Mur Nomade inaugurates its new space in Aberdeen with the exhibition by Chan Wing Nga & Claire Lee.

This exhibition is an attempt to illustrate the idea that silence can speak louder than words. It features photographs and paintings by two Hong Kong female artists, both of them expressing violence and suffering in very subtle, gentle and aesthetic manners. Chan Wing Nga and Claire Lee share an interest in conducting in-depth research on the themes and issues they depict in their delicate yet thought-provoking artworks.

Chan Wing Nga is a young mixed-media artist and photographer. Her research is as psychological as it is aesthetic. For the series of photographic portraits featured in the exhibition, she studied nüshu, an ancient Chinese script used secretly by women, to deal with the theme of the female Chinese identity weighed down by its burden of suffering and tradition. Intent on incarnating as closely as possible the female condition, she has chosen to work with hair, a material that is both highly symbolic and ambiguous. Worn long by women, hair perfectly represents the weight of femininity handed on from mother to daughter.

Also interested in addressing psychological issues, Claire Lee is a poet and visual artist. Her paintings are depiction of the contradictions in life and nature. The exhibition presents a selection of works from her last four series, allowing visitors to review the development of her artistic approach over the years past.

-Mur Nomade

Image: © Claire Lee
An Abused Tofu, A Survivor
2013
Mixed media on canvas
122 x 152.2cm
Image courtesy of the artist and Mur Nomade