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Chris Huen Sin-Kan Joel, Tess, MuiMui and Balltsz, 2023, Oil on canvas, 220 x 320 cm
Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Hong Kong born painter, Chris Huen Sin-Kan. Named after a well-known song by The Beatles, the exhibition ‘A Day in the Life’ showcases a series of indoor paintings. This is the first time Huen has painted this theme since his immigration to the United Kingdom from Hong Kong in 2021.
Huen is driven by the observation of daily occurrence to create paintings based on the motifs of his family and the everyday environment. He does not make sketches or take photographs onsite, instead, relies on his memories to develop his images as he faces the canvas in his studio, demonstrating complex compositions through varied angles and perspectives. Having been influenced by Chinese ink painting, Huen illustrates his subjects with limited brush strokes. There is also a wide array of objects depicted on the canvas. At the same time, there are still parts of it that remain unpainted and empty. In this new series, each work is uniquely defined by the colours of light continuously shining into the room during different times of the day. For Huen, who has always focused on how people understand objects through the act of ‘seeing’, moving away from the country he grew up in and into his new home and furniture, marked a major turning point in his artistic career.
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Chris Huen Sin-Kan
Balltsz, Haze and MuiMui, 2021
Oil on canvas
220 x 280 cm
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Huen claims: “When I look back at my works I did in Hong Kong, I think it was an accumulation of thoughts over the past 20 years of being in the same place… …Since moving to the UK, my thoughts are only formed by comparing the differences in experience between now and then.” According to him, this change in perspective altered the way he processes and constructs a scene on canvas. In this series, Huen who has always been suggesting the fluidity of the act of ‘recognition’ through his works, is now attempting to visualize the uncertainty of his perception which exists in comparison to the past. Rather than depicting a specific incident or moment, what Huen tries to preserve on canvas is an ordinary and continuous ‘Day in the Life’, an emotional act of attempting to hold on to the passing time itself.
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【Concurrent Exhibition】
Chris Huen Sin-Kan Recent Works
1July – 19 August, 2023
12:00 - 18:00
OTA FINE ARTS 7CHOME（MODULE roppongi 101, 7-21-24 Roppongi Minatoku, Tokyo）
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There will be a concurrent exhibition at our viewing room 7CHOME, containing 5 of Huen’s paintings. The exhibition showcases both his latest and earlier paintings during his time in Hong Kong. Ota Fine Arts invites all to this rare opportunity to see the transitional period of Huen’s practice.
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Chris Huen Sin-Kan
Born in Hong Kong in 1991. He currently lives and works in London, UK. His recent exhibitions include “Next Door”, Yuz Museum Shanghai (2023), “Artist-in-Residence Programme and Exhibition: Chris Huen Sin Kan”, Royal Adacemy of Arts, London (2022), “Thailand Biennale Korat 2021”, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Thailand (2022), “Biennial of Painting – Inner Spaces”, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (2020). His works are in the collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales (Sydney), Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami), Kadist Art Foundation (Paris, France / San Francisco, USA) and Sifang Art Museum (Nanjing).
[Ota Fine Arts Tokyo] Chris Huen Sin-Kan: A Day in the Life
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