Beside the City
Visual Arts
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Beside the City
The works in this exhibition are the result of an
unusual project. After meeting at WONG’s 2018
solo show at Gallery EXIT, the two Hong Kong
artists agreed to join forces. Soon, they came up
with a plan: they would visit different places in the
territory’s countryside together and afterwards
paint what they had seen on their excursions.
The idea was inspired by a historical collaboration.
In the summer of 1869, the French painters
Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir decided
to travel to a place outside Paris to work alongside
each other. Their views of La Grenouillère, a
floating café and popular bathing spot on the
river Seine, are key works in the development of
the impressionist style of painting.
Seen next to each other, YEUNG’s chimeric
inventions and WONG’s immersive landscapes
make for a fascinating comparison. But as
different as they may seem, they have one thing
in common.
They are the result of a shared curiosity – a
curiosity that has brought two artists together
and can serve as an inspiration for others.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2019" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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