Artspace K舉辦「璀璨─王秋童個展」，展出王秋童融合中西繪畫元素的22件香港都市水墨畫作。王秋童以他探索都市水墨創作三十年經驗，描繪香港燦爛的都市夜景及文化節慶，如維港夜景、城市街道、霓虹燈招牌、煙花及文化節慶等，帶領觀眾感受一個充滿藝術與浪漫氛圍的香港。
Artspace K presents the “Glitter－Wong Chau Tung Solo Exhibition”, showcasing a series of works by Wong which harmoniously combine elements from Chinese and Western artistic traditions. Having explored urban ink painting skills and drawing inspiration from Hong Kong architecture for 30 years, Wong Chau Tung’s works focus on Victoria Harbour night views, city streets, neon signs, fireworks, and cultural celebrations, presenting the ever-changing Hong Kong through ink creations. This exhibition offers an artistic and romantic portrayal of Hong Kong’s night scenes and cultural festivals.
Why it matters:
維港兩旁高樓的燈影落在海面上，閃耀出千變萬化的光彩，使得海港幻化成美不勝收的城市夜景，這是香港這座魅力都市的一張名片，也是遊客眼中別具一格的風景線。王秋童獨特的「都市水墨」藝術風格，將香港的魅力展現得淋漓盡致。他以香港建築及風景為題，在捕捉都市繁華璀璨的景觀外，展現出自身對本地的情懷與感受。以寫意的表達方式，將眼中看到的事物和潛意識裡的印象加以疊加，把個人對香港的感情流露於水墨的虛實中。
The lights of the high-rise buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour cast shimmering and ever-changing colours on the sea surface, ultimately transforming the harbour into a beautiful city night view, which is the pride of Hong Kong people and definitely the most impressive sight for tourists who come to Hong Kong. Wong has developed over more than thirty years – ‘urban ink painting’. Wong often chooses local buildings and landscapes as his subjects. In addition to capturing the bustling and spectacular urban scenery, he also expresses his own feelings and sentiments towards Hong Kong. He superimposes what he sees and its impressions in his subconscious, expressing his personal feelings towards Hong Kong in the virtual and real aspects of ink painting.
3 Highlights:
- 王秋童苦心鑽研都市水墨，糅合了中西的繪畫方法，採取了西方對空氣、光影及色彩的描繪技巧，並留住中國水墨的點、刷、潑、破、漬的技法。
- Wong Chau Tung has painstakingly studied urban ink painting, blending Eastern and Western painting methods. He first adopted Western techniques for depicting air, light, and colour, while retaining the techniques of Chinese ink painting such as dotting, splashing, breaking, and staining.
- 構圖上以多點透視來表現都市的層次、多維空間，把都市時代的景觀、人情、生態、環境各個方面描繪出來，卻同時將中國畫重情韻、貴寫意的精神保留起來。
- The composition is based on a multi-point perspective to depict the layers and multidimensional space of the city, portraying various aspects of urban landscapes, human emotions, ecology and environment of the urban era, while preserving the spirit of Chinese painting, emphasis on sentiment and value for Xieyi (freehand brushwork).
- 運用淡墨逐次渲染、疊染後再鋪陳色彩，將他領悟到的「我畫香港」的境界，以寫意的表達方式通過線條、色彩、光暈和墨韻的交融，構成王秋童的都市水墨畫。
- In addition to capturing the bustling and spectacular urban scenery, he also expresses his own feelings and sentiments towards Hong Kong. He uses light ink for gradual rendering, overlapping, and then laying colours, expressing the realm of “I paint Hong Kong” that he has comprehended. Through the blending of lines, colours, halos and ink tones in an expressive approach, he creates his urban ink paintings.
Background: Wong Chau Tung
- 王秋童的作品糅合了中西技法，採取了西方印象派對空氣、光影及色彩的描繪技巧，也保留中國寫意花鳥畫中的點、刷、潑、破、漬的技法，成為獨特的「都市水墨」藝術風格，並體現了「新水墨」的特色，更被譽為都市水墨的先行者和開拓者。
- Wong Chau Tung created a perfect blend between Eastern and Western techniques, adopting Western Impressionist techniques to depict air, light and colour while retaining traditional Chinese bird-and-flower style ink techniques such as dotting, brushing, splashing, breaking and staining paintings. This fusion has given rise to his unique “urban ink painting style”, which embodies the characteristics of “New Ink Art,” earning him the title of “pioneer and trailblazer of urban ink painting.”
Final tips:
展覽引導觀眾探索香港獨有的都市魅力，更是中國寫意畫和西方印象派的有趣結合。
The exhibition aims to explore the unique urban scenes of Hong Kong while showcasing a perfect blend between Eastern and Western techniques.
璀璨 — 王秋童個展｜Glitter — Wong Chau Tung Solo Exhibition
Date:
2024.11.6 – 2025.2.9
Venue:
Artspace K
香港淺水灣道 109 號影灣園商場 G105-106｜G105-106, The Repulse Bay Arcade, 109 Repulse Bay Road
Courtesy to Artspace K