Ming Fay, who died in March aged 82, was a prolific sculptor, and fellow artist Frog King hopes he will gain more exposure in Hong Kong
As a child, Parker Fay lived in a kind of wonderland, surrounded by giant fruit, seeds, bones and replicas of other organic forms. For him, this was the norm.
“I almost thought of them as furniture,” Parker says about the creations of his father, the late Chinese-American sculptor Ming Fay. “I only began to understand the significance of their impact when I saw my friends’ reactions to the space.”
Known for his fantastical, papier-mâché creations as well as prominent public art projects across America, Fay was adept at infusing ordinary objects with a fresh, larger than life sense of whimsy.
He died in March at the age of 82 in his adopted home, New York, a highly regarded artist and professor.
