Art Projects Gallery is delighted to present “Winter Wander”, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Fung Wing Yan, featuring her latest contemporary ink paintings and ceramics works.
Artist’s Statement
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Once upon a time, there was a fat cat named Cat, and a girl called Jo. Jo loved winter because she believed that winter was
about Christmas, meaning cheerful gatherings and joy. So she decided to visit winter town when she was 12, which is the permissible age to enter the different towns. There were also spring town, summer town, autumn town, bus town, sea town etc.
On the day of her arrival, winter town was snowing.
Cat was the guardian of winter town. Snow was his food.
At the entrance, Jo asked Cat if she could share some snow with her because she was so hungry.
Cat said:
"No, these are my food. Nobody knows when will it will stop snowing. I need it to survive."
"But" Cat continued:
"this place is boring, if you can find me something interesting, we probably can do an exchange!"
Jo smiled and said:
'Deal!'
And she run through the door happily.
The story begins.
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In 2022, Fung experienced her first snowy winter. When everything being white and frozen, nature though struggling, never stops living. Based on this, Fung creates a series of paintings with an interaction between joy, stillness and liveliness.
The visitors takes on the role as Jo to enjoy the tour in winter Town, in her perspective. At the same time, Cat hungers for the excitement comes along with Jo.
About Fung Wing Yan
Fung Wing Yan is a Hong Kong artist, specialising in contemporary Chinese ink painting and ceramics. She graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors), majoring in Visual Arts.
Fung's works are inspired by the everyday life, nature and the cycles of life itself.
Fung's ceramic works are based on her observations on the relationship between the object and the user, often exuding delight and poetics in subtle ways. For Fung, the activity of eating is not just for sustenance, but also for nourishment of the inner self. Therefore, the utensils designed by Fung, in addition to being practical, aims to bring warmth and joy to the users.
Painting, to Fung, is an important avenue for to self-reflection. Fascinated by children's innocence and freedom, Fung liked to depict chubby children in her earlier works. But ever since one of her close family member passed away in 2014, she decided to use ink painting to express the Universe. The Universe is boundless, the space is endless. There is no sky and no Earth. In the Universe she depicted, there are children carrying out various activities. The depiction of the subjects in the picture space is deliberately kept small in terms of scale. The image is simple, yet the feeling is intense. Fung began to think about how to live her life and learned to be part of nature.
Fung's preference for calm and simplicity have become trademark qualities that her works reflect.
Fung is also active in enhancing with and giving back to the community, especially in areas of education and creativity.
“Winter Wander” exhibition runs from 15 April to 13 May 2023 at Art Projects Gallery.
藝途畫廊榮幸呈現香港藝術家馮穎恩首度《冬遊》。是次展覽展示穎恩的近期水墨畫作和陶瓷作品。
藝術家自述
很久很久以前，一隻肥貓叫「肥貓」，一個女孩叫「早」。早最愛冬天了，因為她認為冬天的代表是聖誕節，有歡樂的聚會和開心的時光。
早剛滿12歲，到了可以前往不同城鎮的年紀，她決定去一趟冬天市。除了冬天市，還有春天市，夏天市，秋天市，巴士市，大海市等。
早到達冬天市那天剛好正在下雪，她遇到在那𥚃當管理員的肥貓。早實在太肚餓了，問肥貓要一些雪充飢，但肥貓不答應：「不可以啊！我只靠雪當食物維生。誰知道何時會停雪呢！」
「可是，如果你能在這個沉悶至極的地方找出一點趣味，我們就做個交易吧！」
早一口答應：「好啊一言為定！」
故事就這樣開始...
2022年，馮穎恩初次身處漫天寒雪，感受著刺骨的冷，彷彿凝凍了的空間，生命卻依然暖哄哄地活著。
馮穎恩把冷與暖跟靈感互動，在歡樂、寂靜 和允滿生氣之間互相交錯創造出這系列的畫作。
來觀展的你都擔當著早的角色，充滿期待到訪冬天市。肥貓亦因為早的到來而對生活充滿興奮。
關於藝術家
馮穎恩, 1988年出生於香港。
2011年畢業於香港浸會大學文學士(榮譽)學位,主修視覺藝術。
馮氏的創作媒介分別為陶瓷與中國水墨繪畫。 作品取材於日常生活,自然與生命循環。 她的陶瓷創作上,藉著 觀察器物與使用者之間的微妙關係 ; 思考用餐除了飽腹之餘， 也應該好好照顧內在的自己。 器物除 了實用， 也希望能令人感到愉快。 而她的插畫亦與陶瓷作品互相配合， 塑造出各種讓人會心微笑的 餐桌風景。
至於繪畫方面， 那是藝術家沉澱思想， 跟自己對話的重要方式。 早期的馮氏喜歡描繪胖胖的孩子。 著迷於孩子的率真與自由。人物是畫中的主體，相對較大。自2014年家人去世後，她改以黑墨渲 染宇宙， 宇宙內存在著孩子進行各種活動， 宇宙無邊， 空間無盡， 亦無分天地。 人物的體積變得很 小。 畫面看起來簡單， 卻讓人感受到深刻的和諧與安靜。 馮穎恩開始思考自己如何與世界共處， 學 習無諍自安。 馮氏偏好平和自在的人生態度， 反映於作品上， 也令作品顯得簡單可愛。 馮氏以設計 師、插畫師和陶瓷藝術家身份貢獻於社會， 並積極從事教育和個人創作。 馮穎恩的作品獲邀於英國 ， 新加坡， 台灣等地展出。
《冬遊》將於2023年4月15日至5月13日在藝途畫廊展出。 |
