"Astrea" ExhibitionSansiao Gallery HK
Astrea is the second chapter of Sansiao Gallery HK's 2025 programme, which reflects on individuality, the release from roles unconsciously shaped by society, and the freedom of choice.
Taking its title from the pen name of 17th-century writer Aphra Behn, this exhibition turns to themes of voice, storytelling, and the courage to speak desire. Behn, often recognised as Britain's first professional female author, is remembered for her novel Oroonoko, which criticised slavery, as well as for her poetry that addressed personal freedom with unusual candour.
The participating artists—Atsushi Nemoto, Fuyuki Kanai, and Jack Pierson—each approach language and narrative in distinct ways. Their works give form to emotion and lived experience: some speaking directly, others suggesting what remains unspoken—the ambiguous, the half-felt, the silent.
Together, these works invite us to listen closely to the quiet yet insistent force of narrative, where imagination and language meet, and to reflect on the possibilities of expressing one's inner voice.