Following the success of \u2018Now Showing\u2019, our popular exhibition centered on the world of film in 2020, Karin Weber Gallery is excited to kick off the New Year 2022 with \u2018Now Showing 2.0\u2019, featuring three local Hong Kong artists who continue the theme of movie inspiration in their artistic practice. At a time when daily life remains challenging, and films offer a popular form of escape for so many, the fictitious worlds they portray continue to provide fertile ground for artistic imagination.<\/p>\n
With almost one hundred films to his name, film maker Johnny To\u2019s genre spans a wide range of subjects, from romance and comedy to crime. Well-known Hong Kong artist Chow Chun Fai has selected two of his films, Election (2005) and Sparrow (2008), to illustrate the \u2018Hong Kong way\u2019 of handling contentious issues. Released in the year Donald Tsang became the chief executive of the HKSAR Government, Election focuses on the conflict between two gang leaders striving to head up a Hong Kong triad. Sparrow tells the story of an encounter between a team of pickpockets and a mysterious woman who has a hidden agenda. Chow Chun Fai\u2019s responses to these films stretch across a range of mediums such as ceramics and oil painting in his iconic style. This show also sees him experimenting with film strip oil paintings for the very first time.<\/p>\n
Local actor and producer Stephen Chow is one of the local icons behind Hong Kong\u2019s rise to film stardom in 1980s and 90s. His comedy film Flirting Scholar (1993) features the story of Tang Yin (1470-1524), a Ming dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher and poet. For this show, artist Chui Pui Chee has recreated artworks by Tang which appear in the film, featuring classic subjects such as a hundred cranes, pomegranates and running script calligraphy works, fusing a high degree of craftsmanship with humour and wordplay. One of the highlights for \u2018Now Showing 2.0\u2019 is a handmade special mahjong set.<\/p>\n
Frank Tang\u2019s engagement with Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986), Porco Rosso (1992) and Princess Mononoke (1997) for \u2018Now Showing 2.0\u2019 continues his focus on Studio Ghibli productions. Tang\u2019s latest paintings are made with the utmost delicacy on silk. The artist chose not to reimagine specific film scenes but has applied his understanding of Chinese ink painting to capture their spirit and essence. The message remains the same \u2013 to remain hopeful in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373317,373499],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1334981","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-visual-arts-en","event_category-visual-arts-photography-en","area_type-local","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1334981","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=1334981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1334981"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1334981"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1334981"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1334981"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1334981"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1334981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}