NOVEMBER E-NEWSLETTER 2016

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As a member of the HKAGA, Sin Sin Fine Art is participaing in HK Art Week - Autumn Edition which was launched on 27 Oct at PMQ.

HKAGA is dedicated to supporting the city's unique cultural community and highlighting why art matters, how it benefits society and how easy it is to explore art and culture in Hong Kong. It has put together an extensive programme of events  for HK Art Week – Autumn Edition which has something for everyone. 

Thank you for joining us for The Gallery Walk for Charity - Thursday 3 NovHong Kong Art Gallery Association 1st edition Renown Cuban artist – Carlos García de la Nuez solo exhibition “Cardinals” along with iDance HK's improvised environmental dance performance was well received by our audiences.

 
 
 
 
 
   CURRENT EXHIBITION   
 
 
 
 
Cardinals – Hong Kong Art Week
Artist: Carlos García de la Nuez
Exhibition Duration: 23 September – 11 November 2016

 

Carlos Garcia de la Nuez has discussed the "Nature of Abstraction" with HENRIETTA WILSON at our gallery right before the opening reception. Click [More] for the full artical on  ArtAsiaPacific.

 
Grab your last chance to follow one of the most important artists in Cuba’s path in Mexico and Havana. Exhibition on view at Sin Sin Fine Art until 11 November.

Image: Balance by C. Garcia de la Nuez, 150 x 120 cm, Mixed media on canvas, 2016


 
 
 
 
 
 
   UPCOMING EXHIBITION   
 
 
 
 
Japanese Photographers
Born in 1920s ~ 1940s
Exhibition Duration: 24 November 2016 – 31 January 2017
 
Opening Reception: 24 November 2016 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Venue: Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F 52 Sai Street, Central, Hong Kong
Artist: Eikoh Hosoe(1933) | Takashi Kijima(1920-2011)
Daido Moriyama(1938) | Hajime Sawatari(1940)
Issei Suda(1940) | Shomei Tomatsu(1930-2012) 
Performance "PROVOKE" by Ming PAK
 
Opening Reception: 26 November 2016 | 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Venue: Sin Sin Atelier, 4A Kin Teck Industrial Building, No. 26 Wong Chuk Hang Rd,
Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Artist: Takayuki Ogawa(1936-2008) | Eiichiro Sakata(1941)

Sin Sin Fine Art is pleased to present a group exhibition of Japanese Photographers born in 1920s ~ 1940s, featuring artists Takashi Kijima(1920-2011), Shomei Tomatsu(1930-2012), Eikoh Hosoe(1933), Takayuki Ogawa(1936-2008), Daido Moriyama(1938), Hajime Sawatari(1940), Issei Suda(1940) and Eiichiro Sakata(1941).

The exhibition is curated by Sin Sin Man in collaboration with Akio Nagasawa. The seminal works of Postwar Photography in such a scale are brought to Hong Kong for the very first time. Japanese Photography is one of the biggest artistic contributions to the world by a single country in recent history. Though not imitative of traditional Japanese art forms, there is a similar regard for subtle balance, delicate mood and fine craftsmanship. These photographs provide an exclusive access to a particular time as it's seen by the eight legendary photographers through their camera lens.


 
 
 
Takashi Kijima
b. 1920, California, USA, d. 2011

Takashi Kijima is considered one of the greatest Japanese photographers and possibly the world's best photographer of orchids. Born in 1920 in the United States, he moved to Japan to study and graduated in Art at Nihon University in 1943. His photography first gained recognition in 1954 when he won the Asahi Advertisement Award followed by several prizes and medals. 


