Poetry by Leung Ping-Kwan, Photographs by Patrycja Orzechowska, Sang-Taek Oh

Alice's Mad Tea Party refers to parties of our world. Some staged, looking real; some real but looking staged.

Leung Ping-Kwan's poem Alice's Mad Tea Party was originally a commissioned piece for a hotel in Shenzhen (China) displaying on a wall along with some celebrity photographs. The juxtaposition itself is a party. The poem here at the exhibition leads us to two bodies of photographic work, one by a Polish artist Patrycja Orzechowska and the other by a Korean artist Sang-Taek Oh. Both artists work in the realm of staged photography but in different directions. Patrycja Orzechowska works from the dreamlike inner world, whereas Sang-Taek Oh stages the businessmen in the open world with a sense of surrealism and black humor.

The exhibition has been organized in memory of our friend Ireneusz Zjezdzalka who introduced Patrycja Orzechowska to the gallery. Ireneusz passed away in 2008 at the age of 36. He was the chief editor of Kwartalnik Fotografia - the Polish contemporary photo magazine. The world is a mad tea party. The party is also of relationships, some close, some at a distance.

The exhibition also launches HALF PICTURE PRESS - an Ocean & Pounds' venture of ebook publishing. The premier publication - Leung Ping-Kwan's "Alice's Mad Tea Party" is issued in both Chinese and English edition. The poem was originally written in Chinese and was later translated into English by LUO Hui. "Luo Hui captured the playful tone so marvelously. Well done!" Remarked by Ping-Kwan after reading the translation.