The exhibition "That Which Can Be Imagined" is the culmination of two years of research by students of the Master of Fine Art programme (Presented by the RMIT University, in association with the Hong Kong Art School). The individual artists are drawn together through an examination of aspects of our lives and how we live in the world. Although explored through different social tensions and using a variety of mediums, all of the artworks have in common the desire to engage your thoughts and challenge existing narratives. The artworks contemplate different realities, attempting to move the debate in a direction that art commentator Alexander Alberro describes as “away from what needs to be opposed and towards that which can be imagined”.
In this exhibition, Isabella Ng and Adrian Corke consider how our surroundings influence our lives, Ng through an exploration of the roles and complexities of the human body and Corke through an examination of how habitat influences our cultural identity and our feelings about home and family. Michelle Chan and Laurence Lee discover the complexities of individual emotions through their art. Chan observes different aspects and moments of love and their underlying emotions, while Lee unfolds the human emotions of isolation and loneliness and the strength gained by experiencing negative moments in our lives. Winnie Hui uses stones to explore memory and how it is shaped by the past, present and future. Like Lee, Hui examines these issues in the framework of the interplay between ancient and contemporary Chinese culture. Elsa Wong directly confronts her viewers with her call to address the global issue of air pollution and Janet Lee questions our role in the state of the global economy. Our ideas are explored in this exhibition through a body of artwork spanning painting, drawing, calligraphy, photography, installation, digital collage, video and performance.
Date: 6-22/9/2014 Venue: 4/F - 5/F Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Time: 10am - 8pm daily Opening Reception: 5/9 (Friday) 6-8pm, 5/F Pao Galleries
本展覽展示澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學藝術碩士課程(由香港藝術學院協辦),七位畢業生在兩年課程內的學習成果，展出作品探索個人與外在世界的關係，向現狀提出疑問。“That which can be imagined” 是藝術史教授Alexander Alberro對21世紀藝術家的創作意圖的論述 ﹣藝術作品嘗試將 “應該反對什麼” 的討論推展為 “可以想像什麼”，令人對未來有著期待和希望。“匪夷所思”出自《周易•涣》，藉以表達大家對“非如一般所想”的藝術境界的追求。