 
 
 
Shomei Tomatsu
b. 1930, Aichi, JP, d. 2012

Tomatsu was a self-taught photographer. In the late 1950s, he participated in the “Eyes of Ten” exhibitions, and, with five of the other participating photographers (Eikoh Hosoe, Kikuji Kawada, Ikko Narahara, Akira Sato, and Akira Tanno), he formed the agency VIVO, which Brueggemann calls the “epicenter” of Japanese photography in the 1960s. Tomatsu’s major projects include photographing the U.S. occupation and subsequent Americanization of Japan; the “Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document,” in which he and Ken Domon photographed the aftermath of the atomic bomb; and pictures of both violence in the streets and the life styles of students in Shinjuku, Tokyo. 


 
 
 
Eikoh Hosoe
b. 1933, Yamagata, JP

Eikoh Hosoe is one of Japan's notable post-war photographers and filmmakers. Hosoe's photography is often collaborated or linked with his artist acquaintances, the series Bara-kei (Ordeal by Roses) was created in 1962 with the famous writer Yukio Mishima as a model, and the series Kamaitachi was created with dancer Tatsumi Hijikata as the model in 1969.

Hosoe has received the Royal Photographic Society's 150th anniversary special medal, for his work as a photographer who has made a lifetime contribution to art, in 2003. He has also been awarded the title of Japanese Person of Cultural Merit (2010) and many others.


 
 
 
Takayuki OGAWA
b. 1936, Tokyo, JP, d. 2008

Takayuki Ogawa had been working as freelance in advertising industry. His most celebrated series of photos named “New York Is” were shot there between 1967 and ’68. While adopting a documentary style, Ogawa portrays the streets of New York from a personal, subjective point of view, in a somewhat stylish fashion that explicitly suggests his unique aesthetic. After returning to Japan, Camera Mainichi magazine dedicated the first 41 pages of their September ’68 issue to the photographer who went on to win a Newcomer Award from the Japan Photo Critics Association in the same year. Collections of Ogawa’s works are being kept at George Eastman House (USA), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Kawasaki City Museum and Nihon University among others. 


 
 
 
Daido MORIYAMA
b. 1938, Osaka, JP

Daido Moriyama is one of Japan’s foremost contemporary photographers. Moriyama’s early works reveal the dark underside of urban Japanese life, and the breakdown of strict, traditional values in the post-war period. One of the photographer’s aims is to reveal the hidden beauty in that which is conventionally regarded as flawed, engaging closely with the Japanese world-view of wabi-sabi which seeks beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature. Strongly inspired by Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Moriyama is interested in the importance of the journey; he wanders large metropolises and attempts to uncover the seedier sides of urban life, as well as the hidden parts of the city. In part due to these reasons, his work has a strong sense of voyeurism.


 
 
 
Hajime SAWATARI
b. 1940, Tokyo, JP

Hajime Sawatari is a celebrated fashion and advertising photographer. His photobooks are part of the important cultural renaissance that took place in Japan in the 1960s and '70s and vitnessed the promotion of provocative, avant-garde book publishing. Sawatari won the Japan Photograph Association's 'Nendo Sho' award for Nadia in 1973. Later on he joined Yoshihiro Tatsuki and Shunji Ōkura to produce a series that was furiously creative and that moved away from the staid conventions of so-called 'talent' books being published in Japan at this time. The Private series revealed an intimate, personal, highly emotional relationship between the photographer and his female subject. Photographed outdoors, Sawatari's nude is tangible and human, rather than aloof and unattainable.


 
 
 
Issei SUDA
b. 1940, Tokyo, JP

Issei Suda occupies a unique position in the history of Japanese photography: deeply important yet having received relatively little attention for his work from the West. Perhaps owing to the fact that he never became associated with any particular school, he remained outside the widely disseminated narratives told about Japanese photography. 


 
 
 
Eiichiro SAKATA
b. 1941, Tokyo, JP

Sakata has been shooting portraits for the covers of Aera magazine since its launch in 1988, and as a result of his relentless work, the number of people he portrayed so far amount to more than 1,000. In 2004, the exhibition ”Piercing The Sky” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography attracted much attention. Sakata received a Domon Ken Award and a Photographer Award from The Photographic Society of Japan in 2005. In 2013, the “Enoshima” series focusing on “portraits without people” was shown at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, and caused quite a stir as a groundbreaking new venture.


