Macau’s veteran artist Guilherme Ung Vai Meng continues to showcase his work with his latest exhibition “Lines • Sensation” at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery.
The 21 works on display, which feature new and old creations, comprise pencil sketches, with Ung depicting people, along with places from Macau to the mainland to Italy.
Moreover, Ung’s pieces on display also include three works entitled “Dance”, which were created using pencil, charcoal and gouache, a type of water-based paint similar to watercolour, on paper. An FRC statement on its website noted that these works were specifically created for the exhibition and depict dancers captured in the darkness of theatres and use “the human body as a central motif”.
Ung, born in 1958, has presented his works in solo and collective exhibitions over the years starting in the 1980s, having also showcased them in different parts of the world, according to information from both the Creative Macau gallery and the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), of which he was president from 2010 to 2017.
The FRC gallery statement noted that Ung had also served as the first director of the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) when it was inaugurated in 1999. He is now a visiting professor and doctoral mentor at the private Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). Moreover, he is also a member of the Macau Fine Arts Association and a founding member of the CAC – Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau (“Circle of the Friends of Macau’s Culture”).
The exhibition kicked off last week. Ung gave a lecture in both Chinese and Portuguese the day after the opening, in which he delved into the subject of line drawings and paintings.
The works are being showcased through May 5, Buddha’s Birthday, and one can visit the free-admission gallery from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays.
– Photos: Rui Pastorin
