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HKU weekly notice (from April 18 to April 25, 2015)

17 Apr 2015

 

Two exhibitions held at HKU UMAG: “Vernacular: Liu Qinghe in Hong Kong” and “Being-there: Works by Chen Shuxia”

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.

Furthermore, “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 (Sunday)
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, UMAG, the University of Hong Kong, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam
Being There: Works by Chen Shu-xia - 1/F Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, the University of Hong Kong, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

General Enquiry: Tel: (852) 2241 5500 / Email:  museum@hku.hk
Fees: Free Admission
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

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

About University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong (UMAG)
UMAG was founded in 1953 as the Fung Ping Shan Museum. It was originally established as the Fung Ping Shan Library in 1932 in honour of its benefactor. For more information on UMAG, please refer to the UMAG document.

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).

An HKU exhibition to launch on Earth Day to showcase the last 65 million years of Climate Change unfolding past lessons for foreseeing our future

The Stephen Hui Geological Museum of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will launch a new permanent exhibition on “Cenozoic Climate Change” on Earth Day (April 22, 2015). The Cenozoic Era is the most recent geological period which spans from about 65 million years ago to present. The Cenozoic is sometimes called the Age of Mammals because the extinction of dinosaurs at the beginning of the Cenozoic allowed mammals to greatly diversify and grow in size during this period.

Paleoclimate proxies including ice cores, marine sediments, loess, tree rings and marine microorganisms will be displayed for the first time in Hong Kong to introduce scientific methods applied to read past global climate records and to reconstruct the last 65 million years of global Climate Change.

The results reveal two patterns of climate change during the past 65 million years: (1). a continuous long-term climate change from warm conditions with ice-free poles 65 million years ago (65 Ma) changing to cooler conditions with the present-day polar ice caps; and (2). short-term climate changes which are comprised of important short-term periodical and abrupt climate variations in the past. Through the study and analysis of such information, scientists hope to gain more understanding of how human activity might impact climate change in the future.

The exhibition is part of HKU’s Knowledge Exchange effort making recently conducted climate research at the Department of Earth Sciences accessible to the public.

Details as below:

Date: from April 22, 2015 (Wednesday)

Time: Mon - Fri, 1-6pm/ Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, University and Public Holidays.

Venue: Stephen Hui Geological Museum, G/F, James Lee Science Building, HKU