"Charming Experience" will provide a unique museum-going experience for audiences. The premise of this exhibition is that an appreciation of art can be achieved through experiencing the synergy of artwork, environment and audience. The exhibition invites everyone regardless of age, education, race, gender, background and abilities to participate in this experience.
The exhibition's aim for the viewer is two-fold: participation and experience. Through the exchange of ideas, questions and answers, and most importantly through audience participation, the exhibition fully blossoms. It transcends the presentation of art, by offering a living, community-related art experience.
Date: |
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |
| Time: | 6:00pm |
Venue: |
Hong Kong Museum of Art |
| Cost: | Members free, Guests $50 |
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Tour of Hong Kong Wetland Park with leading Hong Kong architect Raymond Fung
The Hong Kong Wetland Park Phase 2 is the 2005 HKIA Medal of the Year Award winning project.
"The Wetland Park is an outstanding example of union between landscape and architecture: The re-creation of a once destroyed wetland; the connection of the space with sky and water; the sensitive composition of new and used building materials; and the skillful planning of the approach with the reveal of a panoramic scenery of the wetland on the rooftop lawn as a destination, has together demonstrated the architect's vision to create a piece of architecture that is 'invisible'. The peaceful and meditative atmosphere touches the jury. It has a 'Zen' quality of oneness with nature, which is so rare and difficult to achieve in Hong Kong.
We are glad to see such a visionary community project that not only educates the public about the importance of mother nature, but the architectural design itself also 'rescues' nature from being turned into another high-rise urban building complex." (Extracted from HKIA Annual Award 2005 Jury Report)
The visit will be followed by lunch at New Star Seafood Restaurant featuring local cuisine.
Date: |
Sunday, 29 March 29, 2009 |
Time: |
Bus leaves promptly from Central at old Star Ferry by City Hall at 9:00am. Returning around 3:30pm |
| Cost: | Members $300, Guests $350, Family rate (for 2 adults +1) $500 |
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Lecture: Percival David and the British Tradition of Scholarship in Chinese Ceramics by Professor Peter Lam
The Percival David Collection of Chinese Ceramics is arguably the finest in the Western world. The Friends of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong are very pleased to have Professor Peter Lam, Director of the Art Museum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and former student at the Percival David Foundation, talk to us on Sir Percival David and the British tradition of scholarship in Chinese ceramics.
Sir Percival David (1892-1964) is remembered as one of the foremost collectors of Chinese ceramics in the 20th century. The David collection consists of over 1,752 pieces of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing porcelain from the 10th to the 18th centuries. These were presented to the University of London in 1950 and housed in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Over the next 55 years, the Foundation became a training ground for generations of scholars and experts in Chinese art history. Last year the collection was transferred on long term loan to the British Museum, where it will be housed in a dedicated space and a new gallery - the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Ceramic Studies, opening in April this year. Using a contemporary Chinese and HK perspective Professor Lam will discuss the life and career of Sir Percival, his time, taste, collection and scholarship as well as some of the notable British ceramic scholars under the shadow of the man and his foundation.
Date: |
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 |
Time: |
6:15pm registration, 6:30pm lecture |
| Venue: | Tsui Hang Village Restaurant 2/F, New World Tower, 16-18 Queen's Road Central (tel: 25242012) Accessible by lift from the lobby. |
| Cost: | Lecture: Members free, Guests $100 Dinner: Members $450, Guests $500 |
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Lecture on Chinese Art and History by Prof. James Watt, Curator, Dept. of Chinese Art, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Prof. James Watt will be giving a special lecture on the subject of Chinese art and History during his forthcoming visit to Hong Kong.
Date: |
Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
Time: |
6:00 drinks, 6:30 lecture |
| Venue: | Lecture Hall, Basement, Hong Kong Museum of Art |
| Cost: | Members $100, Students $50, Guests $150 |
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Visit to Hong Kong Fashion Designer Hidy Ngˇ¦s Studio
A special visit has been arranged to see the production lines and studio of fashion designer Hidy Ng, who is based in Kwai Chung. Ms. Ng is an internationally recognized designer from Hong Kong specializing in high fashion knitwear. Her designs can be found in Harvey Nichols, Hong Kong, as well as in New York, London and other capitals. Ms. Ng will be giving us a personal tour followed by lunch at a nearby restaurant.
