I am pleased to be invited by Moleskine notebook to join the group exhibition: Moleskine Passions Exhibition: "Share the loves of your life"
Selected images of my conceptual work: The vagaries of "Mustard Seed Garden" (芥子園奇想)

Technique: Handmade collage with photographs, Chinese ink and colour and Western painting medium.
People: 150+ Asia creator.
Time: March 2010
Venue:
Hong Kong- City'super, Page One
Taiwan- Eslite
Singapore- Page One, Kinokuniya
Malaysia- Kinokuniya


Web site: http://www.moleskineasia.com/Events-hk/Book-hk
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Artist statement:
"Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual" is a traditional Chinese paintings manual during Qing Dynasty. It was commissioned by Shen Xinyou, the "Mustard Seed Garden", is the name of his father-in-law Li Yu's villa.

The book collected many paintings as a sample, every section has word description. It’s a model for the people who paint Chinese paintings. Master Qi Baishi, Lin Fengmian etc., used this manual to imitate the painting technique in teenage. There are three sections of “Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual”: First section: “Mountain and sea”, second section: “Plum, orchid, bamboo, & chrysanthemum” and third section: “Flower & plume”. It’s well-known to every family and household.

Everytime I read this book, I imagine…

“芥子園畫傳”為清朝的集著，由沈心友等主編，以其岳父(劇作家李漁)的別墅”芥子園”為名。畫傳結集了多幅水墨畫為範例，為學習中國水墨畫的臨摹範本。一代水墨名家如齊白石、林風眠等，都在年少時把《芥子園畫傳》作為範本。畫傳主要分為三篇: 第一篇為”山水篇”，第二篇為”梅、蘭、菊、竹篇”和第三篇的”花卉翎毛篇”。圖文並茂，家喻戶曉。

我每次閱讀這本書時，都產生了奇想……..

Galen TSE Kin-wah, Hong Kong 2010