Space Invaders in Hong Kong: Survivors and a Newcomer.

The NewcomerAt the beginning of December last year a new Invader piece was spotted in Hong Kong. It didn’t take long and the first pictures popped up across Instagram. With a little bit of asking around and researching maps, I managed to find it. May I present, Invader’s latest coup in Hong Kong:

I haven’t recently had a chance to check the pieces in Stanley (No. 32 and No. 42) or the one in Sham Shui Po (No. 37). If someone has any news on those, I would love to hear about it. Thanks :).P.S. To “complete” the list of Invader’s work in Hong Kong last year, I should mention that he didn’t only grace Hong Kong’s streets with his mosaics, but a French restaurant in Sheung Wan as well. This restaurant is called Bibo and it is home to two more of Invader’s fabulous works, an 8-bit princess as well as a Mega Man. These two are in good company, since Bibo almost bursts with amazing contemporary (street) art of artists such as Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, KAWS, JR, D*Face or Vhils. So much artsy goodness in one space, it surely sounds like a must-go-to-place, doesn’t it?! Well, if you do, be prepared to part with a good amount of money for food and drink because coming in for just admiring the art is not overly appreciated, unless you are some kind of VIP. (It’s the least fun when the manager is around!). It hurts to say out loud but at the end of the day Bibo, unfortunately, is just another soulless and pretentious restaurant that disguises itself as a chilled artsy hangout. I guess, taking street art of the street comes with a price after all…P.P.S. The best bet of seeing the art at Bibo’s without “disturbing” other guests or going broke is going for a drink at the bar later in the evening on a weekday.