Excursion to the readings
Recent works of TSE Yim On and Terrence CHEUNG
(中文新聞稿)

Date: 27 Oct - 10 Dec 2004
Venue: Para/Site Central (Hanart TZ Gallery, 2/F, 5 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.)
Time 10:00am - 6:30pm (Mon-Fri)；10:00am - 6:00pm (Sat)
Closed on Sun & Public Holidays

Para/Site Central is a mini-gallery, run by Para/Site Art Space at the corridor of Hanart TZ Gallery in Central. Its purpose is to present the recent works of local artists. Pare/Site is delight to present the recent works of TSE Yim On and Terrence CHEUNG who were both selected for previous Hong Kong Art Biennale's. In 1998, Tse's work was selected for the biennale and subsequently collected by the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Both of their works are not only painting works but also present sophisticated and different approaches to easel painting. Through their works, we are allowed to comprehend their works in an alternative way.

Engaging with the mechanisms of reading, Tse started to create a different series of artists' books. The format is neither a booklet nor easel painting, instead, the painting style comprises of painting and comic styles. Your eyes can "walk" around the illustrations by free association and peer into his unconscious. Instead of linear narration found in comics, the significance of stream-of-consciousness constructs the pagination among pictures.

Terrence's works usually consists of several paintings installed in various formats. This represents the inter-twist within pictorials, while the crop-like and blur images in paintings imply the fluidity, unconsciousness, chaos and fragmentation of memory. The room of their imagination and the message of the paintings, are hence extended through the viewers' own association. This exhibition will unfold the artistic history of his works, in order to realize the context of his recent works.

Para/Site Central is sponsored by Hanart TZ Gallery. Co-ordinated by Para/Site Art Space, aimed to expose and promote the new artistic projects of emerging artists. We believe this is significant to facilitate the contemporary art scene in Hong Kong.