Work 04 Digital Rockery
Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), the “Roaming Vision + Digital: Exhibition of Ink Paintings by Leung Kui Ting” is now being held at the IACM Temporary Exhibitions Gallery. Hong Kong artist Leung Kui Ting has introduced novel design elements to the ink painting tradition and these paintings are worth to be appreciated. The organiser has, with the approach of the summer holidays, extended the exhibition period to Sunday, 14 August, to enable more young people to appreciate these contemporary art works in unique styles. Hong Kong is unique and diverse in terms of its cultural background. With the Chinese cultural tradition at its backbone, it is also receptive to international trends, and these various constituents are able to harmoniously coexist. Leung Kui Ting absorbs worldly elements available to him, and he forges a style that is uniquely Hong Kong. Leung studied painting under renowned artist Lui Shou-kwan and learnt design from Wucius Wong in his early years. He founded the Hong Kong Chingying Institute of Visual Arts in 1980 and worked as a part-time lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute for over ten years. This exhibition presents Leung’s 28 ink works, allowing visitors to appreciate his unusual painting style and techniques and allowing them to get to know a new approach to ink painting. Based on the transformation and exploration of Chinese traditional painting, his landscape ink paintings come from his heart and are abstracted from concrete appearance rather than being mere reflections of reality. Leung invented a digital landscape painting technique which superimposes digital lines and dots on the outlines of mountains and rocks drawn in a traditional way, which makes his contemporary art ink works truly unique. The exhibition is open daily from 9am to 9pm, including on public holidays. Docent services in Cantonese are available from 3pm to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays during the exhibition period. Groups and schools are advised to make reservations. For enquiries and reservations, please call IC through tel. no. 8988 4100, during office hours.