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8/2/2007

David Clarke

University Museum and Art Gallery - UMAG, Hong Kong

A Year in the Life of a City

The University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong is delighted to present an exhibition of recent photographs by David Clarke. The exhibition features photographs taken over a random twelve month period between October 2004 and October 2005, which depict a fabricated and at times personal journey through Hong Kong. Also included will be a selection of earlier, and more recent works. In an earlier installation entitled 1968/2002, the Museum presented Clarke's first experiments with film, and later also selections from his Reclaimed Land project, which consisted of a picture taken every day over the five year period straddling the passage of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China. Throughout, Clarke has used black and white film and, as a mature photographer, a 40mm Leica Minilux camera.

For the first time, in this latest project, Clarke has turned to the digital camera (from the Panasonic Lumix range which represents continuity with his earlier work through the use of Leica lenses) and colour photography. As in his earlier work, Clarke is interested in the visual poetry that exists in the urban environment. In seeking to bring some of his understanding of colour and composition, informed by years of looking at paintings, to his photography, he often chooses more painterly images over straightforward views of Hong Kong in an attempt to draw attention away from the apparent veracity or descriptiveness of the scenes depicted. Clarke's photographs capture fleeting moments, feelings and experiences that contribute to the texture of Hong Kong, and which, as he turns his camera away, disappear completely.

David Clarke is a professor in the Department of Fine Arts, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He teaches modern and contemporary art history and theory. His research has been primarily in American and Chinese art history.

Exhibition preview: Friday 9 February between 6 pm - 7:30 pm.

University Museum and Art Gallery
University of Hong Kong
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday 1:30 to 5:30 pm.
Admission is free.

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