Nudes and Naked Calligraphy
dal 9/12/2003 al 21/1/2004
Segnalato da
9/12/2003
Nudes and Naked Calligraphy
University Museum and Art Gallery - UMAG, Hong Kong
Works by Jean and Sun-Chang Lo'. About fifty works of the two artists, who lecture at the Department of Architecture of the University, will be on view. The show represents a perfect union of hearts, minds and artistic ideals. Deceptively simple in concept, it is the result of a single idea brought to fruition in a lifetime shared. That idea is the rather classical one of giving two dimensions the illusion of three.
Works by Jean and Sun-Chang Lo
The University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong is
pleased to present the exhibition 'Nudes and Naked Calligraphy: Works by
Jean and Sun-Chang Lo'. About fifty works of the two artists, who lecture
at the Department of Architecture of the University, will be on view. The
show represents a perfect union of hearts, minds and artistic ideals.
Deceptively simple in concept, it is the result of a single idea brought to
fruition in a lifetime shared. That idea is the rather classical one of
giving two dimensions the illusion of three.
Jean and Sun-chang Lo have been considering this concept ever since their
student days. Trained in fashion design and architecture respectively, the
ability to envisage in three dimensions has always been paramount to visual
artists. That this husband and wife partnership has achieved the elusive
goal of distilling this value in their work is remarkable.
In Jean Lo's images of the human form, a dense fleshiness is conjured
despite a strict economy of line. But this minimalism comes secondary to a
sense of motion and energy, or 'qi', that is embodied in the lines; an
energy that is beyond the reach of all but the most experienced or gifted of
practitioners.
More revolutionary are the experimental works that Jean and Sun-chang Lo
call 'naked calligraphy'. These represent an entirely new way of viewing
and interpreting perhaps the most revered Chinese art form of all. For some
they may even seem a touch profane. However, the artists seem to have
overcome the boundaries of tradition in the process of selecting, dividing
and, most of all, re-forming the finest calligraphy into abstractions that
transfer definition from words to form. Through the process of
deconstructing the original, the calligraphy is stripped bare, releasing its
elemental and dynamic power. Through re-formation, a new layer of beauty
emerges where a cast of characters, both human and animal, frolic about in a
thick landscape of ink. Naked calligraphy will challenge us all to rethink
the importance of form in seeking meaning.
* The preview of the exhibition will take place at the Museum from 5:30 p.m
to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 9 December 2003.
The opening hours of the University Museum are Monday to Saturday 9:30 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m.; Sundays 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Museum is closed on 24
December, 31 December p.m., and public holidays. Admission is free. All are
welcome.
Please visit the Museum website or call 2241-5513 for
further information.
Jean and Sun-chang Lo
Naked Calligraphy No. 6A
1994
Mixed media
61 x 107 cm
University Museum and Art Gallery
94 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Hong Kong