Made in Hong Kong
Chow Chun-fai
(周俊輝)
Introduction of
“Made in Hong Kong”
"Made in Hong Kong" usually referring to industrial or commercial products
Art is missing from the equation
Hong Kong is frequently branded a "cultural desert"
Hong Kong nurtures and attracts a diversity of artistic talent and creativity
There are seven artists from different backgrounds in this exhibition whose works present Hong Kong in a variety of dimensions and serve as visual evidence of the territory's unique and charismatic culture
Chow Chun-fai
Graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the department of Fine Arts (BA and MFA)
member of Fotanian Artist Village.
Now working in Hong Kong and Beijing
“Hong Kong Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Award Grand Prize”
“the Sovereign Asian Art Prize”
Topic of Artworks
Painting on movie
Video on painting
Photo installation
Hong Kong street
Hong Kong taxi
Features of Artworks
Repaint images that most Hong Kongers are familiar with
Through repainting to provide a media of imaginative and thinking
example:Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, "Escape the Giang Hu world", enamel paint on canvas, 100cm(H) x 150cm(W), 2006
Enamel paint is his painting style
Shaolin Soccer, ”If we don’t have any dream in life, we look like a salted fish”,enamel paint on canvas
Full Alert, "we only have one word in mind, Peace", enamel paint on canvas, 100cm(H) x 150cm(W), 2008
Video on painting(Infernal Affairs)
Repainting "Infernal Affairs", video, 3 minutes, 2007
Repainting "10th Anniversity", video, 1 minute 20 seconds, 2007
Linkage between Artworks and HK identity
“I want my identity back” is a dialogue in the film, but it has a behind meanings.
In the pictures, the sea view of Victoria harbor was blurred-->reflect that Hong Kongers confused about their identity
Conclusion
In his works, repainting is a processes of “reread” art, its meaning is not only the memories, but also is a criticism
It gives us a imagine space to re thinking some issue of HK (such as, identity, Handover, HK government and some ideology of Hong Kongers)
Discussion
In Chow’s works, there are many of works is about local movie, do you think that local movie is the best media to represent the identity of Hong Kongers?
Why?
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