"Under Scrutiny: by Yang She Wei - China"
2007-11-20 until 2007-12-06
Karin Weber Gallery
SoHo, , HK Hong Kong

Under Scrutiny: by Yang She Wei - China opened on Tuesday 20th November at and runs until 6th December 2007 at Karin Weber Gallery in Hong Kong. There are times when the world seems preoccupied with external appearances. Yang She Wei takes on the role of narrator as he reveals the ordinariness of security guards and unfurls the complexity of young, urban women. His contemporary use of ink and colour on rice paper for his debut exhibition in Hong Kong follows his recent graduation from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts.

Security guards are hired to watch people. Our everyday lives are surrounded by men and women wearing non-distinctive uniforms; their eyes on us and our activities. What happens when the civilians decide to scrutinize the guards? How do they seem to us? Yang She Wei portrays their expressions and their poses that are ordinary, exaggerated and often amusing, leaving the guards stripped of their intimidating and unapproachable image. 

But wait - What the eye sees does not always tell the true story. Young women of today are seldom short of materialistic satisfaction. They may have matching underwear and slippers but pressure from family and society insists they have more. The struggle to achieve an education, gainful employment, sustainable friendships and ultimately the perfect partner creates an embarrassment in an outwardly confident lady and bitterness in a seemingly sweet nature. 

This "hurting bit by bit" says Yang She Wei "represents a dilemma that is cruel" and ever present in our modern, urban lives.

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