A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun|光的故事 : 韓志勳
Asia Society Hong Kong is honored to present A Story of Light, an exhibition of the groundbreaking Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun (1922–2019). A postal inspector by trade, Hon was a self-taught artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s with his radical artistic experiments that combined international influences as a response to Hong Kong’s multi-cultural context. A Story of Light re-contextualizes the evolution of Hon Chi-fun’s practice by contrasting his continual fascination with light as both a material and subject with his deployment of various media and cultural influences. The exhibition presents over thirty artworks spanning four decades of his trailblazing practices in painting, printmaking, and photography.
Through considering the different ways Hon focuses on light in his work, one can discern his desire to resist being labelled or historicized. While Hon was undoubtedly informed by various dominant art movements, including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and the New Ink Movement in Hong Kong, he created a visual language that uniquely expresses his multicultural influences and evolving viewpoints spanning multiple geographies and time periods. His diverse oeuvre, developed over years of experimentation and travel, addresses questions of cultural identity through a radical approach to materials and the use of new artistic techniques. For Hon, to be a Hong Kong artist was to remain porous and question boundaries between cultures, mediums, and within the self.
A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun is co-curated by Katherine Don and Kaitlin Chan.
亞洲協會香港中心榮幸呈獻香港藝術家韓志勳（1922 - 2019）個展《光的故事》。原任職於郵局，韓志勳在藝術創作上無師自通，並憑其前衛的藝術手法於1960年代開始受藝壇注目。 透過審視韓志勳對光線作為素材和創作主體的興趣，並與其媒介和文化的運用做對比，《光的故事》重新闡述了韓志勳藝術手法的演變 。是次展覽將展覽逾三十件橫跨他四十年藝術生涯的作品，涵蓋了他在繪畫，版畫和攝影方面開拓性的創作。
檢視韓志勳在作品中處理光線的各種手法，可了解他拒絕被標籤或定型的決心。韓氏雖明顯受不同的主流藝術風格影響，包括抽象表現主義、普普藝術及香港的新水墨運動，但他成功創造出一套獨特的視覺語言，表達豐富多變的觀點和靈感，涵蓋不同的地域和時段。韓氏將多年來對藝術創作的實驗及旅遊體驗淬煉成豐富的作品，透過對素材採取顛覆性的處理手法，加上不斷發掘嶄新的藝術技法，透徹地探討文化身份議題。對韓志勳而言，香港藝術家的身份，讓他可游走於不同的文化和創作媒介之間，對當中的界線，甚至對自我的規限，作出質疑和探詢。
《光的故事：韓志勳》由唐凱琳和陳嘉賢共同策劃。
Supported by 資助:
Art Logistics Partner 藝術物流伙伴:
Media Partner 媒體合作伙伴:
Outreach Partner 外展活動伙件:
Design Partner 設計伙件:
Exhibition Supporters 展覽贊助:
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Bloomberg
Elman Family
Jean Ho
Désirée and Hans Michael Jebsen
Anonymous
Janet Nathanail and William Flanz
Wellington and Virginia Yee
Gokul and Lakshmi Laroia
Hon Chi-fun (1922–2019) was one of Hong Kong’s most groundbreaking visual artists, best known for his abstract paintings and silkscreen prints that layer various international influences onto the expressive motif of the circle. A self-taught artist, Hon joined Hong Kong’s Modern Literature and Art Association in 1958 and later in 1964 co-founded the pioneering artistic collective the Circle Art Group. He was the first in Hong Kong to receive a fellowship grant from the John D. Rockefeller III Fund (now Asian Cultural Council) in 1969. He has been the recipient of solo exhibitions at City University of Hong Kong Gallery (2007), the Hong Kong Museum of Art (2005), and the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong (1988). In 2013, he received the Medal of Honor from the Hong Kong SAR Government in recognition of his outstanding artistic achievements and in 2017 was named an Asia Arts Game Changer Awards honoree by Asia Society Hong Kong Center.
