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osage CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY Osage Hong Kong 4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Buiding, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong T 852. 2389 8332 E [email protected] W www.osagegallery.com Press Release 26th February, 2014 Attention Arts and Features Editors For immediate release Space Drawing The First Solo Exhibition of Chen Sai Hua Kuan in Hong Kong (Held concurrently with Touch, solo exhibition by Ma Shuqing and Pearl River Delta Series I: Made in Hong Kong, solo exhibition by Leung Mee Ping) Opening Reception 1 March, Saturday, 4 6 pm Exhibition Period 1 March to 1 April, 2014 Osage Gallery is proud to present Chen Sai Hua Kuan’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Entitled Space Drawing, the exhibition will feature his awardwinning video work*, Space Drawing 07. Space Drawing 07 was filmed in an abandoned warehouse in the city centre of Limerick, Ireland in 2010 and follows the trajectory of a taut rope as it is released and ricochets across the dusty floors, through the rusty rollers of a conveyor belt, and in and out of the warehouse. The rope simultaneously delineates, sculpts and deconstructs the sites that it moves through. The work thus reinterprets the function of a line, extending the traditional twodimensional practice of drawing into a threedimensional spatial intervention that works across the borders between installation, drawing, performance, film and sculpture. Chen Sai Hua Kuan chose the abandoned warehouse as the site for the video after thorough contemplation. Like many other forsaken urban spaces in the city, this is a place where emptiness and decay are slowly taking place within a manufactured and civilized urban landscape. The site had an elusive openness that held both the remnants and potentials of time, which the artist activated, reinterpreting the inherent movements of the time and space through the precise choreography of the rope. Such gestures are evident of the artist’s sensitivity to the characters of everyday objects, as well as the witty, mischievous and explorative qualities inherent in the artist’s practice. The simultaneous

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Press  Release                                                          26th  February,  2014  

Attention  Arts  and  Features  Editors                                                              For  immediate  release  

 Space  Drawing  

 

The  First  Solo  Exhibition  of  Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  in  Hong  Kong    

(Held  concurrently  with  Touch,  solo  exhibition  by  Ma  Shuqing  and    Pearl  River  Delta  Series  I:  Made  in  Hong  Kong,  solo  exhibition  by  Leung  Mee  Ping)  

           Opening  Reception      1  March,  Saturday,  4  -­‐  6  pm    

                                                                                   Exhibition  Period              1  March  to  1  April,  2014    Osage  Gallery  is  proud  to  present  Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan’s  first  solo  exhibition  in  Hong  Kong.  Entitled  Space  Drawing,  the  exhibition  will  feature  his  award-­‐winning  video  work*,  Space  Drawing  07.      Space  Drawing  07  was  filmed  in  an  abandoned  warehouse  in  the  city  centre  of  Limerick,  Ireland  in  2010  and  follows  the  trajectory  of  a  taut  rope  as  it  is  released  and  ricochets  across  the  dusty  floors,  through  the  rusty  rollers  of  a  conveyor  belt,  and  in  and  out  of  the  warehouse.  The  rope  simultaneously  delineates,  sculpts  and  deconstructs  the  sites  that  it  moves  through.  The  work  thus  reinterprets  the  function  of  a  line,  extending  the  traditional  two-­‐dimensional  practice  of  drawing  into  a  three-­‐dimensional  spatial  intervention  that  works  across  the  borders  between  installation,  drawing,  performance,  film  and  sculpture.    Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  chose  the  abandoned  warehouse  as  the  site  for  the  video  after  thorough  contemplation.  Like  many  other  forsaken  urban  spaces  in  the  city,  this  is  a  place  where  emptiness  and  decay  are  slowly  taking  place  within  a  manufactured  and  civilized  urban  landscape.  The  site  had  an  elusive  openness  that  held  both  the  remnants  and  potentials  of  time,  which  the  artist  activated,  reinterpreting  the  inherent  movements  of  the  time  and  space  through  the  precise  choreography  of  the  rope.      Such  gestures  are  evident  of  the  artist’s  sensitivity  to  the  characters  of  everyday  objects,  as  well  as  the  witty,  mischievous  and  explorative  qualities  inherent  in  the  artist’s  practice.  The  simultaneous  

