Hong Kong is a place brimming with talented and intriguing people. In our 27 Questions column, we get up close and personal with the city’s notable personalities, learning about their whims and aversions, pivotal life moments, and hopes and dreams — all in roughly the same duration of a casual speed date. In this edition, we speak to artist Peter Yuill on the eve of his new solo show, Echoes.
Even if you don’t know it yet, you’ve seen Peter Yuill’s work. Don’t believe me? Take a walk through your neighbourhood. And whether that’s Chai Wan or Wan Chai, Aberdeen District or Aberdeen Street, Sai Kung or Sai Wan or Sham Shui Po, you’ll find plenty of Yuill. From walls and street signs to fire hydrants and steel gates, for every Ross Turpin pill, every Lousy “kissface” or “all-seeing eye”, you’ll often find a golden circular illustration — Peter Yuill’s unmistakable signature — holding court nearby.
In this way, perpetually on exhibition for all who pass by, his work is in abundance here in Hong Kong. There are few places where the Canadian-turned-Hongkonger, tagger-turned-ink and paint maestro of hand-drawn, meticulous geometric abstractions can’t be seen — but to catch his newest work, Echoes, you’ll have to make a trip to Central.
