This bilingual exhibition catalogue, A World Within: The Art and Inspiration of Irene Chou, is published on the occasion of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s eponymous exhibition. The catalogue celebrat
Widely respected and beloved as one of Hong Kong’s most original painters, Gaylord Chan (1925-2020) had a dynamic career that traversed cultural epochs and the boundaries of media. He made his first serious foray into painting only at the age of 42 after enrolling in an extra-mural studies art course organised by the University of Hong Kong in 1968. Chan’s late start, however, did not at all limit his potential. While he worked as an engineer for Cable & Wireless by day, Chan continued to experiment and refine his creative practice. The artist eventually developed a unique abstract language of bold colours and rustic forms that reflects on the simple wonders of daily life, science and metaphysics, and the contemporary human condition. Referencing an evocative painting by Chan from the 1990s, Never End: The Art and Life of Gaylord Chan, presented by Asia Society Hong Kong Center, is a tribute to the late master and his invaluable artistic legacy. It explores the development of Chan’
This catalogue is published on the occasion of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s eponymous exhibition, Song of Spring: Pan Yu-Lin in Paris, from September 12, 2018 to January 6, 2019, the second instalment in ASHK’s 20th Century Female Artist Series. The book includes a catalogue of all exhibited artworks, as well as four new essays that shed light on the life and artistic trajectory of Pan Yu-Lin, the significance of Chinese expatriate artists in modern Chinese art history, and speaks to the greater history of Chinese female emancipation. 本書為亞洲協會香港中心籌劃香港賽馬會呈獻的《春之歌:潘玉良在巴黎》印製,展覽從2018年9月12日至2019年1月6日舉辦,是亞洲協會香港中心「二十世紀中國女藝術家系列」的第二個展覽。這本書包括展覽所有作品的圖錄,以及四篇新撰文章研究潘玉良的人生及藝術演變、中國留歐藝術家對中國現代藝術史發展的重要性以及女藝術家在中國女性解放進程中的角色。
This catalogue is published on the occasion of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s eponymous exhibition, Painting Her Way: The Ink Art of Fang Zhaoling, from September 27 to December 31, 2017, the first o