Hong Kong-Raised British Painter Launches 'Silent Protest' Show in London

“All Quiet at the Banks” by Martin Lever will be on display at the Crypt Gallery in London Dec. 15-17. Painter Martin Lever says growing up in the multicultural city of Hong Kong gave him a very different upbringing. “Above the Protests I” by Martin Lever will be on display at the Crypt Gallery in London Dec. 15-17. “All Quiet in the Classroom” by Martin Lever will be on display at the Crypt Gallery in London Dec. 15-17.

In 1979, British painter Martin Lever was only 9 years old when he moved to Hong Kong because his father was employed as a surveyor in the Hong Kong Housing Department. He tells VOA’s Cantonese service that growing up in the multicultural city gave him a very different upbringing, one he is grateful for to this day.