Mixed Message
Visual Arts
Description
Description
YY9 Gallery is pleased to present “Mixed Message”, a joint exhibition by David Boyce and Ling Lai. In this exhibition David and Ling will present new works of photography and painting. Both have created works that have been inspired by Hong Kong’s architecture, cityscape and Chinese calligraphy. Both artists have distilled their themes into works of abstraction, colour, shape and rhythm.
The majority of David’s photographic works are based on abstractions of everyday life. In this particular body of work, he tells a story in images. Instead of telling it literally, as a photojournalist would, he emphasises the aesthetic harmony, inspired by Chinese calligraphy, in lines, forms and in the visual presentation. And the story is one that the viewer, as much as the artist, gets to write.
Inspired by architecture and surrounding cityscape, Ling’s painting works demonstrate her continuous exploration of converting three-dimensional architectural forms into two-dimensional painting. With the use of bright color and form, she creates a new spatial structure in her works.
By using the abstract visual language common to both photography and painting, this exhibition reveals the unifying objective of both artists — the desire to present the continuity of visual language and demonstrate the unique and integral abstract potential of both photography and painting.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2010" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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