Floccinaucinihilipilification : March 2009

31 March 2009

Design ideas...

This is an exhibition of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The students were requested to design new products with different materials, such as aluminum sheet, wire, glue, crystal, wood, ceramic, silicone etc. And the design task were tea light holder or chopstick rest.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design

30 March 2009

Art is...

The Human Condition, Rene Magritte, 1935

http://www.thypott-art.com/gallery/Rene_Magritte/page1

27 March 2009

The 14th ifva (Interactive Media Category) Finalist Works Exhibition

Leaf, Living Digit

Lawrence Lau Ming-tat

(Responsive graphics, environmental and interactive sensing techniques)

A Couple of Irons

Siu Chi-man

(Is it a design object or an art piece ?)

Textworm

Ashley Cheung Chi-lung, Jason Lam Chi-fai

(An installation of text deconstruction)

4/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Center

26 March 2009

What is "Charming Experience" ?

Visiting this exhibition as experiencing an "Odyssey". Each artworks also provided some creative spaces for audience to explore. Over there, visitors are easily to found what is connection and communication. Also got the opportunities to "sense" everything with their bodies, including eyes, ears, hands etc. The works let the participants realize the meaning of interaction, by the moments, from certain installations, audience may found some inspirations about the relations of every life, and may have time to think what is "Soundscape", "Acoustic Ecology"...

Joyce HSU

Naboon Dragonfly 2002
Wood, plastic, motor and light
Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art

PAK Sheung Chuen
1 1/2 2 (Two Art) 2009
Mixed Media
Artist Collection

Anothermountainman
Impermanent 2009
Mixed Media
Artist Collection

Danny, Lee Chin Fai
Scenery 2003
Stainless steel and wood
Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art

LEUNG Mee Ping

So Near Yet So Far (Mongkok) 2001
Mixed media
Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art

Otto, LI Tin Lun
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.5
in C Minor, First Movement 2009
Mixed media and video installation
Artist Collection

KWOK Ying
Commodity 2001
Colour pencil and cement on canvas
Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art

Doris, WONG Wai Yin
Home-moving Furniture 2002
Red/white/blue plastic sheet and mixed media
Collection of Hong Kong Museum of Art

Exhibition: Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue" Exhibition Series IV
Theme: Charming Experience
Venue: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Gallery
Date: 20 February 2009 - 19 April 2009

Hong Kong Museum of Art

23 March 2009

No Frontiers - The Art of Ding YanYong

I think Mr Ding is not the follower of "Henri Matisse". His art merged the concepts and attribute of freedom with flexibility, together with the spirit of "Fauvism". For the development of "Chinese Painting", his openness attempt changed our mind and perception in the creation of Chinese Art, and exhibited the profundity of painting.

Hong Kong Museum of Art

13 March 2009

Coco avant Chanel (Movie Trailer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obXrWJaV8Hg

http://wwws.warnerbros.fr/cocoavantchanel/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel

http://www.chanel.com/

Street Bloggers

Stylites in Beijing

http://www.stylites.net/

Hellooks

http://www.hel-looks.com/

Styleclicker

http://www.styleclicker.net/

Stylescout

http://www.stylescout.blogspot.com/

Stilinberlin

http://www.stilinberlin.blogspot.com/

Copenhagenstreetstyle

http://www.copenhagenstreetstyle.dk/

The Sartorialist

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

The facehunter

http://facehunter.blogspot.com/

Bryanboy.com

http://www.bryanboy.com/

My Mona Lisa

This is a very expressive exhibition, it's not only an international competition to let the artists express their imaginations on the painting of Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "Mona Lisa". But to encourage them to present the personal creativity and ideas with the civilization of their own place. It was an crossover of different life.

In the exhibition, visitors can catch the social attribute and cultural characteristic of different Asian. And the most meaningful are the artifacts are created by people with disabilities. I think it's a great chance to let people know "Art" is no limit and no prejudice.

I especially like the work of the overall winner, the Japanese artist, Hirano Shinji. From his work, I realized the features of Japan's civilization, and from the perspective of colors usage, also depicted the spirit of "mysterious".

The Hong Kong winner is Poon Tsz Chai, a 13 year-old child. I was very appreciate her practice of painting techniques, she used mixed media, included acrylic, glass paint and plastic board to compose her work. But behind the fruitful of visuals, I was depressed by her selections of the glamour icons, it entirely showed the "Materialize" of Hong Kong life...

Title: Untitled

Artist: Hirano Shinji (Japan)

Overall Winner