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playfulness  and  precision,  tightness  and  looseness  to  Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan’s  approach  is  perhaps  what  creates  a  tension  in  the  movement  of  the  work  itself.      The  artist  states,  “My  work  is  an  intuitive  reflection  of  specific  space  and  time  through  playfully  deconstructing  the  identity  boundaries  of  everyday  objects,  found  materials,  or  situations,  such  as  a  damaged  signboard  or  a  half-­‐eaten  broccoli.  Through  the  movements  of  construction/deconstruction  and  position/deposition,  I  am  interested  in  looking  at  different  ways  of  reading  evolving  from  the  simple,  quotidian  means.”    Space  Drawing  07  is  a  part  of  a  larger  series,  entitled  Space  Drawing,  that  the  artist  has  been  creating  and  filming  in  locations  such  as  London  and  Bracknell  (UK),  Moscow  and  Kaliningrad  (Russia),  Singapore,  Chengdu  (China)  and  Frankfurt  (Germany)  since  2007.  The  series  has  been  widely  shown  in  international  film  festivals,  such  as  the  Busan  International  Short  Film  Festival,  2010  and  the  International  Festival  for  Arts  and  Media  Yokohama,  2009  and  now  Space  Drawing  No.  7  will  be  shown  at  Osage  Hong  Kong.    *    Best  Creativity  Award,  Local  Futures:  Young  Overseas  Chinese  Invitational  Exhibition,  He  Xiangning  Art  Museum,  Shenzhen,  2013.        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    ABOUT  THE  ARTIST    CHEN  SAI  HUA  KUAN  was  born  in  1976  in  Singapore.  He  graduated  from  the  LASALLE  College  of  the  Arts  in  1997,  and  received  a  Master  in  Fine  Art  at  the  Slade  School  of  Fine  Art,  University  College  London,  in  2007.    Visually  simple  and  often  labourious  in  execution,  Sai's  practice  often  incorporates  cross-­‐disciplinary  elements  of  sculpture,  drawing,  installation,  sound  and  performance  with  wit  and  energy.  He  received  numerous  awards  including  Artist-­‐in-­‐residency  Award  (Fukuoka  Asian  Art  Museum,  Japan,  2013);  The  People's  Choice  Award  (Mostyn  Open  18,  Wales,  United  Kingdom,  2013);  The  EOS  Visiting  Artist  Program  (Earth  Observatory  of  Singapore,  2012);  Best  of  WRO  (14th  Media  Art  Biennale  WRO  2011  –  Alternative  Now,  Wroclaw,  Poland,  2011);  Artist-­‐in-­‐residency  Award  (Aberystwyth  Arts  Centre,  Aberystwyth,  United  Kingdom,  2011);  Best  film  of  FAFF2010  (Fundada  Artists’  Film  Festival,  Wakefield,  United  Kingdom,  2010);  Winner  of  the  international  competition  ‘Tower  Kronprinz:  Second  Advent’  (National  Centre  for  Contemporary  Art,  Kaliningrad,  Russia,  2009).    Sai  has  exhibited  extensively,  at  occasions  that  include  ‘Singapore  Biennale  2013:  If  the  World  Changed’  (Singapore  Art  Museum),  ‘Sound  of  the  Earth’  (Fukuoka  Asian  Art  Museum,  Japan,  2013),  ‘The  Realm  in  the  Mirror,  the  Vision  out  of  Image—Singapore  Contemporary  Art  Exhibition’  (Suzhou  Jinji  Lake  Art  Museum,  China,  2013),  7th  International  Arte  Laguna  Prize  (Arsenale,  Venice,  Italy,  2013),  Drawing  Now  Paris  |  Le  Salon  Du  Dessin  Contemporain  (Carrousel  Du  Louvre,  Paris,  2013),  Panorama:  Recent  Art  from  Contemporary  Asia  (Singapore  Art  Museum,  Singapore,  2012),  ‘Attraction  of  the  Opposites’  (International  Film  Festival  Rotterdam,  Rotterdam,  the  Netherlands,  

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2011),  Luleå  Art  Biennial  (Luleå,  Sweden,  2011),  Moscow  International  Biennale  for  Young  Art  (Moscow,  Russia,  2010),  EV+A  (Limerick,  Ireland,  2010),  Busan  International  Short  Film  Festival  (Busan,  South  Korea,  2010),  Summer  Exhibition  2010  (Royal  Academy  of  Arts,  London,  United  Kingdom)  and  CREAM:  Yokohama  International  Festival  for  Arts  and  Media  2009  (Yokohama,  Japan).        ABOUT  OSAGE  GALLERY    Osage  Gallery  was  established  in  Hong  Kong  in  2004  and  grew  quickly  to  become  one  of  Asia’s  largest  commercial  gallery  groups.  Osage  has  become  well-­‐known  in  art  circles  in  Asia  and  in  the  art  world  for  its  uncompromising  support  for  the  most  challenging  and  critically  thought-­‐provoking  contemporary  art.      Osage  Gallery  is  curatorially  driven  and  devoted  to  the  exhibition  and  promotion  of  Asian  contemporary  visual  arts.  It  aims  to  be  a  catalyst  for  the  creative  expression  of  the  artists  and  the  active  engagement  of  audiences  by  embracing  a  global,  multidisciplinary  and  diverse  approach  to  the  creation,  presentation  and  interpretation  of  the  arts  of  our  time.  It  examines  the  questions  that  shape  and  inspire  us  as  individuals,  and  our  cultures  and  communities  through  high  quality  programmes  of  research,  exhibition  and  publications.      Osage  operates  a  major  space  in  Hong  Kong  in  the  fast  developing  central  business  district  of  East  Kowloon.  Osage  Hong  Kong  is  in  an  industrial  building,  which  can  be  configured  for  a  variety  of  artistic  encounters.  The  raw  space  allows  for  the  exploration  and  presentation  of  experimental  and  innovative  works  in  all  media  –  including  performance,  installation,  interactive  multimedia  and  motion  picture.  Osage  Hong  Kong  combines  10,000  square  foot  of  interior  gallery  space  with  two  outdoor  terraces  of  5000  square  feet.    Osage  Shanghai  is  currently  used  for  artist  residency  programme  and  comprises  two  floors  of  space  totalling  10,000  square  foot.  Osage  Beijing  is  a  1,500  square  foot  space  functioning  as  studio  residency  sporting  a  five-­‐meter  high  ceiling.      Osage  Gallery  has  gained  wide  international  recognition  for  the  quality  of  its  programmes  and  was  the  first  Hong  Kong  gallery  to  be  selected  to  the  Art  Basel  art  fair  in  2011,  Frieze  Masters  in  London  in  2012,  Arte  Fiera  2014  in  Bologna,  Art  Cologne  2014  in  Germany  and  Moving  Image  New  York  2014.      www.osagegallery.com      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                          

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                          

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                          

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                          

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                          

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         (Image  courtesy  of  the  artist  and  Osage  Gallery)  

Chen  Sai  Hua  Kuan  Still  from  Space  Drawing  No.  7    Digital  film  60s  2010                            

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