The Luminous and Hidden
—A Solo Exhibition by Hung Hoi

Oct 26 –Dec 21, 2024 （Extended）

Opening Reception:
Oct 26 (Sat), 2-6pm

Artist Sharing Session:
Nov 2 (Sat), 3-5pm

捉光—熊海個人展覽

2024年10月26日至12月21日 （延長展期）

開幕酒會:
10月26日（六），下午2至6時
藝術家分享會:
11月2日（六），下午3至5時

Grotto Fine Art is proud to present 'The Luminous and Hidden', a solo exhibition by renowned Hong Kong artist Hung Hoi. The present exhibition features new works that shatter boundaries or limitations on how a traditional Chinese ink painter addresses abstraction on a conceptual level. Hung Hoi’s new works feature a conceptual abstraction that combines irregular color shapes and patches with intense emotional ideas. The artists want to express thoughts and questions about the environment and time. The paintings do not show clear objects. Instead, shapes, colors, and textures represent concepts. We must interpret the meaning from the work’s visual language.

嘉圖現代藝術誠意呈獻香港著名水墨藝術家熊海個展《捉光》。本次展覽的新作打破傳統水墨畫在概念上處理抽象的界限。熊氏展現了一種概念抽象，將不規則色塊與濃烈的情感思想結合一起。藝術家試圖表達對環境和時間的思考與提問。畫作並未展示明確的物體，而是通過形狀、顏色與質感來表現概念，引領觀眾從作品的視覺語言中解讀其意義。

Artist Bio

HUNG Hoi was born in 1957 in Gulangyu, Xiamen, China. After settled in Hong Kong in 1978 he studied Chinese painting under the guidance of the Lingnan master Yang Shanshen. From 1984 to the present, Hung is the professor at the School of Professional and Continuing Education of the Hong Kong University (HKUSPACE). He was the lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture of the Hong Kong University. In 1992, Hung received the ‘Urban Council Fine Arts Award of the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Exhibition’, ‘The Secretary for Home Affairs Commendation Medal’ by the Government of the HKSAR in 2006, Outstanding Award at the Chinese National Art Exhibition in 1999 and 2014, Honorary Fellowship by the HKUSPACE in 2022. Currently he is the Museum Expert Advisor of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Government of HKSAR, adjunct professor of HKUSPACE, director of the China Artists Association, executive vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Artists Association, research fellow of the Cityscape Ink Institute of China National Academy of Painting, Expert of Chinese National Arts Fund Review, advisory council of Chinese ink Painting Institute Hong Kong, and art advisor of Zhuhai Art Institute.

Hung’s major Solo Exhibitions organized in The Hong Kong Museum of Art; the Taiwan

Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall; the Matsuya Ginza Gallery, Tokyo; RongBaoZhi (Hong Kong) and the Sun Museum. Major Group Exhibitions presented in ‘Collecting the 20th Century’ by the British Museum; Art Basel, Hong Kong; the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, China; Sotheby's, Christie's and China Guardian auction show. Artworks are widely collected by The National Art Museum of China, the British Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Legislative Council of the HKSAR, Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taiwan.

熊海簡介

熊海1957年生於廈門鼓浪嶼，1978年移居香港後拜名家楊善深老師習畫。1984年至今任教於香港大學專業進修學院，曾兼任香港中文大學藝術系講師及香港大學建築系助理教授。1992 年獲「當代香港藝術雙年展」市政局藝術獎，2006 年獲「民政事務局局長嘉許獎」，二次獲全國美展優秀獎，2022年獲香港大學專業進修學院頒授榮譽院士。現任香港藝術館專家顧問、香港大學專業進修學院客席教授、中國美術家協會理事、香港美協常務副主席、中國國家畫院都市水墨研究所研究員、中國國家藝術基金評審專家、清華大學美術學院海外評審專家。曾個展於香港藝術館、台灣國父紀念館、日本東京松屋美術館、深圳畫院美術館等。主要聯展有：大英博物館 20 世紀藏品展、香港巴塞爾藝術展、全國美展、蘇富比、佳士得、中國嘉德等展覧。作品獲中國美術館、英國大英博物館、香港藝術館、香港文化博物館、香港立法會、台灣美術館、台灣國父紀念館等收藏。