Art, Food, and Cultural Exchange
Presented by Galerie Koo as part of Le French May, A Moveable Feast explored the relationship between art and food through the work of Cassian Lau and Kathy Fung. The exhibition used familiar dishes from French and Hong Kong culture as a way to look at memory, identity, humour, and shared experience. Food is often one of the easiest ways to understand a place. In this exhibition, it became a visual language. French pastries, Hong Kong dim sum, café scenes, and playful dining moments appeared across the gallery, creating a conversation between two cultures with very different histories but a shared appreciation for ritual, taste, and gathering. The exhibition was arranged around two distinct artistic voices. In the front section of the gallery, Cassian Lau’s cartoon-inspired works brought a light and humorous tone. Further inside, Kathy Fung’s detailed compositions offered a softer, more dreamlike approach to the same theme. Cassian Lau: Humour, Comics, and Cultural Contrast Cassian Lau’s works reflected his long-standing interest in North American comic books, which he read as a child while learning English. Raised in Toronto after moving from Hong Kong, Lau grew up around a mix of Asian, Aboriginal, European, and Canadian influences. These layers of cultural experience are central to his work. For A Moveable Feast, Lau used food as a way to explore the meeting point between East and West. His scenes were playful and direct, often using humour to highlight cultural contrasts. One example showed Napoleon eating a croissant, turning a familiar historical figure into part of a light, food-based narrative. His works made the exhibition feel approachable, using bold imagery and comic references to open up questions about migration, identity, and how cultures are understood through everyday habits. Kathy Fung: Detail, Imagination, and Shared Traditions Kathy Fung’s works created a quieter contrast. Her pieces used fine detail and imaginative compositions to bring French…