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Saturday, July 15, 1972
HONG KONG'S EMERGING ART STYLE ON DISPLAY
One hundred and forty works by local artists are now on display at
the City Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival celebrating
the 10th anniversary of the City Hall.
The exhibition entitled "Contemporary Hong Kong Art", consists of
paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, Chinese ink paintings and Chinese
calligraphy. They have been selected from nearly one thousand works.
The exhibition represents a biennial survey of the Hong Kong art scene
and will remain open until August 13.
An interesting aspect is the interfusion of East-West culture reflected
clearly in many of the works. Chinese paintings, forming the largest group in
the exhibition, generally show contemporary expression.
Oil or acrylic paintings are often impregnated with Oriental poetry
or philosophy while sculptures in bronze, wood, stone or bamboo tend to bring
out solemn and primitive feelings of the ancient world.
Together they are said to mark the characteristics of an emerging
"Hong Kong Style",
A souvenir catalogue for the exhibition with 37 illustrations and a
long introduction has been published by the City Museum and Art Gallery. It is
on sale at the Museum at $2.
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