Beyond the Frame

Yrellag Gallery is proud to present “Beyond the Frame”, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Lam Hau-yi, curated by Cheung Yung, showcasing five sets of ceramics and prints, capturing the artist's everyday habits while navigating the city. Through the perspective of window frames, Lam offers a glimpse of cityscapes, transforming the bustling and chaotic city into moments of tranquillity. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the artistic imagery.

 

Curatorial Statement:

“The Chinese garden, to the scholar, is nothing but a wonderland of fantastic dreams that come true and a little world of make believe, and can thus be truly called an art of deception.”

Tung Chuin, Glimpses of Gardens in Eastern China

 

In the past, Chinese garden served as places of seclusion, offering brief respite from reality. Like a great hermit living in seclusion in the city, the artist views the city as her own garden, roaming through it. The landscapes in her vision are fragmented and blurred, chopped by the framed wall openings. Yet just beyond each wall, every narrow window view opens expansively, seeming to illuminate a way forward from darkness into light. Through these apertures, shifting views with each step, she aims to record the movement of her gaze by depicting the continuous narrative space and scope of vision. She hopes to provide a kind of visually manipulated experience through her artworks.

 

Lam Hau-yi’s works often evoke a serene atmosphere. Skilled in Chinese fine brush painting, ceramics, and printmaking, her creation process begins from feeling, and becomes increasingly methodical - refining materials, stripping away excess and distilling introspective imagery.

 

However, the accidental material variations become enticing unknowns, leaving the wall openings blank and undefined.

The exhibition opening will be held on October 27, 2023 (Friday), from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will be on view until November 12, 2023. The artist will be present during the opening.

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Yrellag Gallery 為你呈獻香港藝術家林巧𠒇的個人展覽 --《範圍之外》，由張蓉策劃，展出5組陶藝和版畫的作品，呈現藝術家遊走城市時的小習慣 – 透過窗格看城市景觀，讓嘈雜紛擾的城市淡化成片刻的寧靜，並邀請觀眾親歷其意境。

 

策展語：

「於文人而言，中國園林實為現世之夢幻虛境，臆造之濃縮世界，堪稱虛擬藝術」

• 童寯 《東南園墅》

 

往昔的中式園林都有一種避世的功能，讓人可以片刻之間逃離現實，大隱隱於市，藝術家把日常的城市當成自己的園林，遊走於其中。眼中的景觀被牆垣空框所切割而變得零碎失焦，窗洞的窄景於一牆之隔外是一片豁然開朗，看似柳暗花明。透過窗洞，移步換景，把目光所及推移展開，記錄活動的空間和當下的視覺，並試圖透過作品提供一種人為操控的視覺經驗。

 

林巧𠒇的作品往往展現出一種靜謐氛圍，擅以工筆畫、陶藝和版畫作創作媒介，感性的創作逐漸化成理性的製作工序，物料經過提煉和轉化，每一個程序都把思緒中不必要的繁瑣去掉，沉澱出內斂的意象。

 

然而物質上隨機的異變成為令人沉迷的未知，把洞口留一片虛白。

 

本展將於 2023 年 10 月 27 日（星期五）下午 6 時至晚上 8 時舉行開幕酒會，屆時藝術家將親臨現場，展期由 2023 年 10月 24 日至2023 年 11 月 12 日。