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Colour by Wong May Lee and Colour by Lam Yi Kei at Sun Museum


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Sun Museum will concurrently present two exhibitions, "Colour by Wong May Lee" and "Colour by Lam Yi Kei". Showcasing 85 ceramic creations and precious fragments collected at ancient kiln sites by Hong Kong female ceramics artist Wong May Lee, as well as 30 oil paintings by artist Lam Yi Kei.

Wong May Lee has been engaged in ceramic art since the 1970s, excelling in pottery from making wheel-thrown vessels to handbuilt clay sculptures. She passionately dives into the world of pottery and explores a range of different pottery-making and firing techniques, from creating the splendid reduction effects in raku firing, experimenting with the natural ash glaze in woodfiring, to appreciating the elegant and rustic Yixing‘s zisha (purple clay) pieces. She has even visited the renowned Longquan kiln in Zhejiang and Cizhou kiln in Hebei, learning about the production techniques from local scholars and ceramics masters. She succeeds in reviving the enchanting traditional colours of ancient Chinese celadon, such as fen qing (powder blue), mei zi qing (plum green), zi kou (purple rim) and tie zu (iron-rust-colour foot). These are remarkable archievement.

Lam Yi Kei's works primarily focus on landscapes and figures, with themes revolving around people and objects related to his personal experiences, capturing these familiar life records with oil paints. Lam has travelled to famous museums across Europe, learning from the masterpieces and enriching his artistic life through these journeys. He excels at capturing the trajectory, angle, and intensity of light, manipulating light and shadow to create exceptional ambience. His works exude the qualities of Western Classical and Impressionist paintings, while possessing a style of his own.

Venue Address: 4/F, SML Building, 165 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon