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Lot 940
KOON WAI BONG (GUAN WEIBANG, B. 1974)
Whispering Woods
Closed24 November 2014
Price Realised
HKD 200,000
More Information
KOON WAI BONG (GUAN WEIBANG, B. 1974)
Whispering Woods
A set of four scrolls, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
Each scroll measures 68.5 x 44 cm. (27 x 17 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2013 (4)
Whispering Woods
A set of four scrolls, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
Each scroll measures 68.5 x 44 cm. (27 x 17 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2013 (4)
KOON WAI BONG (GUAN WEIBANG, B. 1974)
Whispering Woods
A set of four scrolls, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
Each scroll measures 68.5 x 44 cm. (27 x 17 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2013 (4)
Whispering Woods
A set of four scrolls, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
Each scroll measures 68.5 x 44 cm. (27 x 17 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2013 (4)
KOON WAI BONG (B. 1974)
Selected exhibitions
2013 Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK (solo)
Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, Taiwan (group)
2011 Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (group)
2010 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (group)
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China (group)
2009 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (solo)
2008 Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China (group)
Notable collections
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The AIG, USA
The Peninsula Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wharf Group, Hong Kong
Koon Wai Bong received his training in Chinese painting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and RMIT University in Australia. He is an artist as well as Assistant Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University.
With an education influenced by the Suzhou and Zhejiang school of literati painting, Koon strives to preserve the technique and aesthetic in the traditional ink and brush genre. He "reworks the classics" by instilling elements such as innovative spatial arrangement and novel presentation, firmly establishing himself as a contemporary artist with a wealth of inheritance from the ink painting tradition. His works often portray narrow or collaged view of landscape, which offer a restricted vision of a world that is shared by many in our metropolis. Koon also experiments in various media such as traditional Chinese dress and installation assembled by multiple fans, showing the infinite possibilities of presenting ink art to a contemporary audience.
Selected exhibitions
2013 Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK (solo)
Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennial, Taiwan (group)
2011 Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (group)
2010 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (group)
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China (group)
2009 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (solo)
2008 Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China (group)
Notable collections
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
The AIG, USA
The Peninsula Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wharf Group, Hong Kong
Koon Wai Bong received his training in Chinese painting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and RMIT University in Australia. He is an artist as well as Assistant Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University.
With an education influenced by the Suzhou and Zhejiang school of literati painting, Koon strives to preserve the technique and aesthetic in the traditional ink and brush genre. He "reworks the classics" by instilling elements such as innovative spatial arrangement and novel presentation, firmly establishing himself as a contemporary artist with a wealth of inheritance from the ink painting tradition. His works often portray narrow or collaged view of landscape, which offer a restricted vision of a world that is shared by many in our metropolis. Koon also experiments in various media such as traditional Chinese dress and installation assembled by multiple fans, showing the infinite possibilities of presenting ink art to a contemporary audience.