 
 
 
 
 
 
   ART IN HOSPITAL - REACH FOR THE HEART PROGRAM   
 
 
 
 
Reach For The HeART Programs - Charity Luncheon
Event Date: 6 December 2016| 12:30 pm
Venue: The China Club, No.1 Banker Street, Central, HK
Price: HK$ 650 / person (vegetarian menu available)
Proper attire required
RSVP: heather@sinsinfineart.com

Reach for the HeART has been sponsoring this elderly art project for 8 years. It has cheered up more than a thousand of elderly patients, and also their families, caregivers and medical staff.

This year’s Annual Charity Luncheon will be held at The China Club. As always, a portion of the proceeds from this luncheon will go towards providing free workshops and other art activities exclusively for elderly patients in public hospitals.

Click [More] to have a glimpse at the workshop we provided through the years.


 
 
 
The Magic of Awareness  
Teaching by Anam Thubtun Rinpoche
Date: 6 December 2016 | 6:30 - 9 pm
6:30pm “ Embrace Each Moment” Book signing
7:00pm Teaching
8:00pm Smoke ceremony and Feast Offering
Venue: Sin Sin Fine Art, 54 Sai Street, Central, HK
Admission: Feel free to donate
RSVP: heather@sinsinfineart.com

Anam Thubten grew up in Tibet and at an early age began to practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Among his many teachers, his most formative guides were Lama Tsurlo, Khenpo Chopel, and Lama Garwang. He is the founder and spiritual advisor of Dharmata Foundation, teaching widely in the U.S. and abroad. He is also the author of various articles and books in both the Tibetan and English language.

It is such an hounor to host Anam Thubten Rinpoche at Sin Sin Fine Art for a teaching of " Magic of Awareness". Awareness is the essence of all Buddhist practices. Yet, it's universal and not being restricted to certain culture or tradition. It's a state of mind that is not lost in thoughts and feelings. Through awareness, we can find unconditional happiness and can expand our consciousness.

Rinpoche has recently published his 3rd book titled "Embrace Each Moment”. Join us at  6:30pm for the book signing event. 


 
 
 
 
 
 
   ATELIER NEWS   
 
 
 
 
JOYCE Cabinet x Sin Sin Fine Art
Artist: Sin Sin Man
Exhibition Duration: 15 Nov - 31 Dec 2016
Venue: JOYCE Boutique, New World Tower, Central, Hong Kong

To match with JOYCE’s vision of art and culture and open a new exciting era through the collaboration with top leading cultural partners, our exhibition at JOYCE | Cabinet with the universe of Sin Sin Man has open to the public to tell the story of art in day-to-day life.

Featured Sin Sin Man’s latest creation "Time Travel" series, she shared in the conversation with Ingrid Chen, GM of JOYCE marketing department that “when I received a pile of JOYCE magazines, they stimulated memories of the time where the magazines were complimentary to JOYCE universe. It has been a honor for me to retouch the beauties and channel my conversation with JOYCE through the collage works.”


 
 
 
 
 
 
   UPCOMING EVENTS   
 
 
 
 
i-Dance HK 2016
Organizer: Y-Space
Duration: 17 Nov – 4 Dec 2016
Venue: Kwai Tsing Theatre,12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong

With thematic focus on “tradition and technology”, I-Dance HK 2016 has lined up the programmes within the 2 dimensions in theatre performances, to discuss new possibilities of contemporary dance through topics like “Dance, Multimedia and Improvisation” and “Exploring Dance and Movement” etc.

WEN Wui from Beijing will bring her documentary theatre “RED”, Thai dance artist Pichet KLUNCHUN will improvise Tam Kai with Hong Kong dancers; Local maestro choreographer Helen LAI will look back on her celebrated creations from the 90’s, and many more!

