Fotanian Open Studios (3).

QIÁNG 薔  (Rm 1316, Block B, Wah Luen Industrial Centre)

Qiáng comes from the word "Qiáng Wei", in Chinese is "薔薇", means “ wild rose”. The studio was founded in 2010. They choose this name because wild rose is a kind of beautiful flower endures to grow even in extreme weathers.

 

One of the artists, AMA HUEN Ning displayed her paintings of socket, light bulb and hinge...many kinds of trivial things you could find at home.

I often do sketching on any object I see when I am bored. So I like those paintings very much.

Later I find the story behind her paintings: AMA had given birth to her baby last year and this life- changing statues brought influence to her perspectives as well as her works. She followed her son’s sight to observe the world, discovered from the surroundings which people were supposed to familiar with.

The stuff she drew is just so close to our life, seems ordinary but makes me feel warm and peaceful.

I daily life, we seldom spend time to calm ourselves down and take a look at the things around us. Just like the message from the previous work “Play, Pause Rewind, Home”. When we think about all those small facilities at our home, actually they are playing essential role in our life, to link us with the world.

No matter how the world is changing, they stay there quietly and provide the things we need. Silence but powerful.



People always questions “is this a piece of art?” However, I realized it really doesn't matter. At least, that piece of “thing” has already provoked your thought, perhaps that’s the point.

(to be continued)