Charming Experience

20 February – 19 April 2009
2/F, Contemporary Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Tsim Sha Tsui

“Art is Life; it is about appreciating the everyday and enjoying life.” Ms. Grace Cheng, the curator, aims to bring the viewers two emphases of Charming Experience, Enjoyment and Participation in the exhibition. Eight selected artifacts from the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art are selected and seven local artists are invited to express the ideas of “enjoyment” and “participation” through their artworks by using different materials and media.

Art is life, and life is art. It is about how well we know about the material – what we are. It is about how we set the form and colour the content – our life plan. It is about what and how we represent through others, the community, and the world. More, it is about how much we enjoy our life, from where we are able to create many beautiful stories and works of life.

The subject matter is life, in either formulation.

Works of creation: The earth is gifted – we have air, light, and water. Man is gifted – we are able to see, to hear, to smell, to taste, and to feel. We enjoy the beauty of nature and life.

Way of life: “I consume therefore I am/not.” We appreciate material comforts.

Life network: Man is never alone. We enjoy the society of friends and family members. We bond to the community and the world, in where we leave the traces of life. We care for our future.

Through participation, I enjoy the exhibition.
Through art, I learn more about life.

Scenery 2003 (2003), 3m x 3m
Stainless steel and wood

Water Drop (2009), 1m x 1m x 1.2m
Stainless steel, fiber glass and water

Lee Chin Fai, Danny

Record: Light from +22o 16’14” +114o 08’48” (2008)
Size variable
Mixed media, video and sound installion
Kingsley Ng


Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, First Movement (2009)
Size variable
Mixed media and video installation
Li Tin Lun, Otto

Visible Sound
Size variable
Bronze, mixed media and video installation
Ho Siu Kee

Interestingly, we see the sound not only through the water waves in the “Qing,” but also through its reflection on the ceiling.

Commodity (2001)
Size variable
Colour pencil and cement on canvas
Kwok Ying


Impermanent (2009)
Size variable
Mixed media
Anothermountainman

Home Moving Furniture (2002)
Size variable
Red-white-blue plastic sheet and mixed media
Wong Wai Yin, Doris


1 1/2 2 (Two Art) (2009)
3m x 3m x 3m
Mixed media
Pak Sheung Chuen


One Day: Lunch with Mum and Friends at Home (2003)
Size variable
Mixed media
Lee Kit

Mahjong (2003)
Size variable
Oil on wood
Chow Chun Fai


Soony Wei is Your Friend: Naboon Dragonfly (2002)
Size variable
Wood, plastic, motor and light
Joyce Hsu


So Near Yet So Far (Mongkok Version) (2001)
Size variable
Mixed Media
Leung Mee Ping

Hong Kong Museum of Art Made All These Shows in 2008 (2009)
16.5 m x 4m
Acrylic on papers
Wong Wai Yin, Doris

“Museum Dream” (2009)
Size variable
Mixed media and video installation
Luke Ching