Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world, and the powerful traditons attracted me, locally born and bred in Hong Kong, went to explore the territory. Before the reunification, I passed the entrance examination with arduous efforts and was admitted to study in Beijing Central Academy of Arts(Now merged with Tsinghua University). I studied the Master of Arts and Crafts at the key of university in China and could have the incidental chance of participating in the celebration of Hong Kong’s handing over to the mainland China. The university had winned the national open competition of disigning a souvenir to give Hong Kong as a present to commemorate the important event. I also painted a picture of Bauhinia Blakeana to pay tribute to the greeting gift.
The sculpture designed by the Central Academy of Arts used Bauhinia as a prototype, which is the five- petaled cluster of the curvilineal shape of glittering beauty and feature of this flower,and is a comparison of the painting in which the mauve, star-shaped blooms showing an auspice of prosperousness. It can be seen from the photo provided of placing the model of the giant sculpture in front of my painting. What is the reason that the Academy could win the competition? It is because the appearance of the sculpture is neither too figurative nor too abstract. It is not a real portrait of Bauhinia,but by viewing the visual elements constructing the form we could find the characteristics of the flower. The sculpture lets you know what it is and besides the pleasant image,there is something more in it. Taking a close look,we could see the thin and flexible filaments inside. We anticipate the full bloom of it. My painting is the adumbration of what would happen of the sculpture.
Nowadays, the tourists come visiting Hong Kong would take photos of posing in front of the sculpture, which is situated before the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre , as the keepsakes. Such an interlude in the celebration of the reunification is little known.
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