“I always think about the earth, big plains, rivers and sea. I am fascinated by big space…my aim is to make harmony and make it simple”
—Lui Chun Kwong
AIKE is delighted to present “Forming Dusty Clues” a solo exhibition, by Lui Chun Kwong. The show features a series of recent “Landscape” abstract painting by the artist. The exhibition will be on view from November 7, 2018 to December 16, 2018.
In recent twenty years, Lui Chun Kwong’s abstract art exploration begins with the purist pursuit of the picture. Every line that he draws compresses the visual world that our eye captures with a single eye-blink by reducing it to the essential. Against this backdrop of artistic trend worldwide, Lui Chun Kwong has chosen quite the opposite. He returns to the nature through his personal artistic approach. The vertical lines dripping from the top of the linen are intensive and interlaced in certain orders, and by using the pigments, he makes wrinkles and rubs which form what he calls “witnesses to the eternity of nature laws such as the gravity of the earth, a kind of ‘constancy’ found in the nature of landscape and also in humanity.”
Lui describes his painting workflow as “standing, drinking, walking, and ploughing.” The artistic work is akin to “farming” for him. He tends to set himself into the ‘selfless’ status through this kind of endless ploughing and habits to forget his own existence. The title of the exhibition “Forming Dusty Clues” is in line with Lui’s daily practice on his eastern philosophy and life attitude.
Recently, Lui Chun Kwong’s strokes are getting more delicate and minimal at the same time, the conversion of the colors is bright and subtle, and the layers are sparse and relaxed. The exhibition space will be divided into three sections. A green plant which Lui is pleased to will be set up at the side of the space entrance, and a window will be opened in the larger room of the third section. Meanwhile, two wooden benches will be fabricated for exhibition, which are based on Lui’s hand-made model in early 1990s. The artist will paint on the surface of the two-meter wooden bench on site. The benches will be also provided for the visitors to rest. Through all these years Lui Chun Kwong is always trying to keep the life of breath in his exhibition.