“When Jacques Rancière Encountered Maurice Merleau-Ponty” Solo Display for the Western Paintings by Vincent LEE Kwun-leung
Artist: Lee Kwun Leung Vincent
Date: 22 May – 2 June 2023
Venue: Exhibition Gallery on M/F & 2/F, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library
Statement:
Jacques Rancière stressed “playful hallucinations” as a guiding code for narrative-painting expression, whereas Maurice Merleau-Ponty stressed the description of “dehiscence” and “instantaneous glimpse of movement” from the subject matters through one’s “autofigurative sentiments”. Are there any contradictions between “playful hallucinations” and “autofigurative sentiments”? There is a common ground for both notions which is “To portray the essence of the subject matter based on a sentimental observation on its form” avocation by Gu Kaizhi from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. No matter for manifesting “imaginations” or “eyes from the mind” for creating paintings, Gu Kaizhi’s avocation implies that we should convey the humorous sentiments of the subject matters based on our individual perceptional experiences.
Vincent Lee Kwun-leung graduated from HKBU Academy of Visual Arts. He obtained a Master of Social Science Degree in Contemporary China Studies at HKBU and a Master of Arts Degree in Fine Arts at CUHK. He has ever organized solo-displays at Cultural Centre, Fringe Club, Chai Wan Youth Square, Purple Bar & Lounge, Rosaryhill School Basement VA Gallery and CUHK New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library. Now, he operates an independent painting studio at the Unit 1515 of Kwai Shing Industrial Building (Phase 2) in Kwai Hing, namely “Atelier de Belas-Artes do Vincent Lee”. He is also a regular speaker for academic talks at Hong Kong Society of Humanities. Vincent Lee obtained a Champion from the “2006 E-Card Design Competition” organized by HKBU Chaplain’s Office and received the “Outstanding Graduate Award of Year 2009” from HKBU Office of Student Affairs. Vincent Lee has ever served as an Art Officer at Art Of Nature Gallery and an art-jamming tutor at Galerie Le Createur. He has also taught Children Chinese Ink Painting Course at Sing Wai Piano Company Limited and Comic Drawing Workshop at Pope Paul VI College.
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