韓志勳 (1922–2019) 自學而成，是香港最具代表性的視覺藝術家之一，曾於1964年聯合創辦現代藝術先軀組織──中元畫會。他曾於香港城市大學畫廊（2007）、香港藝術館（2005）以及香港大學美術博物館（1988）等舉辦個展。韓氏為香港首位獲取洛克菲勒三世基金會（現為亞洲文化協會）獎助金的藝術家；及後於2013年獲香港特別行政區政府頒發榮譽勳章，表揚其卓越藝術成就；更於2017年獲得亞洲協會香港中心頒發「亞洲藝術創變者大獎」。
March 12 2019 – June 9, 2019
Free Admission
Location
Chantal Miller Gallery, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine
9 Justice Drive Admiralty, Hong Kong
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 11am - 6pm
Last Thursday of every month: 11am - 8pm
Closed on Mondays
Last admission 30 minutes before closing
2019年3月12日至2019年6月9日
免費參觀
展覽場地
亞洲協會香港中心 麥禮賢夫人藝術館
香港賽馬會復修軍火庫
香港金鐘正義道9號
開放時間
星期二至星期日： 上午11時至下午6時
每月最後一個星期四：上午11時至晚上8時
逢星期一休館
最後入場 閉館前30分鐘
Our docent-led tours provide additional insights into the life of the Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun and shed light on the curatorial themes of the exhibition. Tours last approximately forty five minutes and are provided free of charge. The tour includes both A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun and Yukaloo by James Turrell. For group or school tours, please send an email to us at least one month in advance to request an appointment.
We welcome Asia Society members and the public to join us one art-ful weekend!
Saturday | 2:30pm (In English) | 3:30pm (In Cantonese)
Sunday | 2:30pm (In English) | 3:30pm (In Cantonese)
Mandarin language tours can be arranged upon request with advance notice.
Curator-Led Tours
March 16, 2019 | 2:30pm (In English)
Kaitlin Chan, Assistant Curator
April 20, 2019 | 2:30pm (In English)
Kaitlin Chan, Assistant Curator
April 25, 2019 | 7:00pm (In English)
Katherine Don, Head of Arts & Cultural Development
May 30, 2019 | 7:00pm (In English)
Kaitlin Chan, Assistant Curator
June 8, 2019 | 2:30pm (In English)
Kaitlin Chan, Assistant Curator
Tours are open to the public. No registration is required.
逢星期六 | 下午2時半 (英語) | 下午3時半 (粵語)
逢星期日 | 下午2時半 (英語) | 下午3時半 (粵語)
如需要可提供普通話導賞，請提前預約。
策展人現場導賞
2019年3月16日|下午2時半 (英語)
陳嘉賢 助理策展人
2019年4月20日|下午2時半 (英語)
陳嘉賢 助理策展人
2019年4月25日| 下午7時 (英語)
唐凱琳 藝術及文化拓展主管
2019年5月30日|下午7時 (英語)
陳嘉賢 助理策展人
2019年6月8日|下午2時半 (英語)
陳嘉賢 助理策展人
展覽導賞團歡迎公眾人士參加，毋須登記。
1. Exhibition Introduction 展覽介紹
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2. Bath of Fire 《火浴》
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3. Floating Weight 《浮提》
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4. Untitled 04, 13, 14, 05《無題04、13、14、05》
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5. Frozen Blue 《凝碧》
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6. Plunge and Live 《一蹤》
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7. Breaking the Cocoon《破繭》
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8. Chasm Forever 《恆淵》
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In conjunction with the exhibition A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun, Asia Society Hong Kong Center hosted a variety of related programming, including discussions, lectures and themed workshops.
Discussions and Lectures 座談會及講座
March 14, 2019: Avant-garde Art in the 1960s: Hon Chi-fun and His Contemporaries, 60 年代的前衛藝術：韓志勳與他的當代藝術家 [Opening Program]
Discussion with Mr. Quanan Shum, Dr. Louis Ho, Ms. Choi Yan-chi and moderated by Tang Siu Wa, in Cantonese, 7:00 - 8:00pm
March 29, 2019: A Story of Light and Space: discussion at Art Central with Michael Govan, C.E.O and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Zheng Chongbin, artist, 5:30 - 6:30pm
April 9, 2019: 美國 Postwar Print Renaissance 與當代香港版畫發展, with Yung Sau-mui 翁秀梅, in Cantonese, 6:45 - 8:00pm
Workshops, Tours and Performances 工作坊、導賞及表演
April 13, 2019: 絲印版畫工作坊 with 香港版畫工作室, 10:00am - 5:30pm
May 4, 2019: Screen-printing workshop with Hong Kong Open Printshop, 10:00am - 5:30pm
May 5, 2019: Colonial Landscape—Walk with Hon Chi-fun; 殖民地景─與韓志勲同行, in Cantonese with English interpretation, led by Leung Po Shan Anthony 梁寶山, 3:00 - 5:00pm
May 19, 2019: Fun Art Day, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
June 2, 2019: Music x Hon Chi-fun Showcase 音樂遇上韓志勳, presented with Composers & Authors Society of Hong Kong, 2:30 - 5:00pm
June 9, 2019: Music in the Exhibition A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun 週末音樂欣賞, 2:00 - 2:30pm, 4:15 - 4:45pm, [Closing Program]
Celebration 慶祝
March 31, 2019: Art A-Go-Go: Art After Party, with theme "Hong Kong in the 1960s" to celebrate Hon Chi-fun
June 5, 2019: Arts and Culture Benefit, celebrating our two 2019 spring exhibitions
Online Learning Resources 網上學習資源
Downloadable learning resources are now available.
