New
York Times: Hong Kong’s anti-pollution organization,
the
Clean Air
Network, has launched a new effort to raise awareness and
fight for clean air: an art auction. Fifty-one
environment-inspired works of modern art went on display Monday
in Hong Kong’s financial district. Sotheby’s will
auction them off on 4 April, part of the auction house’s
twice-yearly sale of contemporary Asian art. Many of the
artists, who include well-known names from Hong Kong and
elsewhere, created works especially for the event. The Clean
Air Network has tried
imaginative
approaches to campaigning before, including a
spoof
infomercial featuring Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu selling
canisters of “fresh air,” which became an instant
hit among YouTube users. In her
New York Times's article, Bettina Wassener describes
some of the pieces to be auctioned.
