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Hong Kong Lyric: Ink Paintings by Raymond Fung, University Museum & Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January 29 to April 11, 2010
Fung Wing Kee Raymond, born in Hong Kong in 1952, is a famous architect, designer, and ink painter. The architecure works of Mr. Fung's had been awarded for times, however, the Hong Kong under his painting, is a city which disregards the existence of architectures. Being both an architect and water-ink painter, Mr. Fung thinks Hong Kong shows her most beautiful side without having any architecture, and for the same reason, he strived to leave blank for the city so as to construct the aesthetics of Big space, small architecture for years. His pieces comprise with skills and color-combination of both traditional Chinese water-ink and Western painting. Also, being inspired by his architectural profession and perception to the visual environment, the element of Hong Kong's landscape is found in his painting with an expressive color-tone.
The sentiment towards Hong Kong's landscape is reflected by the color used in Mr. Fung's paintings. A subtle relationship is built by the cross-using of ink, brush pen, paper, and color. This is nearly indescribable while you can only feel it by perceiving the paintings in person. Mr. Fung explained that the word Shuimo/water-ink may bring restraints to some people's conventional thoughts. He suggest viewer emancipate themselves from the restraints -there are no rules to modern water-ink painting as it is not confined to the use of brush pen, but only the painting skill itself is emphasized. Water-ink painting is more like a medium for the transcending of art.
Hong Kong Lyric: Ink Paintings by Raymond Fung, University Museum & Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January 29 to April 11, 2010
Fung Wing Kee Raymond, born in Hong Kong in 1952, is a famous architect, designer, and ink painter. The architecure works of Mr. Fung's had been awarded for times, however, the Hong Kong under his painting, is a city which disregards the existence of architectures. Being both an architect and water-ink painter, Mr. Fung thinks Hong Kong shows her most beautiful side without having any architecture, and for the same reason, he strived to leave blank for the city so as to construct the aesthetics of Big space, small architecture for years. His pieces comprise with skills and color-combination of both traditional Chinese water-ink and Western painting. Also, being inspired by his architectural profession and perception to the visual environment, the element of Hong Kong's landscape is found in his painting with an expressive color-tone.
The sentiment towards Hong Kong's landscape is reflected by the color used in Mr. Fung's paintings. A subtle relationship is built by the cross-using of ink, brush pen, paper, and color. This is nearly indescribable while you can only feel it by perceiving the paintings in person. Mr. Fung explained that the word Shuimo/water-ink may bring restraints to some people's conventional thoughts. He suggest viewer emancipate themselves from the restraints -there are no rules to modern water-ink painting as it is not confined to the use of brush pen, but only the painting skill itself is emphasized. Water-ink painting is more like a medium for the transcending of art.