Colours of East and West
dal 28/11/2003 al 11/1/2004
Segnalato da
28/11/2003
Colours of East and West
University Museum and Art Gallery - UMAG, Hong Kong
Paintings by Lin Fengmian in the collection of Linus Cheung. Over sixty works by this important proponent of Modern Chinese painting will be on view. Dating from the 1930s to the 1980s, the paintings are visually evocative of the experimental marriage of East and West that was the life and art of Lin Fengmian.
Paintings by Lin Fengmian in the collection of Linus Cheung
The University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong is
pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Lin Fengmian in the
collection of Mr Linus Cheung. Over sixty works by this important proponent
of Modern Chinese painting will be on view. Dating from the 1930s to the
1980s, the paintings are visually evocative of the experimental marriage of
East and West that was the life and art of Lin Fengmian. They include still
lifes, landscape paintings, scenes from everyday life, as well as some
examples of his paintings of Chinese opera performers. There will also be a
diverse selection of his spare and elegant Modigliani-like paintings of
Chinese women, for which Lin is perhaps best known.
There can be few artists that embody the spirit of East-West artistic and
cultural exploration better than Lin Fengmian. He was active at a time when
the world was heady with the pursuit of all things Modern, resulting in a
rich and varied body of work. The talent of this Guangdong-born artist was
recognised when he was still only a child. However, it was his training in
France that propelled Lin to develop a truly new form of expression. He
combined media and techniques from his artistic training in both China and
France to create harmonious and pleasing compositions that expanded the
boundaries of what had previously been achieved. Lin used colour in a bold
and unabashed manner, even in his more traditionally Chinese-style
paintings. Yet he also injected Chinese ideas of surface plane and
perspective into his western media works, blurring the lines between these
grand artistic traditions.
Mr Victor Lo GBS, JP, Chairman & Chief Executive, Gold Peak Industries
(Holdings) Limited; Mr Yang Shanshen; Mr Linus Cheung, JP, Deputy Chairman,
PCCW; and Professor Cheng Kai-ming, Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor,
HKU will officiate at the opening ceremony at the Museum on Friday 28
November at 6:00 p.m.
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 www.hku.hk/hkumag or call 2241-5513 for
further information.
image caption:
1. Horse by Lin Fengmian
Mid-1980s
Ink and colour on paper
33.5 x 39.5 cm
Private Collection
University Museum and Art Gallery
94 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
tel 2241-5513