Our first art exhibits visiting was in Fo Tan, Fotanian open studio is a scheme which gather more than 300 artists in Fo Tan’s industrial buildings and they open their studios for the public to visit.
In this field trip we mainly explored building 1 and 2.
To me, this is quite a unique experience as I have never been to a place that I can visit so many studios at the same time, especially in HK.
Moreover, artists usually won’t stay in the art gallery. Most of my art exhibition visiting experiences were just like that, so I didn’t have chance to talk to them. But this time was so much different from the experience I had. Because in this visiting we walked in the studios of the artists and we can talk to them, ask them about the concept behind their art work. Talking to the artists in person is something that cannot be compared with only reading the description card next to the art pieces, because we can understanding the art work deeper after talking to the artists.
Besides, there were 2 little things I like about this visiting.
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| Free Beer (: |
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(1) It’s interesting that the studios offer free beer to the visitors This may not be rare in foreign countries, but it’s quite rare in HK that it is not local culture. I am really appreciated that as art is all about sharing.
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(2) There was a huge rabbit sculpture next to the lift (I can’t remember which floor was it) and I like it so much.
My favourite art piece of this trip is “Wedding” by Clara Luk from “We Sculptors”.
It was constituted by 11 pieces of wedding rings. We know that 11 roses represent "You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life", but what do 11 pieces of wedding rings mean? 11 pieces of rings might not be as sweet as the roses do.
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| Wedding - by Clara Luk |
This art piece is asking the audience to try on this special wedding ring to feel the stress and burden of the marriage. I am really appealed by the meaning of it. Marriage is supposed to be sweet, warm and happy but people always neglect the other side of it. The moment you put on the wedding ring, you not only put on happiness, but also you put on responsibility, that’s what I think.
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| Wedding - by Clara Luk | |
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| Wedding - by Clara Luk |
Other art pieces
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| Pause -by Jimmy Lau |
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| Drift.Image- by Raymond Pang | | | | | | |
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| The Space Ship of Fools -by Wai Lun Chung | |
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| The Space Ship of Fools -by Wai Lun Chung |
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| Postcards - by Vivian Poon |
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| The Lost of Land - by Eward Cheung |
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| TheSockets in my home - by AMA |
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| In Between - by Elisa Pang |
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About your first point: It would be interesting to think more on why it's usually not free to see art. What is the price set by or what is the value? Where does the money go?
ReplyDeleteOn your second point: Was the audience allowed to pick up and try on Luk's work? Or was this your interpretation? It would have been better if you could have added titles and artist names to the other pictures that you took.
I'm glad that you were able to have an unusual HK experience.
Thank you for your advice(:
Deletei just did some amendment to my post that i added the titles and the artist names to the pictures.
For the first point, there was a typing mistake that i wanted to write about the free beer actually.
For the second point, there was a artist statement card telling the audience to try on the ring. I think it is really good for the artist to interact with the audience in this way.
I'm so intrigued by the wedding band piece. I love when art points out reality. Marriage is a life changing bonding experience, but it comes with extra weight. Another way of looking at it could be that a marriage changes overtime. Were the wedding bands all the same ring size, or did they vary? Did they look like the same band? If the bands were different it could be demonstrating how much life changes. A new band for a profound change. Change can be almost like a new person. A person with a different size finger that needs a new wedding band. Not saying that change comes every year because it varies for each person. The severity of the change could also be represented by the different sizes (if that is the case), and how the different sizes are intertwined. Why is this large band next to a two much smaller ones?
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