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Environmental issues are dominating the annual Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong.
The 7th edition showcases affordable contemporary artwork from across the world.

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A hybrid unicorn titled "Golden Light" by Stefan Yordanov is attention-grabbing with it's luminous LED lights.
The Affordable Art Fair has returned to Hong Kong for its 7th edition.
This year the fair is hosting over 115 local and international galleries.
More than 1000 artists showcase their collection of affordable contemporary artworks priced between HK$ 1000 (US$ 128) and HK$ 100,000 (US $ 12,883).
Gallery director of Bluerider Art from Taiwan, Elsa Wang, says, "there are quite a lot of young and emerging artists. Their work should be seen and they have very powerful original creativities."
"I think the Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong is a great opportunity to introduce them to the general public."
Trapped inside a peeled open can, a video projection of women swimming, by Marck titled "On the beach Nr.7"
Up above, an albatross flies overhead - aiming to raise environmental issues to the sky and beyond.
Titled "The Kinetic Albatross",  it is a sculpture controlled by numbers of kinetic winches.
The audience can give life to this bird by mimicking its flying gestures.
Andy Stokes, Technical Director of The Kinetic Albatross explains the piece was created to, "to highlight the plastic marine pollution which is a very big topic at the moment."
"So we created this Albatross especially because a few years ago, some pictures surfaced on the internet of a lot of dead albatross with a lot of plastics in their stomachs"
"but the thing is that it's just this piece can bring awareness to people and the fact we made this interactive means people can actually have a more deeper connection with the albatross."  
The fair is showcasing thousands of original artworks from traditional ink painting, abstract canvases, sculptures, prints, photographic works and installations.
Some are by well-known artists, others by emerging young talents.
As the Affordable Art Fair marks its 20th Anniversary the fair's concept remains the same - help people fall in love with accessible hand-picked affordable art.
Director of Affordable Art Fair, Stephanie Kelly explains, "what we are seeing is a sort of growth of millennial artists coming into the art world and this is really exciting. I think that they have grown up of a very digital age where actually within their pockets, that they've got a studio in their phones and can have immediate feedback from other contemporaries that they can connect with other artists from Beijing, New York, Shanghai. And they are all able to create this all within their small platform in their hand."
Inspired by graffiti artist Banksy's "Girl with Balloon" which shredded itself into pieces within the frame after its auction  last year - the "Shred it or Save it" exhibit has been set up.
"Also looking a bit deeper is getting people to reflect on a moment in their life that could be this morning, could be last week or could be last year. And the idea of looking at that time and what's something behind it and what's some of the emotions behind it. Is this something that in your life that you would like to keep and you wanna save it or is it something perhaps that you want to just let go," says Kelly.
It is artist Zac Choy's first Affordable Art Fair.
The 28-year-old visual artist likes to examine culture, literature and politics in different mediums and craftsmanship.
His piece "Bullshit" is a mix-media installation which merges politics with artistic presentation.

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