Hong Kong artist Fong So poses next to an artwork he produced during the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement rallies in 2014 at his studio in Hong Kong. Photos: AFP
Illuminated under a spotlight at London’s British Museum, hand-drawn sketches of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement are part of a new exhibition on dissent that offers a rare glimpse of the artworks produced during the pro-democracy rallies.
The months-long demonstrations, which kicked off on Sept 28 four years ago, brought parts of the city to a standstill as protest camps took over areas normally clogged with traffic and commercial bustle.
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