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HKU weekly notice (from August 24 to August 30, 2013)

23 Aug 2013

 

 HKU Inauguration Ceremony to Welcome New Students
New students at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are to be officially welcomed to the University this Wednesday (August 28) at the Inauguration Ceremony. The Guest of Honour Dr. York Chow will address the students.  Other HKU family members who will give welcoming address at the Ceremony are Vice-Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Albert Chau, Chairman of Convocation Mr. Choi Sau Yuk and President of the Hong Kong University Students' Union Mr. Lawrence Tang.

Date: August 28, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:00 am 
Venue: The Grand Hall, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 / email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Rhea Leung (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2857 8555 / 9022 7446 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk.

Taoist Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i
Taoist Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i held by Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole of the University of Hong Kong is Professor Jao's first exhibition of Taoist painting and calligraphy.

Professor Jao's Taoist artworks can be classified into several categories-- portraits of Taoist masters and deities, such as Lao Zi, Zhang Sanfeng, and the Eight Immortals; paintings and calligraphy on the topics of Taoist quotations; Taoist poetry or articles by emperors and scholars, such as Poem on Autumn Flowers by Emperor Hui Zong and Essay on Regimen by Emperor Gao Zong of the Song Dynasty, and poetry by Song and Yuan Taoists; his studies of the Mawangdui Silk Manuscripts also influence his creation of calligraphy in that script.

Although the exhibits are not abundant, they reveal his insightful and pioneering perception in Taoism. In addition, his Taoist artworks undoubtedly achieve the realm of purity and stillness.

Taoist Art of Professor Jao Tsung-i
Date: 23 August – 30 September 2013
Time: Mon to Fri 9:00am – 6:00pm
           (closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
Venue: Jao Tung-I Petite Ecole, The University of Hong Kong
             (2/F, 2 University Drive, adjacent to Graduate House)
Telephone: 2241 5598

Exquisite Craftsmanship: Exhibition of the Japanese Cloisonné Enamels and Embroideries of the Meiji Period from the Collections of the Ise Foundation
The University Museum and Art Gallery will present an exhibition of 56 cloisonné enamels and 16 embroidered textiles from the collections of the Ise Foundation in Tokyo, Japan, starting from 6 July to 1 September 2013. These treasures are executed in sophisticated techniques and exemplary of the high skill and exquisite craftsmanship for which the Meiji Period (1868–1912) is celebrated.

Enamelled objects (shippo) were made on the orders of the Imperial Household or for merchants who supplied local and overseas markets. Japanese manufacturers participated in regularly organized international expositions and World Fairs in Europe and America, where they displayed an array of artistic creativity and technical virtuosity. Among which the Nagoya Cloisonné Company won a first prize at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873.

Like the shippo wares, Japanese embroidered textiles were first produced during the Nara period (710-794) and became known for their technical innovation. They testify to artistic exchanges between Japan and the West in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries.

Details of the exhibition:
Date: July 6 to September 1, 2013
Venue: University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
Please visit www.hkumag.hku.hk or call 2241-5500

Opening hours of the Museum:
Monday to Saturday 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Closed on public holiday
Admission is free. All are welcome.

For media enquiries, please contact Communications and Public Affairs Office:
Assistant Director (Media) Ms Trinni Choy, tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk, or
Manager (Media) Ms Rhea Leung, tel: 2857 8555 / 9022 7446 email: rhea.leung@hku.hk.