A contemporary Chinese seal exhibition entitled “World Unknown (鏤塵)” by local artist Ho Weng Chi (何頴姿) is on display until Monday at the UNESCO Centre of Macau.
The exhibition is sponsored by the public Macau Foundation (FM), and Ho is the tenth participant in the Macau Young Artists Promotion Project.
A recent statement by the public foundation said that Ho, who graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2014, is now a PhD candidate in Fine Arts at the China Academy of Art. She is also vice president of the Macau Haojiang Seal Society and Haoshang Seal Carving Society, the statement added.
Ho previously held a solo exhibition “A July Mayfly” and participated in a string of exhibitions, such as “Macao International Art Biennale”, according to the statement.
The statement noted that the “World Unknown” exhibition allows Ho to think more about the Chinese seal arts, after creating her artwork named “Stray Birds”. Based on the traditional art of seal engraving, from the original source to the media she thinks thoroughly about what seal engraving is, what it does and what it means to her in the world, she challenges the possibilities of seal engraving, the statement said.
The statement pointed out that Ho’s works focus on the state of human beings, and attempt to construct a metaphysical poetic world with traditional artistic techniques.
The exhibition displays more than 80 cubic metres of seal arts, the statement underlined, adding that a collection of works of the same name has been published.
The UNESCO Centre of Macau at 403 Alameda Dr Carlos d’Assumpção in Nape opens daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.
According to the government’s COVID-19 prevention and control measures, all visitors entering the venue must wear a facemask, undergo a temperature check and show their Macau Health Code.
For enquiries, call 2872 7066 or email unesco_info@fm.org.mo.
Photos: Yuki Lei
