(April 2010, Hong Kong) Wan Fung Art Gallery is pleased to present "The Good Old Days- The Selective Art Works of Kinsan Chung" from 5 to 13 May 2010. Over thirty recent pieces of Mr. Chung’s artworks will be exhibited.

The themes of the artworks include the features of Hong Kong in the pre-war period to the 60’s. The exhibits illustrate different memorable events and stories of Hong Kong. For example, during the pre-war period, residents were anxious storing their food and resources. In the artworks, if you look into the eyes of the people, you can tell how much they were concerned about the future of Hong Kong. In another piece of work, the markets in Yau Ma Tei were filled with shops and many businesses started to grow and become vibrant, telling us the fact that Hong Kong had overcame the dark moments. Moreover, in another picture, you can see a big brother carrying his younger brother on his shoulder and holding the hand of his sister and brother crossing the road. These are all the collective memories of many of us in Hong Kong. Since Mr. Chung is a truly local Hong Kong artist, his artworks describe the part of Hong Kong that millions of us have experienced.

Chung has always admired the ideal of “the unity of the world”. By “unity” he means that people with different social status, citizenships, cultural backgrounds, occupations and thoughts can come together, accepting and respecting their differences. For this reason, Chung took action to achieve this ideal, by joining the police force and to fight for justice. When Chung retired, he used his paintings to meet friends and promote his ideal “togetherness”. In his artworks, no matter that they are businessmen, farmers, fishermen, the elders, children, men or women, they all live together in harmony. This is to illustrate to us his ideal world at the highest.

Wan Fung Art Gallery has always wanted to give our full support to the local artists. We will be presenting the "The Good Old Days- The Selective Art Works of Kinsan Chung" from 5 May 2010. Chung himself will also be joining us in a cocktail party on 7 May 2010 and will share with us his thoughts and inspirations. You are welcome to come along and meet him in person. Partial proceeds of this exhibition will be donated to the China Star Light Charity Fund Association, the Dharmasthiti Buddhist Institute Limited, the World Eye Organization and the DCSI Medicine & Education Fund.

Wan Fung Art Gallery cordially invites you to the gathering night for The Good Old Days- The Selective Art Works of Kinsan Chung at 5pm, Friday, 07 May, 2010

Exhibition Period :  05.05.2010 – 13.05.2010

Exhibition Venue :  Wan Fung Art Gallery

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Opening Hours      :  Monday – Saturday  10:00 – 19:00

                                        Sunday & Public Holidays 13:00 – 18:00

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Kinsan Chung, is a local Hong Kong watercolor artist, when he was young he lived in the wild environment of Fanling in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The majority of his work is about the village, the house, plants on the wall and the calligraphy above the doors of old buildings which contain much history. He wants to talk about some history that people never know. He is good in using the realist style but not to record everything.

The information department of the HK government invited Kinsan Chung to design the cover of the brochure of the opening ceremony of Hong Kong’s new airport. His work was selected for ‘Tomorrow Will Be Even Better’, an album of paintings of Hong Kong published by the Hong Kong Baptist University and ‘Famous artist in the world’ published in South Korea, and some Hong Kong watercolor collection.  Mr. Chung has held many solo exhibitions, and overseas exhibitions including the Asia-Pacific Watercolor Invitational Exhibition, in Taiwan.

Mr. Chung’s work is collected by the ex Hong Kong Governor Mr. Chris Patten, King Henri of Luxembourg, the Toronto Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Cultural Museum,  the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Chinese University, the Hong Kong Housing Department and the Government departments and personal collections.