores the process of transforming an abandoned industrial area into a mixed-use community through the TWO KINGS Project, launched by the City of Toronto in 1996. This project has changed the face of Toronto\u2019s downtown area. The former factories have been replaced by large parking lots and modern buildings, injecting new vitality into the city and also triggering discussions about \u201cgentrification.\u201d<\/p>\n

Against this background, Ben focused on the implementation area of \u200b\u200bthe \u201cTwo Kings Project\u201d through photography, exploring the transformation of the city of Toronto and the conflict in the integration of modernity and the past, and reflecting the relationship between urban growth and the preservation of past characteristics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exhibition Statement<\/h4>\n

The Kings Regeneration Planning Initiative, known as \u201cThe Two Kings\u201d, is an initiative launched by the City of Toronto in 1996 to reappropriate 400 acres of land on the southern portion of downtown. The area would envision a thriving mixed-use community from an abandoned industrial wasteland by reconfiguring an outdated and rigid zoning by-law.<\/p>\n

Since then, Toronto\u2019s southern downtown has experienced a dramatic transformation. Gone are empty factories and large car parks of yesteryear, with futuristic condominiums becoming new landmarks filling the skyline.\u00a0 The revitalized communities, although generating much needed urban vitality, have sparked a debate on the impact of gentrification. But the economic success of The Two Kings emboldened Toronto\u2019s ambition to reshape neighborhoods beyond the downtown core.\u00a0 New towers emerged, replacing the old decadence while altering the characteristics of affected communities.<\/p>\n

It is within such a context, photographer Pengkuei BEN HUANG began to focus on areas where The Two Kings initiatives were implemented. It offers a glimpse of the city in transformation, for which inhabitants are growing accustomed to reluctantly. These photographs, illustrating a clash or a fusion of the modern and the past, symbolized the city\u2019s desire for a prosperous metropolis. Yet they could as well be regarded as a visual reflection on a complex relationship between urban regeneration and the current neoliberal climate that is impacting modern cities.<\/p>\n

Exhibition Plan<\/h4>\n

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Location Map<\/h4>\n

gallery 176<\/h5>\n

1-6-1 Hattori-motomachi, Toyonaka-shi, OSAKA, 561-0851, JAPAN<\/p>\n

Hankyu Takarazuka Line Hattori Tenjin Station (11 minutes from Umeda station) Get off 1 minute walk<\/p>\n

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