HALLUCINATION
ART FAIR | 25 MARCH - 29 MARCH 2026
ORA-ORA PROUDLY PRESENTS HALLUCINATION AT ART BASEL HONG KONG 2026, MARKING THE GALLERY'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN HONG KONG IN 2006. THIS DYNAMIC GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURES A DIVERSE LINEUP OF NINE INNOVATIVE ARTISTS—HALLEY CHENG, HENRY CHU, HUANG DAN, HUANG YULONG, PENG JIAN, KRISTA KIM, JURI MARKKULA, NINA PRYDE, AND XIAO XU—SPANNING DIGITAL ART, INSTALLATION, SCULPTURE, INK, AND MIXED MEDIA. TWO OF THEM, KRISTA KIM AND NINA PRYDE, MAKE THEIR DEBUT AT THE FAIR, UNDERSCORING ORA-ORA'S COMMITMENT TO PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSION.
VISITORS TO THE BOOTH BECOME TEMPORARY CITIZENS OF HALLUCINATION, A REALM OF UNLIMITED IMAGINATION, VIVACIOUS ENERGY, AND LIMITLESS POTENTIAL, ENCOURAGING OPENNESS AND CURIOSITY IN NAVIGATING THE WORLD. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE CANADIAN-KOREAN ARTIST KRISTA KIM'S IMMERSIVE HEARTSPACE, WHICH TRANSFORMS HEARTBEATS INTO VIBRANT WAVES OF COLOR, LIGHT, AND FREQUENCY, AFFIRMING HUMANITY AMID TECHNOLOGY. HONG KONG-BASED HENRY CHU'S NEW INSTALLATION A(BSURD) AND D(ISTORTION) (2026) FUSES DATA, MUSIC, AND GEOPOLITICAL DISCORD, DISTORTING BACH'S HARMONIES THROUGH SCREENS AND MICROPHONES TO EVOKE GLOBAL POWERLESSNESS.
CONTEMPORARY INK MASTERS SHINE WITH NINA PRYDE'S "FIVE COLORS OF BLACK" BLENDING ETERNAL AND MODERN VISTAS; HUANG DAN'S SERENE, MINIMALIST HORSE LANDSCAPES; PENG JIAN'S FUSION OF JIEHUA ARCHITECTURE AND NATURAL CURVES; AND XIAO XU'S ICY, ENLIGHTENING INK FLOWS. SCULPTURAL CONTRASTS EMERGE IN JURI MARKKULA'S AMPLIFIED NATURAL ADAPTATIONS AND HUANG YULONG'S BRONZE CENTAUR ON MY WAY (2023), MERGING STREET EXUBERANCE WITH MAJESTIC POWER. HALLEY CHENG REVISITS HIS KAPOK SERIES, NOW BLOOMING AGAINST RADIANT GOLD. TOGETHER, THESE WORKS INVITE PROFOUND EXPLORATION OF INNOVATION AND PERCEPTION.