The artwork features a striking red canvas with bold, expressive brushstrokes. At the center, a distinctive hand reaches towards a distorted, almost surreal, form that resembles an eye or a face. The overall composition creates a sense of tension and unease, with the gestural, almost violent, lines adding to the work's intensity. This piece appears to be an emotive exploration of the human experience, blending elements of abstraction and symbolism to convey a powerful, unsettling message. The artist's intention may be to challenge conventional perceptions and elicit a visceral reaction from the viewer. ...
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. ...
