7 Sep - 23 Sep 2013

Pao Galleries Hong Kong Arts Centre

一年一度的澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學二零一三年藝術文學士畢業展即將舉行,由50位本地新進藝術家兼應屆畢業生參與的畢業展，將於七月六日至七月廿八日於香港藝術中心的包氏畫廊展覽廳正式展出。是次展覽名為「甲乙丙丁」，「甲乙丙丁」正好形容種子的生長歴程：「破土萌芽，草木初生，萬物炳然，成長壯實」。一顆種子，遇上了土壤、水份、陽光，甚至是風雨、乾旱……如今它破土萌芽，長出綠葉，莖木壯實，甚至可能發展成為茂林。

展示各位畢業生如何透過多元的媒介將種子注入新的創作意念,賦予種子的活力生命。當種子被播下，藝術家的人生歷程和經驗，使這顆種子萌芽、轉化並發展，最後或開花或結果或凋謝。透過這創作歴程而長成，集體的意念匯集創作不同媒介包括繪畫、陶藝、攝影、雕塑和多媒體裝置藝術的畢業作品。經過三年的學習，在我們的創作路上，同樣會遇到瓶頸或放下原有構思，開始新方向的時候。舊有的意念並不會白白浪費，因為凋謝枯萎的枝葉，都是下一個創作豐富的營養，是另一個循環的開始，繼而生生不息。藉此次展覽將這些不同種子所結之果呈現各位畢業生新穎的創作意念及細膩的情感表白。 ​

它所代表的並非一個終結，卻是一個開始。

二零一三年畢業展統籌委員會

The annual signature exhibition at the bachelor degree level in Hong Kong, the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduation Exhibition 2013 jointly presented by the Hong Kong Art School and the RMIT University will open this year from 6 July onwards for three weeks. 50 announced graduates majoring in Painting, Ceramics, Photography and Sculpture will be showcasing their graduation works in this annual signature exhibition from 6th July to 28th July, 2013 at Pao Gallery, Hong Kong Art Center, Wai Chai.

“Alpha to Infinity” is the title of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (Hong Kong Campus) Graduation Exhibition 2013, projects a beautiful scenery when a seed is being planted into the soil, when there is rain, sunshine or wind, it will adapt to the environment and grow, transform, develop with green leaves, strong stems and as time goes by, we may have a lush forest as the fruitful result. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet; it also bears the value of 1.In English, the noun Alpha is used as a synonym for "Beginning". From "Alpha to Infinity", we take plants as a metaphor, with the input of our creativity to the seed of art; it will eventually grows into a powerful tree or blossoms as the most beautiful flower.

This exhibition is not only the harvesting moment of our fruitful studies, but also showcase our creativities, diverse artistic and aesthetic experiences in fine art including painting, ceramics, photography, sculpture and installation during our three years study. Every graduate will be expressing how to bring up the tiny seed at the beginning, while at the end it harvests into infinity from the exhibition. It sounds like a never ending cycle, and now we are having a brand new start.

Graduation Exhibition Committee  2013​

disturbances

9 - 28 March 2013

Gallery EXIT is pleased to present "disturbances", a group exhibition with works by Casper Hiu Kwan CHAN, Szelit CHEUNG, Elva LAI, Firenze LAI, LING Pui Sze, Lulu NGIE and TANG Kwok Hin.

The exhibition exposes the viewer to a surreal world where control paradigms, plans and structures are put into jeopardy. What is left is an acceptance to chaos, an acknowledgment of our incapability of becoming a "Body Without Organs" (Deleuze and Guattari, "A Thousand Plateaus").

Society, with its values and all the arbitrary and unnatural binary structures of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age etc., inhibit us from an uncontrolled, ungoverned, spontaneous existence. From the moment we come into being, we introject these ethics into the construct of an artificial fabricated personality. As Deleuze puts it, society is a hierarchical organism, where everybody is one part of an economic infrastructure without any space for free will, variety or identity.

The works on view proclaim the possibility of a failure; the paradox of fighting against a status quo that could never be defeated. They delve into the friction that is created when the innate idea of the self tries to challenge the artifice of a socially acquired personality. In a convergence of multimedia works, "disturbances" will reveal the emergence of social and personal disturbances in a display of corruption of the mind, alienation, perversion and madness.

The ethereal figures in paintings by Lulu NGIE are situated in a place of quiet contemplation. Their inaction does not build any specific narration but suggests the aftermath of an inner conflict. They seem to be dissolving within their quivering outlines and embody a sense of alienated solitude as they come to terms with an inner world that is better left undisturbed. The withering souls portray quietude of the mind, a stillness born in a state of confusion.

A pair of paintings by Elva Lai describes different kinds of mental resistance against the rigid systematic society. "The Fear of Perfect Order" depicts a large white sterile room with rows of small faceless figures walking on balls. They are consumed and agonised by their effort to maintain equilibrium. By means of turbulent brushstrokes, the painting reveals mental fragility and apprehension. "Room" with inverted colouration provides a more optimistic antidote. Wondering weightless beings occupy the floor of a colossal somber interior. Each of their heads is illuminated by a tiny source of light. Dim as they are, collectively they create a beautiful, consoling landscape. Light appears to provide hope for the spirit and aspirations in the midst of struggle.
​《白噪聲》

2013年3月9日至28日

Gallery EXIT安全口畫廊呈獻《白噪聲》。參展藝術家包括：
陳曉筠、張施烈、賴明珠、黎清妍、凌佩詩、倪鷺露和鄧國騫。

展覽將會帶領觀眾進入一個打破規範、秩序和結構的離奇世界。在那裏，我們無奈地接受世上剩下來的一切混亂，並且變成為一「無器官的身體」(德勒茲與瓜達里，《千高原》)。

社會的傳统價值和其專制的二元結構(例如：性別、種族、性傾向、年齡等等)，有效地約束及管治我們。從出生的一刻人類就把這些道德標準加諸身上，從而構造出人工造作的性格。就如德勒茲說：社會是一個階級組織，各人均屬經濟體系的一部分；自由意志、差異或個人身分並不曾存在。

展覽的作品展示了「失敗」的可能性；矛盾地與無可抵抗的現況對抗。作品探討當先天人格和社會所鑄造的性格相衝時所產生的摩擦。透過多種媒體的作品，《白噪聲》揭示因社會或個人的憂慮和不安而導致的精神錯亂、疏離及心理變態等狀態。

在倪鷺露的畫作裡，空氣般的人物在寂靜中沉思。不動的身軀，有若在蠕蠕的線條裏慢慢溶解；沒有明顯的敘事結構但卻內藏暗湧。他們呈現一份孤獨感，似在學習接受自然無為的內在世界的呼喚。在迷亂中衍生出的沉寂，這些凋敝的靈魂似在描述靜謐的思緒。

賴明珠的一對油畫向嚴厲的社會作出不一樣的精神抗爭。「房間一」描繪一座白色巨大又陌生的場地，一排排細小卑微的人物在球上行走。忙着保持平衡，他們精疲力盡。透過狂暴的筆法，作品顯露出精神上的脆弱與憂慮。「房間二」用相反的著色給予較為樂觀的解讀。飄搖的生物佔領龐大而昏暗的房間地面。每人的頭上有一柱小光；雖然暗淡，但凝聚起來建構出一幅動人的圖像。光看似在迷亂中為飄泊的靈魂打氣。