This striking artwork features a stark black silhouette figure lurking behind a whimsical, childlike drawing of a smiling character. The juxtaposition of the two contrasting elements - the dark, ominous presence and the innocent, simplistic depiction - creates a disconcerting and unsettling mood. The use of charcoal and the raw, unfinished quality of the canvas lend the piece a raw, visceral feel. The artwork seems to explore the coexistence of light and dark, innocence and malevolence, inviting the viewer to ponder the complexities and duality of the human experience. ...
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. ...
