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"Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area - "Debate on Form and Spirit" staged in Foshan (with photos)
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     Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) is on display until March 28 in Foshan. The exhibition focuses on exploring the dialectical relationship between "form" and "spirit" in traditional Chinese philosophy and aesthetics. Hong Kong artist Tony Ng's ever-changing ink stone landscapes, together with Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu's refined lacquer art sculptures, showcase creativity and interaction of tradition and innovation among GBA artists.

   Ng's artwork at the exhibition integrates different media, including contemporary ink painting, acrylics, and photography. His ink art "A Stone's Dream" series narrates the dreams of a stone, and unfolds the artist's reflections on each stage of life. In the "Transcending Nature" series, Ng breaks from the tradition of using ink and paper in Chinese landscape painting, instead employing acrylics and canvas to capture the forms and spirit of mountains and rivers. The photography series "Transcend" shows the artist juxtaposing paintings and photographic artworks from different periods, with one part featuring cement blocks collected from construction sites to create dynamic photographs, while another part reveals their inherent vitality through flowing brushwork.

     Ou's lacquer art creation explores the relationship between presence and disappearance, and between form and spirit. In the "Shanshui" series, the artist continues the emotional connection to mountains and water of the literati in the Tang and Song dynasties. Using elements such as mountains, water, pools and light as a starting point, he extracts the spirituality of the landscape from paper, embedding it into the fragmented visual experience of contemporary life. The "Monument" series was created using the traditional dry lacquer technique. The trace of each step is gradually covered and softened by the following layer, making it nearly invisible in the finished work.

     The exhibition also displays an art installation, "Ontology", collaboratively created by the two artists. Using chess as a metaphor, each artist designed half of the chessboard and chess pieces, ultimately merging them into a cohesive whole. The chess pieces Ng created are the items collected from urban construction cement blocks, leftover glass from a glass workshop, and so on. Ou's chess pieces take the form of a series of lacquered bamboo‑segment vessels in varying sizes, which are rounded, warm and tactile. This collaborative chess game showcases their individual artistic identities while harmoniously blending both styles.

     The exhibition is running at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum), No. 10 Jinhu Avenue, Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan. Admission is free. For details of the exhibition, please visit the website of the Art Promotion Office www.apo.hk/en/web/apo/there_ink_art_ensembles_debate_on_form_and_spirit.html, and follow the "apothere" page on Facebook www.facebook.com/apo.there, Instagram www.instagram.com/apo.there and Weibo weibo.com/apothere.

     The exhibition is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit ccpo.gov.hk/en.
 
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Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan.
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Hong Kong artist Tony Ng (right) and Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu (left), and their co-created installation artwork "Ontology".
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Hong Kong artist Tony Ng and his ink artwork series "Whisper".
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows on the right side Hong Kong artist Tony Ng's acrylics artwork "Transcending Nature II" (partial) and on the left side Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu's lacquer art sculpture "Wrinkled Screen".
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Hong Kong artist Tony Ng's photography artwork "Transcend II".
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Hong Kong artist Tony Ng's ink artwork "Mutter III".
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu and his lacquer art sculptures.
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu's lacquer art sculpture "Quadripartite Tower" from the "Monument" series.
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu's lacquer art sculpture "Waning Moon" from the "Shanshui" series.
Jointly organised by the Art Promotion Office and the Shenzhen Fringe Art Center, the fourth exhibition "Debate on Form and Spirit" of the "Ink Art Ensembles" Exhibition Series in the Greater Bay Area is on display until March 28 at Xiqiao Mountain Art Museum (Youwei Art Museum) in Foshan. Photo shows Jiangmen artist Ou Tingzhu's lacquer art sculpture "Wrinkled Screen" from the "Shanshui" series.