Bringing “Art．People．Nature” together in harmony, K11 Art Mall is delighted to present the Chinese New Year campaign with a creative and auspicious theme of Art of Bamboo from 14 January to 20 February 2011.  To wish everyone lucky and blissful in the year to come, K11 Art Mall brings a garden reminiscent of the meeting place in the ancient tale of Herd Boy and Weaving Girl, interspersed with 188 sparkling bamboo and 10 pairs of magpies.

Renowned bamboo carving Hung Kin Wah from the province of Anhui, who created the first piece of bamboo art listed as national treasures, is invited to Hong Kong for the first time to debut his bamboo exhibition and showcase more than 30 pieces of antiques worth more than a million dollars in the territory.  What’s more, K11 also prepared listless promotions and art exhibitions for shoppers, including limited edition K11 Red Pocket Pack and Tea Mug redemption program, offering them a sensational and emotional flourishing year of Rabbit!

Art of Bamboo: Built of 188 Bamboos  Love Cages Featuring 10 Pairs of Magpies
The Chinese academics have a particular liking for bamboo. Regarded as a gentleman with perfect virtues in the world of plants, bamboo is favored in Chinese New Year due to the word’s pronunciation rhymes with the word “blessing” and “wishes” in Chinese. 

While bamboo shares the same spirits with arts of upright integrity and grace, K11 Art Mall specially chose “bamboo” as a theme to create the “Art of Bamboo” with 188 sparkling, partially gold foiled bamboo nested with 10 pairs of magpies.

The garden is also a reminiscent of the meeting place in the ancient tale of Herd Boy and Weaving Girl.  Pairs of lively magpies with different postures are scattered inside and around the two 3.5m and 2.5m tall “Love Cage”, leading to a mezzanine frosted with pink and white blooming peach blossoms.  Shoppers can write their New Year wishes on the wooden make-a-wish plaques and hang them inside the garden.

Renowned Bamboo Carving Maestro Hung Kin Wah Debuts Bamboo Art Exhibition in HK
The Chinese is one of the earliest civilizations to experiment with bamboo, and bamboo carving is a signature art to reflect China’s outstanding crafting techniques in the world’s crafting history. To tie in with the decoration theme, K11 honorably invited the renowned bamboo carving Hung Kin Wah from the province of Anhui, who created the first piece of bamboo art which listed as national treasures, to display more than 30 pieces of antiques at his first-ever bamboo art exhibition in Hong Kong.

Being a veteran in bamboo carving, Hung has been transcending the mastery for more than 20 years. His skillful integration of hand carved elegance to nature was unprecedented and was praised as “the Apostle of the Anhui Cultural Heritage” along with prestigious titles such as the “The Master of Chinese Aboriginal Arts”. Many of Hung’s work are coveted collectables to art lovers, manifesting his important position in arts. He created the bamboo Chinese brush pot “Seven Wise Men in the Woods” which is setting in the National Palace Museum.  This seemingly ordinary stationary was the first piece of bamboo art listed a national treasure since the 1950s. Master Hung specially remade the artpiece and another bamboo Chinese brush pot “Harmony” for Hong Kong people’s appreciation at K11 Art Mall.

Besides, Master Hung will demonstrate his carving skills by tailor-making three pieces of bamboo arts for Hong Kong. To offer shoppers exceptional experience with this cultural heritage, bamboo carving, He will also show his skillful integration of hand carved to customers at the Bamboo carving workshop.

Demonstration and Workshop
22 Jan 2011 (Saturday) – 23 Jan 2011 (Sunday)

Demonstration: 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Venue: The Piazza

Workshop*:  3:45pm – 6:00pm
* Upon spending of HK$100
Venue: B207 Stage of the Arts