The month of May features a lot of art exhibitions all across Macau and we featured one Macau themed exhibition being hosted in Venice, Italy to honor exemplary talent by our very own local artist. We suggest you explore these artworks and discover the emotions that they evoke from your own reflection.
A Bonsai of My Dream – Works by Wong Cheng Pou
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The 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale Di Venezia 2017 is a major international contemporary art event that was launched on May 13 in Venice, Italy. The Macao Museum of Art (MAM), under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, continues to promote the participation of Macao artists in this event, in order to showcase local works on this prestigious international stage. In this edition, the Macao exhibition themed ‘A Bonsai of My Dreams – Works by Wong Cheng Pou’, features new works by local artist Wong Cheng Pou. It might not be based in Macau but if you’re traveling, it’s definitely something that should be on your itinerary.
Wong Cheng Pou has a wide vision and open understanding towards life; his solid artistic skills, which are as profound as his thoughts towards life, makes him one of the most outstanding contemporary artists in Macau.
When: 10:00am – 6:00pm, May 13 – November 12, 2017
Where: Arsenale, Campo della Tana. Castello 2126/A, Venice, Italy
Reservations and Inquires: www.mam.gov.mo
Overlook the Macau City – Works by Cai Guo Jie
Macau artist Cai Guo Jie will have his solo exhibition “Overlook the Macau City – Works by Cai Guo Jie” in AFA Macau at 6:30pm on April 3. It has been three years since his last solo exhibition in AFA Beijing. This time Cai will have his latest watercolor series, showing the Macau sceneries in a perspective of looking down.
Cai’s exhibition ‘Overlook the Macau City’ displays a total of 14 landscape paintings of Macao scenery – Mong Ha Hill, the Inner Harbour, Ruins of St. Paul’s, St. Lawrence’s Church, Coloane Alto among others and even a panorama of the Macao Peninsula – all are familiar to the eyes of both locals and visitors. These paintings are different from his previous creations: in most of them the horizon is elevated to a considerably high level, and it even disappears completely in some of them, as in the painting named ‘Camões Looking East’. The viewer seems to have been lifted up in the air and placed at a high vantage point overlooking the subject. In addition, it is worth noting that the dimension of the paintings has been enlarged to a full sheet, the maximum size for watercolor paintings. The same as usual, the painter’s aggressive autography hovers at the top of each and every painting, as if sitting atop, looking down and describing the ever-changing cityscapes, where the painter has indulged himself in unharnessed imagination.
“Overlook the Macau City – Works by Cai Guo Jie” is partly sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macao SAR Government. Media partners include Hoje Macau and Ponto Final.
When: April 4 to May 23
Where: AFA Macau, 4th Floor, Art Garden, Avenida Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues N. 265, Macau.
The gallery is on the Ground Floor, open from Tuesdays to Sundays (12:00pm to 7:00pm) and closed on Mondays and public holidays.
For more information, contact +853 2836 6064 during office hours or email to [email protected]. For more information, please visit www.afamacau.com.
Sketchbook Drawings by Fan Sai Hong
Local sketch drawing artist Fan Sai Hong holds his first solo exhibition in Taipa Village Art Space with his unique collection of drawings that documented the traces of his personal life journey discovery over a decade. The variety of media, formats and artistic expressions showcase a wide range of drawing styles which reflect Hong’s mood at each specific period of time, representing the direct outcome of his state of mind in depicting the circumstances of his life. The creative progress has manifested Hong’s mind evolution as he grows older.
This exhibition also debuts Hong’s “No Name” comic book series that were incepted in 2016, featuring 40 drawings which collectively tell the story of a little boy who enters into a lonely journey through the wilderness as a way to make the spiritual transition into manhood. The storyboard reveals Hong’s belief in the ideal relationship between man and nature, where the simple things in life prevail and are manifested in their purest state.
When: April 26 – June 30
Where: Taipa Village Art Space, 10 Rua dos Clerigos, Taipa
How much: Free admission
For more details, visit www.taipavillagemacau.org.mo or contact +853 2857 6118
Break the word boundaries – “Tentative Notebook – Works by Rui Rasquinho”
The Portuguese visual artist Rui Rasquinho will have his solo exhibition “Tentative Notebook – Works by Rui Rasquinho” in AFA on May 13 (Saturday), at 4:00pm. The artist has been working in Macau since 1996 as graphic designer and illustrator. He mainly creates illustration, video and photography works. This time, the artist would decorate the exhibition hall as his studio and showcase lots of sketchbooks, foldable books and video works in different media, including ink, graphite, and charcoal etc.
The artist invites us to go beyond the white cube gallery and walk into the staged studio. We are even free to touch and turn the pages of his sketches and notebooks and “read” his notes that are without words. Its single-pointedness plunges us into a world of subtlety and impermanence, an ever-changing landscape of the same substance.
When: May 13 – June 11
Where: AFA Macau, 4th Floor, Art Garden, Avenida Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues N. 265, Macau.
The gallery is on the Ground Floor, open from Tuesdays to Sundays (12:00pm to 7:00pm) and closed on Mondays and public holidays.
For more information, contact +853 2836 6064 during office hours or email to [email protected]. For more information, please visit www.afamacau.com.
Our Belle Époque・Macao -The Works of Leo Fan
Taking the blue sky and the white flowers as the fundamentals of the paintings by Leo Fan, such recurring elements reflect the artist’s perceptions of the future. Fan’s allusions are also outlined through his ever-changing style of artistic presentation. The thematic subject of the works showcased in this exhibition is “face” where each and every portrait is embedded with a touching story. The traces of every single human being’s hard work in this unadorned world is marked. Some of them may achieve fame for themselves, while others remain anonymous; their persistence and faith are beyond materialistic pursuits. It is precisely the passion of these individuals that Leo Fan glorifies as the “Honourable Souls”.
When: 12:00pm – 7:00pm, May 27 – June 25, 2017
Where: 牛房倉庫 二樓展廳 2F Gallery of Ox Warehouse
Reservations and Inquires: [email protected]
