“One-stroke contains the universe and beyond; thousands and myriads of strokes and ink all begin here and end here, waiting only for one to take advantage of it.”

-- Shitao, Chinese painter, calligrapher, and philosopher from the Qing Dynasty

In a treatise on painting titled, Huayulu (画語録), Shitao criticises the establishment and seeks to convey something more primal in a painting — a single, holistic brushstroke. Shitao’s work proclaims that the artist should be able to show the universe in a way that one profound line integrates everything, embracing the artist’s mind to the body then to the brush and finally to ink, to achieve their spiritual nourishment. One stroke should even reflect the artist’s moral cultivation.

The group exhibition, Brushstroke and Beyond, exemplifies artists’ self-cultivation by demonstrating their unique visual expressions to further elaborate how one stroke can extend beyond their limitations. The works of eight artists — Yun Hyong-keun, Masatoshi Masanobu, Lee Ufan, Raimund Girke, Shen Chen, Michel Mouffe, Shiro Tsujimura, and Hong Kong artist Pong Yu Wai — are focussed on their expansive approach to creative language gestures, such as scribble, line, and calligraphy. The gallery invites Pong Yu Wai to participate in this exhibition as a part of Hong Kong Gallery Association’s Summer Program, which is the annual project which focuses on the local art scene and creating a positive impact on the local talent within the community by allowing the artist to present his major works to embody his strong platform in the gallery.

Gallery address: 21F, Coda Designer Centre, Wong Chuk Hang