3/11/2012 - 8/12/2012
Viewfinder - Solo Exhibition by Sim Chan 《睹》陳閃個人作品展
Red Elation Gallery 紅彩畫廊
www.redelation.com
Curator : Helen Ng Designer: Godwin Ng
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5-7pm
EXHIBITION PERIOD
3 November – 8 December, 2012
Red Elation Gallery 紅彩畫廊
www.redelation.com
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/221192388011422/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5-7pm
EXHIBITION PERIOD
3 November – 8 December, 2012
Red Elation Gallery 紅彩畫廊
www.redelation.com
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/221192388011422/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
Viewfinder - Solo Exhibition by Sim Chan
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5-7pm (Artist will be in attendance)
EXHIBITION PERIOD
3 November – 8 December, 2012
Red Elation Gallery is pleased to announce “Viewfinder” -the first solo exhibition of Sim Chan at the gallery. The exhibition showcases paintings and mixed media works by Chan. The works were completed between 2009 and 2012, and address the artist's differing points of view towards the sky and the cityscape.
Skies in the city are always Chan's subject. Like looking through the viewfinder of a camera, Chan's painting series - "SimCity" and "SimSky" - capture images of the sky surrounded by crowded high-rises. On one hand, delicate and conceptual depictions of ghetto-style city buildings unfold into aggressive urban growth that we face; on the other hand, the painting's vanishing points converge high-up in the skies, reminding us how confined our urban dwelling lives can be. This confinement is actually man-made which synchronizes here with Chan's self-crafted wooden frames for his canvases. These symbolic cut-out shapes of the sky are loaded with lots of calculation and effort, implying that the canvas and frame as the media of painting are not only surfaces to be painted on, but also forms to be created. Here, Chan's works advise us of the need to question with a greater sense of engagement with life.
Chan's recent work demonstrates his other state of mind of seeing. His new horizontal works from the "SimCity" series delineate a panoramic view of random edifices in an open environment. Unlike his previous paintings, the canvas becomes the artist's window to the outside world which provides him with a different vision, yet isolation. The sense of remoteness is further stressed in his new mixed media installation, which collects fragmented views of the sky at different moments captured by anonymous eyes. "We always hope there are wider spaces and sky to be looked at" said Chan, "indeed, they might be right there when you turn your head. However, it just seldom gets through people's busy minds."
“Viewfinder” is guest-curated by Helen Ng
Sim Chan (born in Hong Kong, 1987) graduated from the Hong Kong Art School in 2008. He has participated in different exhibitions in the region since 2007, including Melbourne, Tokyo, Thailand, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. Chan set up his Fotan studio in 2007 and has also participated in an artist-in-residence program in Beijing in 2009.
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《睹》陳閃個人作品展
開幕酒會：2012年11月3日(星期六), 下午5時至7時正
展覽日期：2012年11月3日至12月8日
展覽地點：紅彩畫廊, 香港灣仔隆安街5‐6號地下 (北帝廟對面)
紅彩畫廊呈獻新晉本地年輕藝術家陳閃的個人作品展《睹》 ，展覽將展出陳氏在2009年至2012年間創作的繪畫 和混合媒體作品，希望透過不同系列的作品呈現藝術家眼中 一直追尋的天空面貌及城市光景。
都市天空素來是陳氏喜愛的題材，有如相機的觀景器，陳氏 的油畫系列《SimCity》和《SimSky》以蟲眼 角度捕捉那瞬息萬變的天空色彩及四周擁擠扭曲的高樓形相 。一方面，陳氏以其細膩及概念性筆觸描繪出印象中的城市 建築 − 凌亂且不斷向天空蔓延的樓宇正是我們那過度發展城市之縮 影；另一方面，陳氏畫中那開闊但高高在上的天空，反襯出 城市人忽略了的生活局限。這些人為的藩籬不僅躍然紙上， 更見於他那些代表各式各樣天空剪影的畫框中。這些經反覆 計算及努力製成的畫框，標誌著藝術家對繪畫媒介的重新審 視：畫布及框架不僅是顏料的載體，更是一種形式的創建。 這些天空剪影代表了陳氏對繪畫及生活的提問，從而探索其 箇中可能。
陳氏最新作品則表現了不同心理狀況下的不同觀點。兩幅作 品以全景角度描繪一個開放環境中的城市建築。有別他以往 的作品，畫布成為藝術家通往外面世界的一扇窗，一面為他 提供不同的視點，另一面卻把他從外在世界隔離。陳氏新的 混合媒介裝置進一步強調他那「只可遠觀」的心態，作品旨 在收集不同眼睛同觀共睹的種種天空片段。「我們常希望看 到一個更廣闊的空間和遼遠的天空」陳說：「那是不同心境 下觀點與角度的差異，但人們總是不以為然。」
《睹》由吳愷欣客席策展。
陳閃（出生於1987年，香港），2008年畢業於香港 藝術學院。自2007年以來，他參加了於不同城市舉辦的 展覽，包括墨爾本，東京，泰國，新加坡，上海，北京和香 港。陳氏自2007年於火炭設立工作室，於2009年到 北京作駐地藝術家並進行創作。
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Gallery Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday, 12noon - 6pm
(Open by appointment on Sunday, Monday and Public Holidays)
Free Admission
Enquiry:
Telephone: +852 2893 7837 / E-mail: info@redelation.com / Website: www.redelation.com
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 5-7pm (Artist will be in attendance)
EXHIBITION PERIOD
3 November – 8 December, 2012
Red Elation Gallery is pleased to announce “Viewfinder” -the first solo exhibition of Sim Chan at the gallery. The exhibition showcases paintings and mixed media works by Chan. The works were completed between 2009 and 2012, and address the artist's differing points of view towards the sky and the cityscape.
