Following its last exhibition in 2008, Ink Notes will hold its second exhibition at the Artist Commune.

Ink Notes is formed by Mr. Choi Hoi Ying and his students. The group experiment with integrating traditional ink brushwork with printed materials and contemporary techniques including rubbing, collage and sculpture.

The era of the Chinese scholar drinking, writing poetry and painting among the hills may be long past, but the spirit lives on today, albeit within the concrete confines of an apartment block. Taking inspirations from our surroundings and reflecting on contemporary phenomena and everyday objects, whether it is following the swirls and rhythms of dance, journeying through the old and the new in Central, catching a glimpse of a sliver of mountain in between skyscrapers or deep-freezing a landscape, the works attempt to test the boundaries of ink art and to explore man’s relationship with his environment in modern urban life.

In this exhibition, Mr. Choi Hoi Ying will also present a mini-retrospective, comprising works selected from each of the four phases of his 30-year career in ink art: "Tribute to the Masters”, "Journey between Heaven and Earth", "Local Landscape and Contemporary Materials" and "Free Expressions of the Abstract and Form". The four phases range from learning the traditional techniques of classical masters, life sketching of nature, integrating ink brushwork with contemporary materials to depict local landscape, to the present where the manifestation of feelings are unconstrained by any rules or forms.

Participants: Choi Hoi Ying, Monica Chan, Clive Cheng, Keith Chiu, Sandra Chung, Jenny Hui, Joy Lau, Yvonne Lau, Lee Kwok Leung, Ming Li, Ferna Shum, Iras Tam, Tse Yuet Na, Percy Yu, Wong Suk Ki, Carol Woo

Artist dialogue: “Between ink and contemporary materials”:
4pm-6pm, 9 Jan 2011 (Sun)

Ink Colour Workshop: 2pm-4pm, 16 Jan 2011 (Sun)
Workshop Enrolment : 9479 0887 / inknotes@gmail.com

Guided tour: 3pm-4pm, 23 Jan 2011 (Sun)