| Duration |
展期 |
| 6 Jun 2020 - 11 Jul 2020 |
2020年6月6日至7月11日 |
Tue - Sat : 11am - 6pm
(We are closed for public holidays on the 25th Jun & 1st Jul)
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星期二至六： 上午11點至下午6點
（畫廊將於6月25日及7月11日休假）
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| Exhibition Closing Party with Artist Damon Tong |
藝術家出席閉幕酒會 |
11 July 2020 (Saturday) 4pm – 6pm
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2020年7月11日 （星期六）下午4點至6點
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RSVP | Enquiry: info@artprojectsasia.com
+852 2523 5688
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RSVP ｜ 查詢： info@artprojectsasia.com
+852 2523 5688
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| Venue |
展出地點 |
ART PROJECTS GALLERY
Unit 17A, 17/F Regency Centre Phase 2
43 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong
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藝途畫廊
香港黃竹坑道43號
偉晉中心2期17樓17A室
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Art Projects Gallery is delighted to present MUMBLE CRUMBLE, Hong Kong artist, Damon Tong’s highly anticipated 2nd solo exhibition, after his well-received show at Art Central 2019.
Tong is known for his use of the unconventional medium of custom-made stickers, inspired by the ubiquitous “Made In Hong Kong” stickers that he came across during his childhood in the 1970-80s as his family was in the garment business at that time.
Since the beginning, Tong’s works has been and continues to be wildly relevant to the evolving issues related to social, cultural and values in Hong Kong and the world. The fun and witty paradoxes that he creates through the manipulation of texts, subtexts, graphics and colours, contain powerful underlying messages and perspectives.
The focus on repetition and the mundane, anonymity, and cryptic characteristic of Tong’s works continues to be prevalent in the MUMBLE CRUMBLE works, in which the meanings and idea behind “word”, “speech” and “message” get lost in the noise of society and hidden agendas in the world today. The work encourages a different way of “seeing” to better understand the world around us.
In these new works, the use of stickers seems to take on a different philosophical meaning from his earlier works, with each piece of sticker now seemingly portray the power of the individual to complete the whole picture.
Born in Hong Kong in 1979, Damon Tong received his Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Art from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (co-presented with the Hong Kong Art School) in 2008 and his Master of Visual Arts from the Hong Kong Baptist University in 2013. He is also a member of Rental United, an artist trio established in 2009, which is known for their participatory practices.
Artist’s Statement
“The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.”
This is my favourite line from the movie “Fight Club”. I’ve always thought the line only suggests if something is so important you need to repeat twice. Only until recently, I found out it is also the hidden reference to the DID (dissociative identity disorder) condition of the main characters.
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“Mumble Jumble” will be exhibited at Art Projects Gallery from 6 June – 11 July 2020. Works can be viewed online at Art Projects Gallery website (www.artprojectsasia.com). Physical viewing is on during the gallery opening hours will be subjected to COVID19 crowd control measures.
香港本地藝術家唐偉傑自去年於Art Central 2019的展出備受好評後，經過一年的籌備，藝途畫廊很榮幸再次為他舉辦這眾所期待的第二度展覽《碎語》。
偉傑的作品因使用非常規的定制貼紙而聞名，靈感來自他在1970-80年代童年時代（當時他的家人從事製衣業）幾乎每天都看到的“香港製造”貼紙。
從一開始，偉傑的作品就已經與香港社會，各地文化和價值觀問題息息相關。 他通過操縱文本，次文本，圖形和顏色而創作出有趣同時機智的作品，當中包含了強大的暗喻和獨特觀點。
在今次《碎語》展覽中，偉傑的作品繼續以一貫作風，充滿重複，通俗，匿名和暗喻的含意。其中“單詞”，“語音”和“消息”背後的含義和思想因社會的混沌和當今世界的秩序而迷失了。這類作品鼓勵觀眾用不同的“觀察”方式，更深層次地了解我們周圍的世界。
在新作品中，貼紙的使用似乎與他先前的作品具有不同的哲學含義，現在每張貼紙都似乎在發揮其獨立力量，共同來完成一個完整的作品。
1979年生於香港，唐偉傑於2008年獲得皇家墨爾本理工大學（與香港藝術學院合辦）美術學士學位，並於2013年獲得香港浸信會視覺藝術碩士學位 。他亦是2009年成立的Rental United 的重要成員，該組織因參與各項藝術展覽策劃而聞名。
藝術家自述
“搏擊會第一條規矩是：你不能談及搏擊會。第二條規則是：你還是不能談及搏擊會。”
這是電影《搏擊會》中我最喜歡的對白。 我一直認為對白只強調很重要事就要重講多次，僅此而已。 直到最近我才發現原這對白也是喑示主角有多重人格障礙的彩蛋。
《碎語》將於2020年6月6日至7月11日在藝途畫廊展出。今次可在藝途畫廊的網站（www.artprojectsasia.com）上在線觀看作品。 亦可以親身到畫廊於開放時間內參觀。為保障閣下健康，入場人士數目將受到COVID19人群控制措施所規限。 |
