TSANG Kin-wah

Combining the foul language (text) with the floral pattern (image) and arranging the text in the form of flowers and plants, which are swirling and running throughout the space, helps to link up their organic force that underneath both Nature and human on one hand, and, on the other, creates different layers of interpretation in which image is the embellishment, the surface while text (foul language) and the emotions attached are the latent and the fundamental. These shouts present in the space but they only appear and exist in one's mind after being discovered and realized.

Pattern & Text Installations (2003 - )

Combining the foul language (text) with the floral pattern (image) and arranging the text in the form of flowers and plants, which are swirling and running throughout the space, helps to link up their organic force that underneath both Nature and human on one hand, and, on the other, creates different layers of interpretation in which image is the embellishment, the surface while text (foul language) and the emotions attached are the latent and the fundamental. These shouts present in the space but they only appear and exist in one's mind after being discovered and realized.



Re-presenting Hakka/Taiwan/Oriental/Michael's Image in Various Ways National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung 2011 White vinyl on glass panel Dimensions variable



Men and Women, Young and Old, Cattle, Sheep, Donkeys - Everything Osage Gallery, Hong Kong 2010 Ink, emulsion and black vinyl approx. 3.5 x 6m




A Beautiful Girl Is Not A Girl But A Beautiful Girl Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul 2010 White vinyl on glass panel Dimensions variable




If Someone Calls It's Art, It's Kun(s)t. Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong 2009 Vinyl, light bulb, CD player, speakers and Joseph Kosuth's print " L’essence de la rhétorique est dans l’allégorie" 4.8 x 8 x 2.7m
	Video documentation: If Someone Calls It's Art, It's Kun(s)t.
	Sound for If Someone Calls It's Art, It's Kun(s)t. (9.8MB, mp3)	Work in progress




Let Us Build And Launch A Blue Rocket To His Heaven La Sucriere, Lyon, 2009 Screen on lino paper and vinyl Dimensions variable




Monogram: Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton Maison Gallery, Hong Kong, 2009 Black vinyl, dimensions variable Dimensions variable




HE comes from The Sky ... or The Sea ... KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 2008 Black vinyl and sound (CD player and speakers) Dimensions variable
	Sound for HE comes from The Sky ... or The Sea ... (3.6MB, mp3)
	Work in progress	Text/Statement





Pretty $hit - Pi$$ Pretty Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2008 5.8 x 2.75 x 2.5 m (Male washroom), 4.6 x 4.12 x 2.5 m (Female washroom) Silkscreen on tiles




I Love You More Than Anything Else in the Whole World and I Would Never Do Anything to Hurt You... Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, 2008 Clear vinyl on walls, CD player and speakers 14 x 9 x 3.5m
	Sound for I Love You More Than Anything Else (3.5MB, mp3)
	Work in progress	Text/Statement



Technically and Biologically Dead Live Interpretively for a Thousand Years ART HK 08, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2008 Cold transparent laminating film on floor 5.75 x 10m



BLACK! BLACK! BLACK! Yvon Lambert Paris, 2008 Cold transparent laminating film, CD player and speakers 5.93 x 4.49 x 2.65m
	Music for BLACK! BLACK! BLACK! (European Anthem, Beethoven: Ode to Joy_prolonged)3.2mb, mp3)
	Work in progress	Statement / Concept





Ghost('s)writing Yvon Lambert New York, 2007 Cold transparent laminating film and light projection 10.2 x 10.5 x 3.6
	Opening: video shot by VernissageTV



MomFDadFDaughterFTeacherFJesusFMaryFBillFMonicaFPoliticianFPastorFKidFMomFTeen … Yvon Lambert Gallery New York, 2007 Silkscreen, emulsion and acrylic on canavas and paper 5.1 x 8.7 x 3.6m
	Opening: video shot by VernissageTV




Fucking art made by the fucking people and for the fucking people, a joy to the fucking maker and the fucking user CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, 2007 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper and film Dimension variable



In the dark, in the Darkness Art-U room, Tokyo, 2006 Cold transparent laminating film and light projection 3.75 x 4.45m
	Video: In the dark, in the Darkness (WMV, 5.2mb)



Permanent Installation Shu Uemura, Costa Mesa, California, 2006 Acrylic on walls and ceiling Dimensions variable



Video for megARTstore (3.17MB, wmv)
ISHOPYOUSHOPHESHOPSHESHOPITSHOPTHEYSHOPISHOPYOUSHOPHESHOPSHESHOPITSHOPTHEYSHOP... 我買你買他買她買它買他們買她們買我買你買他買她買它買他們買她們買... Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 2006 Video, lcd tv, speakers, silkscreen on paper and cushion, cold luminating film 4.7 x 6.8 x 3.4m




Dragon/Jormungand/Serpent/Imperiality/Devil/Chinese/Norwegian/Satan/God/Overman ... National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo, 2006 Cold laminating film on windows 25.5 m x 3.3 m
Statement



Di$trict Border$ Shanghai Street Artspace, Hong Kong, 2006 Black tape on walls and floor 8.96 x 3.5 x 3.25m



Chinese! It's Chinese Chinees! Eikel Chinees 死鬼佬! 正白痴 Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2005 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable



White Cube John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, 2005 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper and canvas Dimensions variable


I Love U G.O.D. Store, Hong Kong, 2004 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable



Untitled - Hong Kong GOD, Hong Kong, 2004 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable




Untitled - Hong Kong Room With A View Gallery, Shanghai, 2003-04 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper 11.56 x 15.74 x 3.17 m
Concept



Interior London & Hong Kong, 2003 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable
Concept


Untitled no.2 Shanghai Street Artspace, Hong Kong, 2003 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable


Untitled no.1 Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2003 Silkscreen and acrylic on paper Dimensions variable


Untitled - Bible London, 2002 Paper mounted on cardboard Dimensions variable
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Pattern & Text Installations (2003 - )