Ticket to world of ink wash painting: Master pieces exhibited in HK Art Museum

The Museum of Art will showcase 41 paintings by Hong Kong ink painting master Lui Shou-kwan from its collection from Friday (Aug. 13) to April 10 2021 charting the artistic journey of the modern ink art forerunner.

There will also be 11 exhibits by the late artist on loan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum.

Being the pioneer of the New Ink Art Movement in HK, Lui starred in the local art scene in the 1960s, and had a profound influence on modern ink art development. He passed away in 1975.

Lui traced the great outlines of Chinese art history and Western modern art theories, and developed a unique painting style through a vast range of emulating Chinese and Western classics, landscape sketching and experimentation with brush and ink as well as composition.

Visitors can walk through Lui's artistic journey in the three sections at the When Form Matters: Following the Path of Lui Shou-kwan to Zen Painting exhibition, namely Discovering Forms in Nature, Understanding Forms from Old to New and Enlightening Forms through Zen.

The expo will also feature works of Lui's contemporaries and students, paying tribute to the major contribution he made to art education and the development of modern ink art.

The gallery will play a selection of clippings from valuable audio recordings of Lui's class teachings in the 1960s. Visitors can also explore the forms in his paintings through an interactive augmented reality device.