Mong Kok Romance

Curator

Jonathan Thomson

“Mongkok Romance” is perhaps Crosbie's most successful work, as he has freed himself of the shackles of fidelity to the photographic source image, and applied an imaginative element to the scene. By placing a young couple in the foreground, the artist gives us the opportunity to look over their shoulders and to see what they see. It's a work that evokes the trepidation with which we may all face the future. It speaks to the physical and emotional aspects of life in Hong Kong, of tradition and change.