For French May Arts Festival 2024, Oi Ling Art Gallery has selected 4 outstanding local Hong Kong Chinese artists whose artworks focus on the subject matter of identity, origin, and the quest to find the meaning to life - ideas and philosophies previously explored by several of the French Impressionist artists, indeed both Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

Both Fan Hong Bin and Tian Yan Hua are grounded in traditional Chinese ink techniques but have developed non-traditional colour schemes to help them express their spiritual thoughts on religion and ways to find inner peace. 

Wing Chan and Cassian Lau by contrast, have an entirely different orientation. Wing Chan is a photographer. He uses his camera to capture the dynamic and different nuances of urban society. He then creates montages that speak beyond the aesthetic but also show the various rhythms and landscapes of an urban society. Similarly, Cassian Lau uses his art to comment on the different phenomena he observes in the modern world. Often his attention is drawn to the hypocrisy and shallowness of a society that focuses too much on materialism.  He uses black outlines, exaggeration and words to augment his artworks. His work is colourful, decorative, fun, and comedic. 

Gallery address: Shop 2, G/F, 123 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan

Please mark the dates (May 13th to 22nd 2022) to come and see artist David Peereboom's first solo exhibition in Asia.
The philosophy behind his collection, NFA, echoes the philosophy of rock culture and is founded on appealing to subconscious couture. David designs for the hidden self. He believes that magic will happen when one lets one’s inner self out.

David Peereboom will be in the gallery to meet you all during the exhibition.
Opening Hours:: 10am to 7pm (Monday to Saturday)
1pm to 6:30pm (Sunday)

Gallery address: G/F, 72 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong

Christmas is just around the corner and a new year will be upon us soon. As always at this time of the year we think of family and loved ones. To celebrate this season of love and giving, Oi Ling Antiques has invited 6 artists from different backgrounds to join together for a special exhibition entitled FEARLESS LOVE. Each of the artists has used his and her own unique talent and artistic language to express the meaning of FEARLESS LOVE.

•William Tang - a celebrity fashion designer

•Yeo Tin Ming -a Chinese geomancer

•Monica Cheung -an artist, a mother with an autistic child

•Sindy Yao-a multi-media artist

•Sophia Hotung-a Hong Kong, Eurasian illustrator and writer

•Polly Tang - a dedicated artist

Gallery address: 72 Hollywood Road, Central

In 2018, Chan Sai-lok launched his cultural identity series with red as the main motif, then had two solo exhibitions, “Land of Longing and Exile” (2019) and “Everyday Practice” (2020), and undertook residencies in New York and Denmark. Now, as a kind of postscript to his red series, he has invited three of his friends to join him in interpreting contemporary ink aesthetics.

The curatorial framework appropriates the traditional genres of poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal carving and objects. Chan sees text and literature as materials for creation. Not restricted to readable text, poetry can be purely a sequence of text, alternating rhythms or abstract formations. Fabric and silk are colours with which painting weaves narrative layers like a novel. Chui Pui-chee has had a long calligraphy practice. Man and brush move as one entity, creating the essence of his ink practice.

Participating artist: CHUI Pui-chee, LAU Hok-shing, PAU Mo-ching, CHAN Sai-lok

Gallery address: 2 Lower Albert Road, Central

“The Flow of Ink" is an exhibition of contemporary Chinese ink paintings which focuses on the different creative approaches adopted by artists to enrich a traditional art form with modern elements. This integration of old and new intends to bring an old art form up-to-date, making it relevant to the 21st century. Each artist has their own unique background and experiences, a myriad of subtle differences that individualizes artistic expression. Through this exhibition we hope to provide visitors a spiritual journey of reflection, exploration and rediscovery. Most of all, we hope to deepen appreciation of tradition and heritage while inspiring new ideas and new paths for artists across different media and paradigms.

We invite you all to join us in “The Flow of Ink” exhibition and be inspired by the artistic language of each individual artist who seeks to carry forward an ancient tradition which takes its origins from the innate spirituality of man and nature.

Gallery address: G/F, 72 Hollywood Road, Central