Sino Group’s ‘Art in Hong Kong’ is delighted to present ‘Dialogue – Prints and Collections by Liu Ye’, which showcases a dozen of prints by eminent Chinese contemporary artist Liu Ye and his revered artist acquaintances including Wang Guangyi, Fang Lijun, Sui Jianguo, Zhou Chunya, Yang Shaobin and Wei Dong.

For the past 2 to 3 decades, Chinese contemporary art has become an international phenomenon. Born and bred in Beijing, Liu Ye is one of the internationally acclaimed artists who was also hailed as ‘10 most influential Chinese contemporary artists’. Thanks to Liu’s father, who is a writer of children literature, Liu’s childhood was filled with fairytales. With a solid training in both art and design, Liu has developed a unique painting style depicting a childlike world, in which cartoon-like characters are employed to narrate the stories of adult world.

Liu graduated from Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin. After graduation, he returned to Beijing and collaborated with Mr. Lawrence Wu, who was hailed as ‘the first man to bring Chinese contemporary arts into auction house’. This collaboration was proven to be successful as it opened up the international art market for Liu Ye, who has thereafter made frequent appearances in many international art fairs and auctions. For example, Liu‘s work ‘Teresa Teng’ gained overwhelming popularity in Art HK 10.

Liu is also an acquaintance of many eminent Chinese contemporary artists, such as Wang Guangyi, Fang Lijun, Zhou Chunya, Yang Shaobin, Sui Jianguo and Wei Dong, who collected and exchanged prints of distinguished works by their counterparts. Together with Liu’s artworks, this exhibition showcases one work from each of the six artists which is currently in Mr. Liu’s collection, forming a variety of Chinese contemporary art which are stylistically different yet similarly inspiring. We aim to bring our audience the vitality of the contemporary art scene in China as well as the prolific creativity of these Chinese avant-garde artists.

To complement the exhibition, musicians from the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra are invited to perform the masterpieces by Mozart and Teresa Teng during the exhibition period. The first concert will be held on 18 May and the second one will be around mid June. To enhance the understanding of Chinese contemporary art, guided tours will be held for the public during the exhibition period.

‘Dialogue – Prints and Collections by Liu Ye’ Opening Concert
Date: 18 / 5 / 2011 (Wed)
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Venue: 1/F Lobby, Central Plaza