Lam Wong: the world is as soft as a volcano: a moving composition
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Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art 205-268 Keefer Street (Sun Wah Centre), Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1X5
Lam Wong, "the world is as soft as lace (detail)," 2018
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Lam Wong: the world is as soft as a volcano: a moving composition
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 1 – 3 PM
Join Henry Heng Lu, Curator of Centre A, for a curatorial tour of our two current exhibitions:
Lam Wong: the world is as soft as a volcano: a moving composition
Lucie Chan: To Be Free, Everything You Most Hate and Fear
Free for Members / Pay-what-you-can for Non-Members No registration is required.
Lam Wong will be in attendance.
Expressed in painting and installation, ‘the world is as soft as a volcano: a moving composition’ by Lam Wong encompasses personal struggles and familial experience as agents of introspection. A collection of Wong’s recent works and part of his ongoing research into the notion of “emotion refugee”, the project delineates a delicate and hidden sense/state of being, communicated through the aftermaths of traumas, sufferings, and griefs. Over the course of the exhibition, the artworks will be rearranged once a week as an evolving cartography of sentiments in accordance with instructions given by the artist.
Lam Wong is an artist, designer and curator based in Vancouver, BC. An immigrant from Hong Kong during the 1980s, Wong studied design, art history and painting, both in Alberta and British Columbia. He is currently practicing painting and tea-related artwork as his main media. Wong sees art-making as an ongoing spiritual practice. His main areas of interest lie in the perception of reality, the meaning of art, and the relationships between time, memory and space.
Curated by Henry Heng Lu