The artwork features a striking contrast between the vibrant yellow construction helmet and the dark, ominous background. The central figure, shrouded in a ghostly mist, appears to be reaching for a glowing orange element, creating a sense of tension and ambiguity. The overall composition and use of chiaroscuro lighting evoke a surreal and unsettling mood, hinting at the artist's intention to explore themes of industry, the human condition, and the unknown. ...
Owen Fu (b.1988, Guilin, China) is an artist whose artworks are derived from his observation of the world which contains the double entendre nature with art historical and contemporary reference, sincerity and humour, quirkiness, and poeticism. Of all the elements that make a painterly vision, for Owen its line that dominates. His paintings put the viewer into a state of flow, moving effortlessly through and across his intuitive use of line, structure, and faux-naïveté.
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MOU PROJECTS (formerly known as MINE PROJECT) is a Hong Kong-based contemporary art gallery established in 2019. Since its inception, the gallery has been dedicated to showcase both local and international emerging artists working in all media and has held many of their first solo exhibitions in Hong Kong as well as in Asia. With an aim to facilitate artistic dialogues and conceptual innovations, the gallery supports artists whose experimental practices and boundary-pushing ethos reflect the current social reality and manifest an alternative contemporary aesthetics. ...
