Ho Loi Seng’s The Swallow Poem to Liu Sou
The opening ceremony of the Macao Annual Visual Arts Exhibition 2015: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Category hosted by Cultural Affairs Bureau will be held in Nam Van Old Court Building at 6:30pm on 8th May (Friday). The exhibition is an activity of the 26th Macao Arts Festival. It is an annual event for local artists to showcase their talent and creativity. The focus of the Macao Annual Visual Arts Exhibition this year is on Chinese painting and calligraphy, genres which includes Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal-engraving and experimental ink and wash painting, among others. The exhibition will be launched at Nam Van Old Court Building from 9th May to 2nd August 2015. Five experienced artists from various places and fields were previously assigned as members of the adjudication panel. Following painstaking discussion, they selected 74 entries and 10 “Best Works” for the exhibition this year: Wang Sen’s One flower, One world, Ho Loi Seng’s The Swallow Poem to Liu Sou, U Wai Lam’s Jiangnan in February, Lei Tak Seng’s An Impression of Angang Steel Company, Mak Kuong Weng’s Portrait No. 1, Chang Kuok Meng’s Mellow Moonlight, Lio Man Cheong’s Highlights of the Historic Centre of Macao, Chong Kam Seng’s Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion (Lantingji Xu) by Wang Xizhi, the ‘Sage of Calligraphy’, Tam Chon Kit’s Excursion to Guia Hill and Sou Pui Kun’s Kid Snapping a Twig. The hosting entity initiated the call for submissions from October last year, with 306 works responding to the call in all. The Macao Annual Visual Arts Exhibition has been ardently received and supported over the years. It has gathered local artists who love creativity to present art works with local features and the unique cultural aura of Macao. It is anticipated that through appreciation, display and exchange the development of local art can be galvanised. All are welcome to enjoy the local artists’ creations on this occasion. Nam Van Old Court Building opens from 10:00am to 8:00pm and closes every Monday. Admission is free.
