Asia Art Archive show highlights the universal art form of drawing
For Susanna Chung Yuk-man, Asia Art Archive's head of learning and participation, drawing is not as simple as it looks. "Drawing is a universal art form. It's the basic element that allows art forms such as animation and illustration to develop."
AAA OPEN SATURDAY: DRAWING ON HISTORIES
Asia Art Archive
For Susanna Chung Yuk-man, Asia Art Archive's head of learning and participation, drawing is not as simple as it looks. "Drawing is a universal art form. It's the basic element that allows art forms such as animation and illustration to develop."
To highlight its importance, the archive is organising a one-day educational event, "Drawing on Histories", that aims to inspire participants to look at drawing and history from multiple perspectives.
The programme is part of a new regular series called Open Saturday, which will replace the annual AAA Open Weekend. The upcoming event will feature three speakers — artist Ho Sin-tung, sound artist-composer Samson Young Kar-fai and Professor Christopher Hutton of Hong Kong University's School of English
"Christopher is very interested in [ink artist] Wilson Shieh's work, and treats it as a kind of language to reflect on the social political development of Hong Kong. Drawing can also help visualise sound and music, as shown by Samson's graphical notations of his recent recordings. So drawing connects and transits between different art forms," Chung says.