Skies in the city are always Chan's subject. Like looking through the viewfinder of a camera, Chan's painting series - "SimCity" and "SimSky" - capture images of the sky surrounded by crowded high-rises. On one hand, delicate and conceptual depictions of ghetto-style city buildings unfold into aggressive urban growth that we face; on the other hand, the painting's vanishing points converge high-up in the skies, reminding us how confined our urban dwelling lives can be. This confinement is actually man-made which synchronizes here with Chan's self-crafted wooden frames for his canvases. These symbolic cut-out shapes of the sky are loaded with lots of calculation and effort, implying that the canvas and frame as the media of painting are not only surfaces to be painted on, but also forms to be created. Here, Chan's works advise us of the need to question with a greater sense of engagement with life.
Chan's recent work demonstrates his other state of mind of seeing. His new horizontal works from the "SimCity" series delineate a panoramic view of random edifices in an open environment. Unlike his previous paintings, the canvas becomes the artist's window to the outside world which provides him with a different vision, yet isolation. The sense of remoteness is further stressed in his new mixed media installation, which collects fragmented views of the sky at different moments captured by anonymous eyes. "We always hope there are wider spaces and sky to be looked at" said Chan, "indeed, they might be right there when you turn your head. However, it just seldom gets through people's busy minds."
“Viewfinder” is guest-curated by Helen Ng
Sim Chan (born in Hong Kong, 1987) graduated from the Hong Kong Art School in 2008. He has participated in different exhibitions in the region since 2007, including Melbourne, Tokyo, Thailand, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. Chan set up his Fotan studio in 2007 and has also participated in an artist-in-residence program in Beijing in 2009.
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《睹》陳閃個人作品展
開幕酒會：2012年11月3日(星期六), 下午5時至7時正
展覽日期：2012年11月3日至12月8日
展覽地點：紅彩畫廊, 香港灣仔隆安街5‐6號地下 (北帝廟對面)
紅彩畫廊呈獻新晉本地年輕藝術家陳閃的個人作品展《睹》 ，展覽將展出陳氏在2009年至2012年間創作的繪畫 和混合媒體作品，希望透過不同系列的作品呈現藝術家眼中 一直追尋的天空面貌及城市光景。
都市天空素來是陳氏喜愛的題材，有如相機的觀景器，陳氏 的油畫系列《SimCity》和《SimSky》以蟲眼 角度捕捉那瞬息萬變的天空色彩及四周擁擠扭曲的高樓形相 。一方面，陳氏以其細膩及概念性筆觸描繪出印象中的城市 建築 − 凌亂且不斷向天空蔓延的樓宇正是我們那過度發展城市之縮 影；另一方面，陳氏畫中那開闊但高高在上的天空，反襯出 城市人忽略了的生活局限。這些人為的藩籬不僅躍然紙上， 更見於他那些代表各式各樣天空剪影的畫框中。這些經反覆 計算及努力製成的畫框，標誌著藝術家對繪畫媒介的重新審 視：畫布及框架不僅是顏料的載體，更是一種形式的創建。 這些天空剪影代表了陳氏對繪畫及生活的提問，從而探索其 箇中可能。
陳氏最新作品則表現了不同心理狀況下的不同觀點。兩幅作 品以全景角度描繪一個開放環境中的城市建築。有別他以往 的作品，畫布成為藝術家通往外面世界的一扇窗，一面為他 提供不同的視點，另一面卻把他從外在世界隔離。陳氏新的 混合媒介裝置進一步強調他那「只可遠觀」的心態，作品旨 在收集不同眼睛同觀共睹的種種天空片段。「我們常希望看 到一個更廣闊的空間和遼遠的天空」陳說：「那是不同心境 下觀點與角度的差異，但人們總是不以為然。」
《睹》由吳愷欣客席策展。
陳閃（出生於1987年，香港），2008年畢業於香港 藝術學院。自2007年以來，他參加了於不同城市舉辦的 展覽，包括墨爾本，東京，泰國，新加坡，上海，北京和香 港。陳氏自2007年於火炭設立工作室，於2009年到 北京作駐地藝術家並進行創作。
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Gallery Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday, 12noon - 6pm
(Open by appointment on Sunday, Monday and Public Holidays)
Free Admission
Enquiry:
Telephone: +852 2893 7837 / E-mail: info@redelation.com / Website: www.redelation.com
