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HKU weekly notice (from May 17 to May 24, 2014)

16 May 2014

 

"International Museum Day 2014, Hong Kong" at HKU Stephen Hui Geological Museum

The IMD 2014 theme “Museum Collections Make Connections” reminds people that a museum is an institution that preserves and communicates the past, while remaining grounded in the present. The Stephen Hui Geological Museum at the University of Hong Kong preserves records of Planet Earth’s past environments going back 4.5 billion years. Members of the public are invited to visit the museum on IMD on May 17 and 18 to enjoy free programmes.

Date: May 17 to May 18, 2014 (Saturday and Sunday)
Time: 10am to 6pm
Venue: Stephen Hui Geological Museum, HKU
Language: English & Cantonese
Free Admission

Special Programme:
• Guided Museum Tours
Demonstration of exhibits including the Magic Globe and fluorescent minerals
Time: 1pm and 4pm on each day (May 17, 18) for a maximum of 30 persons each
(A maximum of 30 persons for each tour on a first come, first served basis. Advanced registration through e-mail or phone recommended via Phone: 2241 5472; e-mail: shmuseum@hku.hk)

• “The present is the key to the past” – Quiz
Come and find out how Earth Scientists interpret how and where ancient rocks, minerals and fossils were formed in prehistoric time, comparing them to present-day Earth environments and processes and win a precious little souvenir!

• IMD Souvenir Redemption
Visit 4 different museums over 2 days (17 & 18 May) to collect and redeem stamps for a special edition of the IMD Yo Yo Memo Pad. The redemption period lasts until 31 May on a first-come, first-served basis at all museums while supplies last.
For enquiries about the activities at Stephen Hui Geological Museum, please send email to the museum at shmuseum@hku.hk.

For more information of IMD 2014 activities in Hong Kong organised by all Leisure and Cultural Services Department museums and other participating venues, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/imd2014.

The University Museum and Art Gallery exhibition “Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Colour”

The University Museum and Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Cruz-Diez Foundation, Paris; China Youth Publishing Group, Beijing; ZBL & Associates, Paris and in association with Le French May, Hong Kong, will present an exhibition entitled “Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Colour” of Carlos Cruz-Diez’s capturing work. The artist’s advanced theories on the perception of colour will be made visual in a display of both paintings and light installations.

Mr Cruz-Diez was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1923, and he has lived and worked in Paris since 1960. His artistic roots reach back to the Movimiento Cinético (Kinetic Movement) of the 1950s and 1960s. As his thinking on the visual arts has evolved, his ideas have changed attitudes on how colour is perceived in art. Mr Cruz-Diez describes colour as an “autonomous reality, devoid of anecdotes, that evolves in real time and space with no need of form or support”, and the presentation of his work embraces this theory and introduces the findings of eight research projects that reveal the myriad ways in which colour behaves: Couleur Additive (Additive Colour), Physichromie, Induction Chromatique (Chromatic Induction), Chromointerférence,  Transchromie, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope, and Couleur dans l’espace (Colour in Space).

Celebrated for his attention to light and colours, he has been ranked among other masters of colours including Seurat (1859–1891), Cezanne (1839–1906), Albers (1888–1976), Frank-Stella (b. 1936). The French Minister of Culture awarded Carlos Cruz-Diez with an “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres – Commander” in order to acknowledge his prominent achievement and artistic status. His works are on view in Hong Kong for the first time, and they manifest his theoretical concepts and guide us to perceive the ‘ambiguity of colour’.

Date: May 24 to August 17, 2014  
Opening Hours:  9:30am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday); 1pm to 6pm (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: 1/F T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

University Museum and Art Gallery exhibition "Lasting Fragrance: Chinese Ink Paintings by Chow Chian-chiu and Chow Leung Chen-ying"

The University Museum and Art Gallery is holding an exhibition of ink and colour paintings by Chow Chian-chiu (1910–2006) and Chow Leung Chen-ying (1921–2005), prominent members of the Lingnan School of painting and widely recognised as a unique couple for their lifelong devotion to art and their teaching of Chinese art to students worldwide. The Chows are widely admired for their renderings of landscapes, bird-and-flower, animals, insects, as well as their calligraphy.

Date: April 9 to June 22, 2014 
Opening Hours:  9:30am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday); 1pm to 6pm (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
Venue: Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG)

Language: English  and Cantonese
Free Admission
Please visit www.hkumag.hku.hk or call 2241 5500 for general enquiries.

For media enquiries, please contact Communication Officer Ms Elena Cheung by email at elenac@hku.hk or by phone at 2241 5512.