Black and White Cats by Huang Rui and Wang Keping, a duo exhibition.<\/p>\n
Chinese Artist Huang Rui presents a performance-based art work entitled Black and White Cats 49,Then? Inspired by the slogan by Deng Xiaoping, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.\u201d Huang Rui\u2019s live action painting that is 15 meters long and 4 meters tall was made by painting the bodies of 7 women and imprinting their bodies 49 times on the canvas. The painting is divided into 50 sections. The painting represents the colors black and white to signify the Yin and Yang. The numbers have significance: 7 times 7 is 49. China was established in 1949. 49 further is an important number in Buddhism as it is said that when one dies it takes 49 days for rebirth. The Buddha, Siddh\u0101ttha contemplated for 49 days before reaching enlightenment. Hong Kong is now in the 17th year since the Handover from the British. Deng Xiaoping created the slogan: \u201cOne Country Two Systems, 50 years Unchanged.\u201d While a third of the 50 years has been completed the One Country Two Systems idea has already been challenged. Huang Rui\u2019s performance asks what comes after 49?<\/p>\n
Wang Keping joins fellow Stars (XING XING) group founder Huang Rui in Black and White Cats. Wang Keping\u2019s sculptures combines the natural elements of wood with the flowing forms of figuration and lastly singes them until they are dark as chocolate. Wang Keping\u2019s work strives towards simplicity and balance of forms. These two artists were part of the drive for artistic freedom in China when they organized the Stars (XING XING) exhibition in Beijing 35 years ago. This will be the first time that the two leading Stars artists will exhibit together in a duo show in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373317,373489],"area_type":[],"event_language":[],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1274523","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-visual-arts-en","event_category-visual-arts-mixed-media-and-installation-en","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1274523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1274523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1274523"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1274523"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1274523"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1274523"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1274523"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1274523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}