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Indepth Arts News:
"Gleaning - KONG Chun Hei Solo Exhibition"
2010-04-09 until 2010-05-22
Gallery EXIT
Hong Kong, ,
CN China
Gallery EXIT is pleased to present Gleaning, the first solo exhibition
of KONG Chun Hei. The show consists of intricate drawings made with ink
on paper of an old suitcase, a few photo album sheets, book covers, a
window, an old TV showing static and a box of rubber shavings. These
objects escape our daily imagination but are transformed into containers
of significance at the moment when we allow them to be what they are.
Learning how to see precedes learning how to draw, for seeing, is an act
of relaxed concentration. One beholds the object of observation and
makes visible marks on a surface in order to record in a particular way
what is seen. Attention is given to the unchanging materiality of an
object in order to imitate its nature and present it in another way.
This is done in the hopes of realizing and grasping that which has been
disregarded by habit and remained unnoticed. It also applies to how we
sense the substance of a thing and extends throughout the fabric of our
daily living. Uncountable things and qualities lie beyond the socially
defined boundaries of utility and efficiency. These are the things and
qualities that KONG Chun Hei gleans arduously.
Weeks and months pass by and a drawing is completed. This mode of
drawing is akin to crooning when one studies alone, while paying
attention to the minute details and gathering them one after another. As
a form of self training, this “enter from hand into heart to establish
character” method might not produce the usual socially sanctioned
behaviors, but it is indeed able to give one the motivation and
grounding to live in reality.
KONG Chun Hei (b.1987) graduated top of his class with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2009 by
demonstrating through his work, a disciplined concentration. He sees, he
sits, he draws. IMAGE
KONG Chun Hei
Book I
ink on paper
49.7 x 39.3 cm framed
2009
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