by Grotto Fine Art Location: Grotto Fine Art
Artist(s): Gary YEOH, FUNG Kai-hung
Date: 26 Jun - 19 Jul 2014
Grotto Fine Art takes great pleasure in presenting Dr. Fung Kai-hung and Dr. Gary Yeoh's first collaborative exhibition. Both medical doctors and artists, Dr. Fung and Dr. Yeoh combine science and art, their professional expertise and aesthetic curiosity to present the inner beauty of various plantations and creatures.
Various plants including lotus, leucadendron and amaryllis, are photographed under a clinical CT X-ray scanner. The intricate details and forms of leaf, petal and stem are captured and showcased with a spectrum of myriad colours. These images reveal the inner construction of the plants, their complexity and design. Dr. Yeoh's unique vision of life takes hold by their beauty and mesmerizing power as each image resembles an organism as if from another world. The rainbow technique invented by Dr. Fung supplements the visual enjoyment by giving the plantations psychedelic colours and gradients. In essence, they provide a window to an inner world of existence hidden from our mundane perception. The collaborative works explore the possibility of fusion of science and art and provide an epitome of the unknown and profound nature.
Dr. K.H. Fung is a radiologist who specializes in 3D medical imaging. The pioneering colour concept ‘Rainbow Technique' invented by Dr. Fung has earned him multiple awards, including a first-place co-winner in the 5th annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. His piece was honoured by National Geographic as one of the ‘Best Science Photo 2007' and ‘Top Ten News Photo Galleries 2007' and exhibited in Hong Kong Museum of Art (2008), William Benton Museum of Art (2009), Katzen Arts Center (2009) and Strathmore Art Museum (2013) in USA.
As a histopathologist at Canossa hospital Hong Kong, Dr. Gary Yeoh is often privy to the sights down the microscope that few have the opportunity to experience. He extends his expertise to his photographical aesthetics. His photography intrigues audience with the hidden intricate details of ordinary nature objects. His photographs have won several awards including the Editor's Pick Award for Floral photography in 2011 for the Nature Photographers Network online magazine as well as being featured as on the cover of the same for September 2011. Dr. Yeoh held a solo exhibition at Grotto Fine Art in 2012.
