Find Your Signature

[Hong Kong Museum of Art on Salisbury Road, above and below.]

[Pottery horse with white glaze, Sui dynasty, 581 - 618. I want it. Can I have it, please?]

[Pillows from the Jin dynasty, 1115 - 1234. Single and double, ouch.]

In a video interview, architect Frank Gehry explains the impact Rauschenberg had on him as a young artist. How his "Combines" showed him how ordinary materials could be beautiful. 

Gehry goes on to explain that he asks his students to jot down their signature, no two alike. Now, find your art equivalent of your signature. And when you're there, you're the expert on you -- no matter what anyone says or thinks.  

The Gehry video is part of "Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation" exhibit at the HK Museum of Art that runs through the beginning of August and features a host of other modern artists. An associated exhibit is devoted to LVMH textiles and designs.