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Root
Mak Hin-yeung, Antonio1990
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong , Hong Kong
Mak specialised in bronze casting. Many of his works depicted body torsos, tree trunks, tigers and horses. He used humour and satire to explore the intricate relationships between illusions, dreams and reality. His works are full of poetic and literary allusions.
This sculpture comprises a person and a tree to show opposing and interrelating forces at work. The mysterious combination of the figure with the tree is handled skillfully to create a poetic statement of the artist's inner feelings.
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Details
- Title: Root
- Creator: Mak Hin-yeung, Antonio
- Creator Lifespan: 1951 - 1994
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 1990
- Theme: Figure
- Physical Dimensions: w21 x h28 x d50 cm
- Artist Biography: Mak Hin-yeung (1951 - 1994) studied painting at Goldsmith's College and sculpture at Slade School of Art at the University of London. Between 1977 and 1986, he served as a part-time lecturer at the Sculpture Department of Portsmouth Polytechnic, the Department of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Institute of Visual Arts and the Department of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong. Mak belonged to the 1980s generation of artists, a typical example of a group of artists who grew up in Hong Kong, studied in the West and focused on Western media for their artistic expression.
- Type: Bronze
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