劉學成 LAU, Hanison
Hanison Lau uses sculptural form to present his ideas; his 3-dimensional pieces speak some of his personal stories, presenting different visual elements with ready-made materials. He usually employs history and literature, especially adapted from Chinese culture as referential languages and properties to appropriate his works. He used sculpture and drawing to represent the poetic elements vested in contemporary visual art form, and his works demonstrate a strong record of personal action. Lau has now been working as an independent artist and Lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his Bachelor Degree of Arts (Fine Art) and Master Degree in Fine Art at RMIT University in 2005 and 2007 respectively. He was selected as one of the highlighted artists by the Hong Kong Art Promotion Office for its ”Artists in Neighbourhood scheme II 2008”. He took part in the Artist-in-residence project in Portland, USA in 2008 and South Korea in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. In the last few years, he has been exhibiting his works extensively in USA, Paris, Australia, China and Hong Kong. His work has been collected by various local and overseas collectors.
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The English title of the exhibition ‘Minding the G(r)a(s)p’ is a triple entendre—gap, gasp, grasp. It is a way to draw attention to the space between seeing and knowing in the exhibition viewing experience. The gasp is the surprise when the audience discovers new narratives or ideas when they are able to look beyond preconceived notions related to the seven mid-career artists/artist collectives on view in the exhibition. The exhibition’s curator Celia Ho proposes to the audience to approach each work individually, in order to grasp the significance and context behind each one of them.
一九八四年八月二十四日,一輛貨車由佐治五世公園出發,準備將搭建神功戲棚所用竹枝運走,但於東邊街落斜期間失控,衝向第二街一店鋪,並將一輛私家車捲入,引發大火,釀成三死九傷……那是農曆七月盂蘭節,佐治五世公園香火鼎盛,戲棚裡上演的神功戲,鑼鼓聲響徹對街的贊育醫院,相傳有一醫生不滿受滋擾,向食環署、市政局投訴,欲終止這場活動,但盂蘭勝會已有上百年歷史,並不易動搖,投訴亦不了了之。而在車禍中喪生的私家車司機,據聞就是那位向食環投訴的醫生……
器物不只是用具, 還可盛載歲月與情感;藝術不僅是創新,還有過程與思考。現對於藝術中心展出的「拾遺.補闕--實用器物研究」, 不純是一個藝術展覽,而是二十位參與者研究及探討實用器物後,一次成果的分事。