HONG KONG.- Sun Museum is presenting “Envisioned Landscape: The Art of Hung Hoi”, an exhibition on Hung Hoi, which opened on 21st July and runs through 27th August 2016. It is the first solo exhibition organized by Sun Museum. It features Hung’s landscape paintings in various media such as baimiao, sketch in ink and colour as well as acrylic. As the largest solo exhibition on Hung, it offers a comprehensive survey into his artistic career through 64 sets of paintings created from 1987 to 2016. They demonstrate how Hung deploys traditional method to illustrate landscapes in his mind and opens up a new pathway of ink painting.

Hung was born in 1957 and resided in Hong Kong since 1978. He studied painting under Yang Shanshen. , “I learn tradition with the view of innovating and making transformation on the basis of traditional painting methods. The purpose of painting is to depict landscape in my heart and form a unique style”, quoted from Hung.

Baimiao in ink and cinnabar are amongst Hung’s most exceptional pieces. Baimiao requires supreme skills to draw accurate lines with force and create sharply defined compositions, both of which are evident in Hung’s paintings, speaking of the artist’s majesty of brushwork. A large baimiao painting titled Mount Huashan recently completed is on display in the exhibition. In addition, Hung uses tonal gradation of ink to depict texture of scenery as well as enhances sense of perspective. One example in the exhibition is Czech Republic Impression in which the scenery is given a sense of depth and distance achieved through tonal gradation.

Hung has a liking for depicting famous mountains in Hong Kong and Mainland China. He is also interested in painting European cities. Apart from traditional ink painting of contemporary landscape, Hung’s innovate endeavours now include acrylic landscape in which he combines Chinese and Western techniques to depict oriental moods.

“Like the literati artists, Hung focuses on landscape as the subject and brushwork technique. His landscape paintings can be categorized into two, those realistically rendered in baimiao method, and others in freehand ink wash. However, Hung innovates while emulates tradition. Through intensive study and extensive travel, he has created his own unique landscape. Embodied with his emotion and conception, nature delineated under Hung’s brushstrokes is enchanting,” said Mr. Yeung Chun Tong, the Director of Sun Museum.

“It is our honour to work with Mr. Hung and present to the public Mr. Hung’s outstanding artistic achievement and unique style in this first solo exhibition of Sun Museum. Through this exhibition, Sun Museum hopes to promote the heritage and innovation of Chinese ink painting and to showcase the unique works of Hong Kong artists. This is part of our effort to educate the public about arts and culture,” said Ms. Chloe Suen, Chair of the Simon Suen Foundation.

Hung is now the Museum Expert Advisor of the Leisure and Cultural Services, guest lecturer of HKUSPACE, Member of the China Artists Association, Art Advisor of the Zhuhai Art Institute and Honorary President of the West Fujian Institute of Calligraphy and Painting. His artworks have been collected by a number of museums.