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Event:
Four Focuses: Four Hong Kong Photographers - Date: 16- 28 September, 2002 Grotto Fine Art takes great pleasure in presenting Four Focuses: Four Hong Kong Photographers. Featuring works of Ha Bik-chuen, Joe Kwok, Josiah Leung and Warren Leung. The theme of this exhibition is the manipulation of light and darkness, the most important aspect of photography. Photography will be on display from September 16 through 26, 2002. Ha Bik-chuen (b.1925) is a master of painting, sculpture, photography and relief prints, Ha's versatility made him a distinguished artist of unique local characteristics. Ha's photography focuses on everyday objects and environment with special attention given to tonal balance and textural treatment. While technicality and craftsmanship might easily amaze the viewer, the true meaning of Ha's works always concerns the profound nature of life, its humor and lyricism. Joe Kwok (b.1971) is a locally born and bred photographer with specific interest in Hong Kong cultural relics and environment. Using the Polaroid SX-70 camera, Kwok shot images of ancient temples, villages and people whose lifestyle has immensely changed by the city's rapid urbanization. Kwok modifies his Polaroid by marking and scratching the surface of the print in order to create a unique photographic and painterly result. Warren Leung Chi-wo (b.1968) is one of the most avant-garde multi-media artists today. His works were recently featured at the prestigious Venice Biennale and received critical acclaim. Leung's photographic series of the cityscapes of New York, Venice and Hong Kong used both positive and negative spaces, unique focal points and shooting angles to create abstract images of mass and void. By reducing familiar landmarks into unfamiliar forms, Leung's photographic images bring out unusual vista within familiar surroundings. Josiah Leung (b.1961) is a top corporate photographer in Hong Kong. Graduated from the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York, Leung came back to Hong Kong in 1998 and, aside from his professional jobs, set up his studio for his own interest in artistic photography. Leung's works range from black and white, figurative to still life, all of which demonstrate his control of light and composition. The main concern of his works, however, remains the cycle of life.
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