Gallery EXIT presents a group exhibition ‘New Gaze’, featuring the works of Celia KO, LAU Siu Chung, Ticko LIU, and Glary WU, running from 4 February to 11 March 2023. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, 4 February, 2 – 5 pm.

For Ticko LIU, his surrealistic paintings are collages of his myriad ideas, inspirations, images, and observations. A man of many interests, the artist recalls a childhood immersed in wild and boundless imaginations, expressed through the act of painting amidst a repressive environment. Liu has a keen eye for observation, and his creations are inspired by various daily scenes, flora, and fauna in the natural world, the cinema, moving images, his collection of toy models, etc. All these are reimagined by the artist and rendered in bright colors and undulating lines on the canvas, presenting a fantasy space of every day that is nonetheless believable and relatable. Based on the model tanks and sports cars on the artist’s desk, the two sets of four paintings in the exhibition juxtapose a realist still-life with an imagined counterpart, mirroring the external and internal landscapes of the artist. By recording the small things around him, the artist tries to lead the viewer into his imaginary world.

New Gaze: Celia KO, LAU Siu Chung, Ticko LIU, and Glary WU
Exhibition period: 4 February – 11 March 2023
Exhibition opening: Saturday, 4 February 2023, 2 – 5 pm

安全口畫廊呈獻高天恩、劉兆聰、廖諱衡及胡愷昕四人聯展 「耀目」。

廖諱衡視繪畫為整合各式想法、靈感、影像和對事物觀察的拼貼呈現，作品似幻而真。藝術家興趣廣泛，尤其嚮往童年時代沉浸於天馬行空的世界，以及無窮無盡的想像力，在充滿壓抑的成長環境中，藉着繪畫抒發表達。
是次展覽展出的四幅油畫作品以藝術家枱上的坦克和跑車模型出發，兩幅為一組，一幅是以模型為對象的寫實靜物畫，另一幅是藝術家加入想像而成的抽象場景，分別對應了藝術家的外在與內在景觀。透過記錄身邊的微小事物，藝術家嘗試引領觀者進入他的想像世界。