Used lai see envelopes, acrylic paint on cardboard
59.5 × 42 cm
Edition of 1
Some places do not let go easily. Commissioned by someone who had just left Hong Kong after many years, this work gathers around 90 used lai see envelopes into the shape of the city. Each one already carried a happy moment. Reborn into a new form, they become a way of keeping all those happy moments close, Hong Kong kept near.