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"City Rhymes: The Melodious Notes of Calligraphy" Research

01 Brief Overview

To complement the exhibition “City Rhymes: The Melodious Notes of Calligraphy”, the Hong Kong Museum of Art has invited writers, poets, artists and scholars from Hong Kong to respond to the featured calligraphic works of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from diverse perspectives based on their professional expertise and personal experience, as a way of enriching the contextual fabric of the exhibition. The outcomes include video clips, articles and poems. 

Click here to view the booklet of the exhibition

 

02 Video Clips of Interviews

To view the four video clips related to the calligraphic works in the Museum collection, please click the hyperlinks:

 

Calligraphic Work

Interviewee

 

1.

Lee Yun-woon, Abstract from Encouraging Learning by Xunzi in Running Script

Lee Yun-woon, Fan Sin-piu

View (2 mins 2 secs)

2.

Ou Dawei, Poem of Orchid in Clerical Script

Ou Da-wei, Hung Keung

View (1 min 57 secs)

3.

Tsang Kwong-choi, Poem by Wu Yuanheng in Running Script

Tsang Kwong-choi, Chu Siu-cheung

View (1 min 45 secs)

4.

Yung Ho-yin, Moral Cultivation in Small Regular Script

Yung Ho-yin, Wong Yi, Lau Hok-shing

View (2 mins 29 secs)



03 Articles and Poems

To view the six articles or poems related to the calligraphic works in the Museum collection, please click the hyperlinks: 

 

Calligraphic Work

Writer

 

1.

Deng Erya, Poem in Seal Script

Chau Tsz-yan, Emily

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2.

Au Kin-kung, Couplet in Regular Script

Chan Tsz-him

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3.

Luo Shuzhong, Couplet in Clerical Script

Wesley Lam

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4.

Fung Hong-hou, Couplet of Collection of Su Shi’s Poem in Small Seal Script

Lau Yee-ching

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5.

Wong Hon-kiu, Poem by Li Bai in Clerical-cursive Script

Lee Yat-hong, Angus

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6.

Lui Tai, Poem by Li Bai in Clerical Script

Ho Sin-tung

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