![]() In some ways it is – the pandemic, along with the pressure to uphold productivity, has relentlessly consumed our mental capacity in the past year. ![]() Gallery Exit / Hong Kong / Mar 13 – / Tiffany Leung / In times of crisis like these, taking time to look at art can seem something of a luxury. “The world has gone through so much trauma, from … “’Fear eats the soul’ is exactly what I’ve been feeling and thinking,†says Chan in an interview, reflecting on the harrowing events engulfing the world over the past few years. ![]() This practice is ubiquitous throughout his most recent exhibition, Don’t leave the dark alone, at Gallery Exit. Here, Chan replaces Fassbinder’s head with that of a goat, often used as a demonic symbol, removing the scene from its original context and transforming it into his own phantasmagoric creation. In this latest ink creation, Not Even God or the Devil Know How to Handle This (2021), artist Oscar Chan Yik-Long puts a reversed anthropomorphic twist on a scene from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1974 film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Don’t leave the dark alone / Gallery Exit / Hong Kong / Aug 14 – / Two women and a man with a horned goat’s head sit around a table, bearing frustrated and contemplative expressions, a crucifix affixed on the wall behind looming over them.
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