亞洲協會香港中心提供的網上學習資源可供公眾下載。
Student Activity Sheet 學生活動小冊子
Teacher resource guide 教師指南
For school tours, please contact our Outreach Team.
香港藝術家韓志勳逝世 享年96歲, 《立場新聞》, February 26, 2019.
Hon Chi-fun (1922–2019), Artforum, February 28, 2019.
Hong Kong or the history of a global art hub, Art Basel, February, 2019.
Obituary: Hon Chi-fun (1922-2019), ArtAsiaPacific, February 26, 2019.
Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun, who blended traditional East with modern West, dies aged 96, South China Morning Post, February 27, 2019.
Hon Chi-fun at Asia Society Hong Kong Center: Critic's Picks, Artforum International, March, 2019.
【叛逆之徒】96歲藝術先驅個展前離世 韓志勳留下無限雲彩, 《蘋果生活》, March 6, 2019.
Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun’s fascination with light explored in new show, South China Morning Post, March 15, 2019.
《光的故事 》念韓志勳, 《U周刊》, March 15, 2019.
世紀．六合文藝：畫家韓志勳——追光的人, 《明報》, March 16, 2019.
光 · 圓：韓志勳以光入畫,《大公報》, March 17, 2019.
Beyond Art Basel: 9 Non-Profit And Museum Shows To See In Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tatler, March 19, 2019.
【道聽塗說】韓志勳與舊中環——殖民地景上的現代藝術 , ARTouch, March 19, 2019.
ArtAsiaPacific Monthly Picks March - April 2019, ArtAsiaPacific, March 21, 2019.
重溫韓志勳「光的故事」- The Circle is not over, 《立場新聞》, March 23, 2019.
Beyond Art Basel, Must-See Exhibitions Reveal Hong Kong's Most Compelling Artists, Sotheby's, March 30, 2019.
Hon Chi-fun’s Circles of Life: A Look at One of Hong Kong’s Most Important Artists, Zolima City Magazine, May 1, 2019.
A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun, ArtAsiaPacific, May 15, 2019.
韓志勳︰個人宗教，先鋒永存──崑南、蔡仞姿、何建宗三人談, 《虛詞．無形》, May 27, 2019.
【雅昌专稿】詹姆斯‧特瑞尔&韩志勋：共同谱写“光”的故事, 雅昌艺术网专稿 , June 3, 2019.
Press Release 新聞稿
This catalogue is published on the occasion of Asia Society Hong Kong Center’s eponymous exhibition, A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun, from March 12 to June 9, 2019, the pioneering Hong Kong artist's first career-spanning exhibition in over a decade. The book includes a catalogue of all exhibited artworks, as well as four new essays by Kaitlin Chan, Louis Ho, Tina Pang and Michelle Wong and specially commissioned poems by Liu Wai-tong that illuminate the role that Hon played in the development of modern art in Hong Kong, and testifies to his enduring legacy as an artist who continually defied categorization and forged his own path of avant-garde abstraction.
這本圖錄為亞洲協會香港中心2019年3月12日至6月9日舉辦的同名展覽《光的故事：韓志勳》出版。展覽為韓氏久違十年多後首次個展，圖錄輯錄了所展出的作品，及四篇新撰文章和詩詞，探討韓志勳對香港現代藝術發展深遠的影響，以及他持續創新的前衛抽象創作。
Title: A Story of Light: Hon Chi-fun 光的故事：韓志勳
ISBN: 978-988-78732-1-1
Size: 210mm(w) x 285mm(h) portrait, hardcover
Number of pages: 118
Price: HK$300
Publisher: Asia Society Hong Kong Center
Design: Edited
This is the monograph of the artist Hon Chi-fun. Documenting Hong Kong artist Hon Chi-fun's 40 years of incessant passion and personal breakthroughs in the quest for abstract space, eternity and being alive in the paintings of art and in the art of paintings. The book also features a rare revelation of artist's own story, as well as noted commentaries from art commentators.
Buy now, this is nearly out of print! It is the most comprehensive publication of paintings and scholarly essays regarding one of Hong Kong's important pioneers of modernist art.
Editor: Choi Yanchi
Date: 2000
Pages: 227
Hardcover
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