Hong Kong Government Demands to Take Down American Artwork

The work of 'No Rioters' creator Patrick Amadon was displayed on the exterior wall of the SOGO shopping mall in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. In an interview with local media, he stated that the work contains hidden information such as the names, ages, and sentences of those arrested and convicted during the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement in solidarity with Hongkongers. Patrick Amadon, via Twitter

A large LED display outside SOGO Department Store in Hong Kong Causeway Bay recently exhibited works of the Italian art institution Art Innovation Gallery as part of Art Basel 2023. Patrick Amadon, a renowned Los Angeles artist in the United States, was asked to submit a contribution. Still, Art Innovation Gallery said it was taken down because hidden content may connect to the 2019 to 202 protests in the city.

“No Rioters,” one of Patrick Amadon’s artworks displayed for the Art Innovation Gallery, was said to have hidden messages of convicted protesters from the 2019 Anti-Extradition Movement.