A native of Hong Kong, Ng began her career as a colour coordinator, and gradually realized her childhood dreams to become a fashion designer. At the New Fashion Award Show 2002, Ng received the award for Creativity and Overall Winner. These awards became her springboard into recognition, and her clientele began to expand globally.
ˇ§Hidy Ngˇ¦s design philosophy is based on the amalgamation of art and timeless fashion pieces, each a show piece on its own. With simple silhouettes and great attention to detail, using luxurious fabrics, she brings to clients the utmost quality and total indulgence.ˇ¨
Date: |
Saturday, April 18, 2009 |
Time: |
Bus leaves promptly from Central at old Star Ferry by City Hall at 10:00am and will return in the afternoon |
| Lunch: | Lunch at Shenjing Roast Goose Restaurant (Optional) |
| Venue: | 8/F, Shui Hong Industrial Bldg., 547-549 Castle Peak Road, Kwai Chung, N.T. (near Kwai Fong MTR) |
| Cost: | Members $100, Students $50, Guests $150 Family rate (for 2 adults +1) $200 |
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Lecture: Love and Courtship in the Convent: St. Agnes and the Adult Christ in two German Manuscripts c. 1300 by Assoc. Prof. Carolyn Muir, Dept. of History of Art, Hong Kong University
Two manuscripts, c. 1300, from convents in the Upper Rhine contain a group of illuminated initials and border medallions that depict St. Agnes of Rome as the bride of loving adult Christ. The portrayal of Agnes as Christˇ¦s bride in any form is an unusual subject, occurring almost exclusively between c.1450-1520 in northern Europe and presenting Christ in his infant form. These much earlier manuscripts, however, present the scene in a completely different manner. The lecture will argue that these fourteenth century depictions of St. Agnes derive from very different visual conventions than the later examples, suggesting sources for them, as well as exploring why these usual representations of Agnes might have appeared in these convents.
Date: |
Monday, April 27, 2009 |
Time: |
6:00pm drinks, 6:30pm lecture, 8:00pm dinner |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Club |
| Cost: | Lecture: Members $100, Students $50, Guests $150 Dinner: Members $450, Guests $500 |
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Lecture: ˇ§The Promise of Modernism: Art in India from 1900 to the Presentˇ¨, by Sundaram Tagore
If modernism in the Western context is defined as a rejection of tradition, how does a 5,000-year-old traditional culture manage to make modern art?
This lecture will answer that question by briefly looking at the history of modern Western art to contextualize modernismˇ¦s trajectory in India. It will then explore how modernism took root on the subcontinent with the establishment of colonial art colleges, which were based on the Royal College of Arts in London. It will also deconstruct the pre-modern Western technique of painting with one-point perspective, and then look at the results of its introduction in India.
This lecture will examine the multiple facets of Indian modernism. In the West, modernism largely developed in a linear fashion, but in India, it unfolded in a more tangled and complex manner, influenced by factors such as urbanism, primitivism and neologism.
Sundaram Tagore is a New York-based art historian and gallery owner, and doctoral candidate at Oxford University. A descendant of the Nobel Prize poet Rabindranath Tagore, he has written extensively on the East-West dialogue.
Date: |
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
Time: |
6:00 drinks, 6:30pm lecture, 8:00pm dinner |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Club |
| Cost: | Lecture: Members $100, Students $50, Guests $150 Dinner: Members $450, Guests $500 |
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Friendsˇ¦ Gala Evening at the Hong Kong Museum of Art
An important exhibition of contemporary art will be coming to the Museum and the Friends invite all members to join our gala evening on Thursday, June 11, 2009 for a special viewing, cocktails and dinner.
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