WONG HAU KWEI (HUANG XIAOKUI, B. 1946)

Curtain Wall Landscape-Xi'an Bell Tower is an ink painting depicting the Xi'an Bell Tower's reflection on a commercial Building. It has received the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Award. In the work, Wong Hau Kwei utilises different focal points to manifest negative spaces to evoke transcendence and a mute spatial dimension. Originally, when Wong photographed the site for inspiration, it was Kodak instead of McDonald's. However, he thought the timeless McDonald's icon would give a sharper contrast of multiculturalism and nostalgia. Interestingly, he returned a year later to find that Kodak was actually replaced with McDonalds.