Hanart TZ Gallery
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The Cradle Rocks Above an Abyss
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHO Howie Tsui WHAT The solo exhibition showcases a range of the Canadian artist’s works exploring themes of history, mythology, and cultural identity, including large-scale paintings, ink drawings, and a video installation, While the large-scale paintings feature intricate details and bold colours that draw the viewer in, creating a sense of movement and energy, the…
MODEST MONUMENTS
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT The solo exhibition marks the first presentation of works by the China-based artist (b.1973), whose work is characterised by a playful rebellion against conventional forms. Drawing inspiration from everyday life and challenging traditional boundaries, the exhibition presents a unique blend of classical and grassroots visual representations, displaying a diverse range of calligraphy styles that…
Entangled Energies
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT The immersive exhibition marks a defining moment in the eminent artist’s practice and opens doors to a greater public understanding of Chinese calligraphy. The range of works presented include a monumental ‘Entangled Script’, 2 ‘Tea Poems by Su Shi’ measuring 5 m. long, and a set of calligraphies written on transparent coloured acrylic. In…
To Paint the Written World
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT While Schwarzwald is interested in the writing of words as an act of drawing which, as a system of gestural practice, draws forth specific realities, Chan approaches the written word from the perspective of Chinese ideographs. The former has produced many ‘sets’ of gestural techniques, such as alphabetic languages, using a schematic vocabulary to…
BOLOHOPE
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT Beginning in 2019, the name of the experimental Guangzhou art collective, BOLOHO, comes from a Cantonese romanisation of the Chinese word for 'jackfruit core'. Rather than targeting exhibitions and art institutions, Boloho’s work addresses the undervalued 'art' of many everyday practices, such as cooking, gardening, sewing, housework, and child-rearing. In continuation of the interdisciplinary…
Cheng Tsai Tung / Chen Heng
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT In this duo exhibition, the artists’ newest paintings are set up juxtaposed against a sample of their earlier works. Both of the artists have unique perspectives on the state of the world and it has an obvious effect on the artwork they create. Cheng’s works are mise-en-scenes showcasing the way he has processed his…
Bare Life
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT While interested in painting in his youth, respected Hong Kong veteran artist, Chu Hing Wah, actually chose to become a psychiatric nurse at the time, which led to concurrent professional and artistic developments that are apparent in his works. At 87 years old, his newest ink exhibition comprises paintings that were made in the…
Nothin’ Like the Taste of Print
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT In collaboration with the Hong Kong-based printmaking studio MablePrintClay, the exhibition shines a light on 21 up-and-coming Hong Kong printmakers. Offering a panoramic view of the ongoing renascence of the Hong Kong printmaking scene with over 80 artworks, it highlights the unique qualities of different printmaking styles, including relief, intaglio and stencil. About MarblePrintClay:…
Frost Fall
Hanart TZ Gallery 2/F, Mai On Industrial Building, 19 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, New TerritoriesWHAT WE KNOW Qiu Shihua (b.1940) completed his training in oil painting at Xian Academy of Fine Arts in 1962. Although he worked in the stylistic tenets of Socialist Realism at that time, his works in subsequent years have embraced the careful balance between absence and presence, in line with his Taoist beliefs. His paintings…