Get your tickets here: http://www.i-dancehk.com and follow their official FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/iDance.hongkong/ for updates! 


 
 
 
 
 
 
   ARTIST NEWS   
 
 
 
 
“Siklus Abu” - cycle of ash workshop 
Artist: Tisna Sanjaya
Date: 22 October 2016 | 10:00-16:00
Venue:Erasmus Huis, Netherlands Culture Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
Photo credit : Ima Rochmawati

Following Tisna Sanjaya's solo exhibition “Siklus Abu” on September 11th- 30th, 2016 at Erasmus Huis, the Netherlands Culture Centre in Jakarta, Tisna has a workshop "combustion clothing hypocrisy, clothing and falsehood to ashes”. The process of burn clothing and falsehood become the medium to print the body on canvas, the metaphor, contemplation in the ash, 'Water' as the solution of an epilogue ash cycle.


 
 
 
Tulang Bawang Culture Festival
Artist: Hanafi
Date: 11 -12 October 2016
Venue:  Islamic Center Tubaba, Lampung province, Indonesia

Hanafi has been in theTulangbawang district in the Southern part of Sumatra Island for a year now. He is collaboratinge with the  Tulang Bawang government as well as with local writers, musicians and choreographers of Tubaba. Hanafi’s work will feature at the Tulang Bawang Culture Festival, which brings together103 villages to celebrate music, theatrical performance, dance, a painting exhibition and traditional costume show.


 
 
 
Matahari” Solo show by Filippo Sciascia
Artist: Jumaldi Alfi
Date: 22 October 2016 – 6 November 2016
Venue:  Sarang I, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

OFCA International will present the solo show Matahari by artist Filippo Sciascia as part of its program Prima Visione, from 22 October – 6 November 2016, at Sarang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Filippo Sciascia is an Italian artist widely known for Lux Lumina, an ongoing series of almost black and white figurative paintings based on photographic and cinematic sources.

The program Prima Visione is showcasing the result of Filippo’s ongoing research and installation works titled Mata Hari. The work draws ona variety of media and natural materials like leaves and bamboo, found objects, photography and smaller paintings in specific settings.

OFCA International is an artist initiative founded by Berlin based art historian Astrid Honold, co-founder Jumaldi Alfi and Fendry Ekel.

Jumaldi Alfi developed Sarang, meaning "nest", which is several buildings hosting different art institutions in Yogyakarta.


 
 
 
New York at Its Core
Contributing Artist: Roland Hagenberg
Opening Date: 18 November 2016
Venue: The Museum of the City of New York, USA

Find Roland Hagenberg’s Basquiat portraits at The Museum of the City of New York!

Roland is invited to participate in the new upcoming permanent exhibition “New York at Its Core” which introduces influential individuals that shaped the city with his celebrated Jean-Michel Basquiat portraits.

Don't miss it if you find yourself in NYC!


 
 
 
 
 
 
   VILLA NEWS   
 
 
 
 
Villa Sin Sin Temple anniversary
Date:  14 November 2016
Venue:  Villa Sin Sin, Bali, Indonesia

Villa Sin Sin will celebrate our temple anniversary right on the 5th full moon in Balinese Calendar 14 November 2016. The temple anniversary has philosophical meaning that reminds us where we came from and the balance of the universe and its content, also protecting the human being from the negative influences.


 
 
 
“Tumpek Kandang”  Animal welfare day 
Date: 26 November 2016
Venue:  Bali, Indonesia

Tumplek kandang is a special day dedicated to blessing the animals, live stock and pets. The day celebrate grateful for the existence of the animals for the human sustenance, aimed for the harmony of the environment and animal welfare. The day is part of the Tumpek series which is aimed for the blessings of different subjects (plants, metal objects & tools, ancestral spirits visit, shadow puppet, and  Gamelan music instrument). All will occur in a 210-day cycle of Pawukon calendar.