Hong Kong Dreaming

On the road to Beijing to give a lecture in 2010, Katharine stopped off in Hong Kong, which in her eyes seemed to belong both to the East and yet still to the West. The great dragon of China has lost the pearl from her mouth and now breathes fire over the roofs of the modern apartment blocks of Hong Kong, roaring in wild abandon and maddened rage at their impudence. This piece is an attempt to imitate the imagery of ceramics from a bygone age with a contemporary theme.