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HKU weekly notice (from April 11 to April 18, 2015)

10 Apr 2015

 

HKU Department of Japanese Studies exhibition on Early Japan Airlines Advertising

The University’s Department of Japanese Studies is holding a unique exhibition on the way Japan Airlines promoted its first international services to San Francisco and Hong Kong. The exhibition, entitled “Hong Kong – Japan Connections: In the Air and On Campus”, will run until April 30, 2015, in the Ground Floor Gallery of Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU.

The exhibition was put together by Dr. Yoshiko Nakano of the Department of Japanese Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures. It features Japan Airlines ads from the 1950s to the 1970s which Dr Nakano has collected as part of her research into how Japan represented itself overseas after World War II.

Period: March 24 to April 30, 2015

Venue: Ground Floor Gallery, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU Centennial Campus

For media enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan, Events Coordinator, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4984 email:cyrusc@hku.hk).

Two exhibitions “Vernacular: Liu Qinghe in Hong Kong” & “Being-there: Works by Chen Shuxia” will be on display at UMAG

The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) collaborates with The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) to present two exhibitions by renowned Chinese artists Liu Qing-he and Chen Shu-xia: “Vernacular: Liu Qinghe in Hong Kong” and “Being-there: Works by Chen Shuxia” from April 17 to May 24, 2015.

“Vernacular—Liu Qinghe in Hong Kong” is an exhibition that features more than sixty contemporary ink works by Liu Qing-he (b.1961), an artist and professor at the academy who is best known for his unique style of contemporary ink paintings. His works often portray social realities and their impact on Chinese families, individuals and the artist himself.

“Being-there: Works by Chen Shuxia”, displays a selection of paintings by Chen Shu-xia. An exhibiting artist for the past 30 years, Chen’s artwork builds on the traditional genre of oil painting and its long-practised and western-influenced techniques through the presentation of portraits and still-lifes, subjects and styles informed by her daily observations.

Details of the Exhibitions

Period: April 17, 2015 (Friday) to May 24, 2015 (Sun)

Opening Hours:

09:30 – 18:00 (Mon to Sat)

13:00 – 18:00 (Sun)

Closed on University and Public Holidays

Venue:

Vernacular: Liu Qing-he in Hong Kong - 1/F T.T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Being There: Works by Chen Shu-xia - 1/F Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk

Fees: Free Admission

Website: www.hkumag.hku.hk

Media enquiries:

UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk