WHAT
The local artist has painted a selection of frames from 20th and 21st century Asian films, with an exhibition title that is a quote from the horror movie classic ‘The Exorcist III’ (1990). However, the exhibition itself stages a more positive approach to topics that interest the artist – notably our responses to fear, tragedies in life and the current state of the world.

WHY
The artist used to restrict himself to Chinese ink or graphite, but now there is colour as well as dancing lines and blots of ink in the new series of paintings. He has intentionally chosen to paint stills from films in which at least one character is smiling. The films were selected for these smiles – some conventional or self-conscious, some ambiguous, nearly imperceptible – rather than for their plot lines or their artistic or cultural significance.