Every moment turns momental under the torrent of images and time. They keep flipping through every moment we see, not allowing either pick, collect nor remember. Yet, sometimes people remain hovering among some specific scenes in mind. But why? Are those scenes so memorable or so reluctant to forget?

Painting visually records the intention as still pieces, but how could it freeze the dynamic and recollect the momental passion in the flow of time?

“Flow and Hover” is a solo exhibition by Hector Chan, with paintings taking different scenes from movies and daily life as subjects. Chan’s practice mainly focus on exploring how painting could represent dynamic, and the pieces in this exhibition apply the way of painting he has being explored since 2018.

Dynamic appears not only in visual movement, but also in mental leap of association. Dynamic gesture smoothens and extends seeing, it strikes into the eyes and summons the torrent of images in mind instantly, which brings an image more than an image. Sometimes it penetrates the time, summoning next moment of the movement; and sometimes it penetrates the memory, connecting similar scenes together. Seeing triggers association, which leaps across fragmentary recollection of images in our mind. Such dynamic is an extension of the desire of seeing,

Gallery address: 6/F Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Road, Wanchai