“Dusk Upon the Hush” showcases works on paper created by Liu Guofu between 2016 and 2024 and demonstrates Liu’s mastery of three different types of media: ink and colour, oil, and oil pastel.
Inspired by a poem by the Chinese Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei (699-759 AD), the exhibition title “Dusk upon the Hush” echoes the rhythmic and lyrical interplay of light and shadow in Liu’s works. Set in a secluded forest where whispers are heard but untraceable, the poem concludes with an ethereal image of dusk light casting shadows on a bed of moss, evoking a sense of serene vitality.
Tour will be followed by optional dinner nearby.
Friday, 25 October 2024 | 6-7pm
Gallery 3812, 26/F, Wyndham Place, 40 Wyndham Street, Central
Member: FREE | Non-member: HK$100*
* WiPS full-year membership fee is HK$600 (till end of 2025). If you decide to join us as a member within 7 days of this event, this fee will be reimbursed. Please note this apply to new members only.
About Liu Guofu
Liu Guofu was born in 1964 in Nanjing, and graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Nanjing Institute of Arts in 1985. He currently lives and works in Nanjing.
His artwork melds motions of light with air. While “light” brings out its depth, “air” helps disperse the “light” to every corner of the work. His symbolic blue-greyish colour is fundamental to his works. Up close, the brushstrokes are chaotic and fragmented, yet from a distance the brushstrokes gather to form a poetic tranquillity.
Liu Guofu has held various major solo exhibitions in the Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai), Today Art Museum (Beijing) and Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum (Nanjing). In 2023, the artist’s solo exhibition “Liu Guofu: Requiem” was held in Sotheby’s Hong Kong Gallery, which was a huge success. His paintings were widely collected by private and institutional collectors, such as MGM Chairman’s Collection (Macau), Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai), Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum (Nanjing) as well as private collectors from U.K, France, Germany, Monaco, Switzerland, Dubai, India, U.S., Canada, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China.
About Agnes Wu
Agnes’s recent involvement includes significant projects and exhibitions, such as “To Infinity and Beyond: The Art of Hsiao Chin” at the Macau International Art Biennale 2023, “Gazing at Sirius – Hsiao Chin Memorial Exhibition in Taipei,” and “Liu Guofu: Requiem” at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2023. In 2023, Agnes curated two notable exhibitions: “Seeking Connections” and “En Route: UAL HK Alumni Exhibition,” showcasing the talent and creativity of young artists in Hong Kong.