Magic City 奇幻都會

Magic City: Ink Painting in New Light
2005 / Ink paintings and digital variations / Exhibition: exhibited at the Studio’s SoHo gallery in 2005

The installation work “Magic City: Ink Painting in New Light” is an organic combination of Chinese ink painting, computer art and light. The work (completed in 2005) consists of five brush-and-ink paintings and twenty-three digital variations. The original pieces are places alongside their computer-generated counterparts to create a surreal aura. Hong Kong cityscape is the main subject of these images. They are presented in different ways for contrast. This installation work is a dialogue between tradition and modernity. It embraces Chinese ink painting and the development of digital technology. It also probes into the relationship between traditional art form and our urban life in the new millennium.

奇幻都會：水墨燈城
2005 / 水墨畫及電腦轉化圖像 / 展覽: 創作室的蘇荷藝廊, 2005

「奇幻都會：水墨燈城」是一套揉合中國水墨畫、電腦藝術和燈光的裝置作品。這套作品在2005年製作，全套包括5件水墨及23個經電腦數碼轉化的圖像。原作與電腦變體並陳，營造出奇幻的超現實觀感。裝置組件的圖像主要是香港的城市景貌。圖像以各種形式展示，互為比對。這套裝置是傳統與現代之間的一個對話。它匯合中國水墨畫及新近的數碼科技，藉此探討傳統藝術形式和新科技的關係。

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Project Cover Image
Skyline 摩天
2005, ink and colour on paper 水墨設色紙本
A cityscape based on some sketches made in Central, Hong Kong.
香港城景之一，底本是一些中環的速寫。

Project Gallery
1. Night Scene 夜景
2002, ink and colour on paper 水墨設色紙本
A study – a high-rise residential building at night.
習作，另一張城景：一座多層住宅大廈晚上的燈光。

2 and 3. Night Scene Two digital variations are shown in this online gallery to contrast their brush-and-ink originals.
此頁同時附載兩張水墨畫的數碼轉化圖像，以供對照。

4 and 5. Cat Lantern 貓燈
2005, ink and colour on paper, approx 22 x60 cam
The lantern was shown with other pieces in the artist’s studio/gallery in 2005. Pic shown here alongside a digital variation. The lantern was left behind in the artist’s old studio when he left Hong Kong in 2020.
燈籠在2005 年製作，與作者的其他組件同時在其創作室/小藝廊展出。此處帖載燈籠及數碼轉化圖像。作者在2020離港， 燈籠留港，或已無存。
花鳥魚龍偏不挑，貓燈掛起是元宵。只存影像舊圖檔，燈已無存人在漂。 (2022 年元宵補記，其時作者已流離海外)