FLOWER RAIN - 香港藝術館藏品 HKMoA
This pattern is a collaboration between Sparkle Collection and HK Museum of Art (HKMoA), adapted from world-revered Chinese contemporary artist Hon Chi-fun’s famous silkscreen “Flower Rain” which circles and squares are used to symbolize the self, while imitating the wonders of nature.
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Hon Chi-fun was one of Hong Kong’s most revered visual artists, and played a pivotal role in building Hong Kong’s art ecology. He had a unique approach to addressing issues of culture, identity and philosophy in his work. For Hon, to be a Hong Kong artist was to remain porous and question boundaries between cultures, mediums, and within the self.
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The painting “Flower rain” is an iconic representation of Hon Chi-fun’s abstract style. Filled with rich and vibrant colours, circles and squares are used to symbolize the self, while imitating the wonders of nature. Within the semicircles are expressive brushstrokes of calligraphy, bringing Oriental elements and Chinese imagery into Western art forms, merging East and West.
《花雨》貫徹韓志勳一貫的抽象畫風格，以「圓」和「方」為個人意符，方、圓之間盛載着斑斕豐富的色彩，仿佛參照自然。半圓中拼湊富於動勢的書法文字，為畫作注入東方元素及中國文化的意象，體現中西的融合。
韓志勳 (1922 – 2019) 生於香港，自幼喜愛美術，早年自學繪畫。六十年代其畫風進入抽象期，對不同的元素及媒介進行探索，把詩書、碑帖、甚至照片等用於絲印版畫及塑膠彩畫中。七十至八十年代，「圓」和「方」成了韓氏的個人表徵，他常探討生與死、自然、宇宙等哲學課題，並率先嘗試使用噴筆營造畫面上各種效果。
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Painting: “Flower Rain” by Hon Chi-fun (花雨)(韓志勳)
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*香港藝術館藏品This collection is collaborated by the Hong Kong Museum of Art and SPARKLE by KAREN CHAN.
