If the world were a village of 100 people - Toby Ng

Excellent graphics to tell us the story of us on the earth.  Designer Toby Ng graduated from Central St.Martins, London in 2008.  This set of 20 posters is built on statistics about the spread of population around the world under various classifications. The numbers are turned into graphics to give another sense a touch – Look, this is the world we are living in.

red dot award: communication design 2009
GDC Awards 2009
International Design Awards 2009
HOW International Design Awards 2010

http://www.toby-ng.com

Images of Women IX Exhibition @ Schoeni Art Gallery Hong Kong March 17 - April 4 2010

Zhu Yi Yong, Memory of China Series No. 25, Oil on canvas, 130 x 100, 2010

Works by Cai Lei, Chen Fei, Chen Li, Chen Yu, Fan You Rong, Hou Yan Yan, Jiang Guo Fang, Li Gui Jun, Liu Fei, Liu Hong Yuan, Mok Wai Hong, Peng Wei, Shuai Mei, Wang Yi Guang, Weng Dan Xian, Yang Gao, Yang Mian, Zhao Yi Qian, Zhu Yi Yong

Vernissage: 16 March 2011,   5:00pm - 11:59pm
Exhibition Continues: 17 March 2011 - 4 April 2011

Main Gallery, 21 - 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong

Schoeni Art Gallery is pleased to announce the return of our renowned serial exhibition entitled Images of Women IX on 16 March 2011, coinciding with Hong Kong’s largest charity art event the HK Artwalk 2011. The first Images of Women exhibition was held in 1995 and curated by our gallery’s founder, the late Manfred Schoeni. The exhibition had been held for 8 times over the years since its first showing. Images of Women aimed to explore the different interpretations of the female from a variety of contemporary Chinese artists. Many iconic artists of Chinese contemporary art, whether from the Realism or Avant-Garde school, have exhibited in these serial exhibitions at some point of their career, including Jiang Guo Fang, Ai Xuan, Li Gui Jun, Wang Yi Dong, Zhong Biao, Zhu Yi Yong, Qi Zhi Long and Liu Ye amongst many others. We are delighted to bring back once again the splendour and magnificence of the female form, represented artistically by some of China’s most intriguing artists, to our audience.

Throughout art history, women and the female form have always fascinated male artists, as well as female artists alike. The female protagonists in paintings have served many purposes including men’s interests, obsession, masculine desires, fantasies and anxieties, or from time to time, even gender issues and feminist concerns. The many faces of women and their characteristics such as their sensuality, sensitivity, delicate subtlety, courage and mysteriousness have continued to amuse many artists, arousing their imagination as they repeatedly attempt to portray the enigmatic spirit of this complex creature in their oeuvre.

Li Gui Jun, New Town, Oil on Canvas, 160 x 140, 2002

Peng Wei, Feather Cloth, Paper Painting Installation, 53 x 30 x 22, 2007

Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy from Nanto @ HKU Arts Gallery 日本現代南礪書法 2011-2-23 to 3-20

Kamibayashi Michiyo
Infinity
107 x 79 cm

The exhibition is jointly organized by the University Museum and Art Gallery and the Ise Cultural Foundation, with the assistance of the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong and the Toyama Prefecture Government, Japan. 

The exhibition features calligraphic works by “Gen do sya”, a group of contemporary artists from the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. They specialize in an innovative art form that combines calligraphy, painting and drawing. Their free-hand works express aesthetics of modern Japan. This avant-garde approach is evident in the seven female artists’ unique calligraphic styles.

In addition to calligraphy, the exhibition also displays other artworks reflecting the lifestyle of Nanto culture. These include prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), lacquer wares, cloisonné- enamelled vessels and tea utensils.

The exhibition was first exhibited in Tokyo last year and will travel to Beijing in April after Hong Kong.

Tokime Nobuko
Revel (play with water) II
91 x 91 cm

Itabashi Terumi
Drift
106 x 78 cm

Otsuka Tomoko
Shall we dance?
178 x 90 cm

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HKU University Museum and Art Gallery

is located next to the University's main entrance on Bonham Road. While the Museum occupies the entire Fung Ping Shan Building, the Art Gallery is housed in the lower three storeys of the T T Tsui Building.

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