Overview
Taking inspiration from the late Ming and early Qing painter Huang Xiangjian’s reunion journeys in Xubaizhai, Chih Lo Lou and Bei Shan Tang, together known as the three preeminent collections, Hong Kong artist Yau Wing-fung creates two sets of installation titled To and Fro and Mirage Harmony. To and Fro is a set of circular landscape cyclical installation that extends the spatial imagination of Huang’s original landscapes through segmented blue-and-green and outlined landscapes. As for Mirage Harmony, the distinctive landforms of the Hong Kong’s 18 administrative districts are each metaphorically reconstructed into a pictorial landscape that superimposes the contemporary cityscape. The artworks are on display alongside “The Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collections of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphies” exhibition.
Yau Wing-fung is currently assistant professor at the Academy of Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Baptist University. He focuses on ink creations and research. By merging the spatial aesthetics of ink with contemporary visual experience, his three-dimensional structures or installations create multi-dimensional spatial and temporal scenarios. His works have been exhibited in numerous international exhibitions and events, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and United Nations Secretariat Building in the USA, Shenzhen Art Museum, Zhengzhou Art Museum, National Taiwan Normal University Art Museum, University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong, the art space Oi!.