Young Artists Paint
SUE BRATTLE
THIS blog is all about travel, and I was lucky enough to be invited to an exhibition with The Journey: An Exploration of Art as its theme. English Schools Foundation pupils from schools across Hong Kong painted their thoughts, and the results gave me a lot to ponder.
Colin and I are, let’s say, mature travellers, and it’s refreshing to learn from those just starting out on their journeys in life. We are hoping this will be the first of many Guest Posts on our blog, because what represents travel better than the people you meet and the new ideas you encounter along the way?
The top picture is a collaboration by Sapphire Class at the Jockey Club Sarah Roe School, which has been studying “systems” and looking at Hong Kong’s (excellent) postal service. I guess this is the end of a journey for the parcel. For the recipient, it could be the beginning of something new.
Anjalika, a Year 12 student at Discovery College – which is near where we live, coincidentally – painted Boxed Out (right). She asks: Does taking a cultural practice out of context reduce the identity of the individuals in that culture? Anjalika used a traditional way of styling hair, now renamed “boxer braids” and appropriated by celebrities, to pose her question.
Letizia Wan from Year 13 at Sha Tin College painted Obsolete to portray how memories and stories get attached to buildings. Her hexagon is made up of homes around Hong Kong, and the personal journeys they have witnessed add together to create the city’s history.
There’s something amazing about Hong Kong that you’ll only understand if you’ve been here, and that is its underground railway system, the MTR. For a couple of dollars you can get almost anywhere in a flash. Michelle Lam from Year 12 at Discovery College chose this as her “journey”, illustrating that travel can be just an everyday few stops on a train.
This disturbing work by Tracy Law from Year 13 of Renaissance College is called Burn. Tracy says it shows the part we play in our own downfall if we let our minds become infected with regrets and fears. A journey into the darker side of human nature.
I love this image conjuring up a trip on a hot summer’s day. It’s by Ashley Sze from Year 13 at Discovery College who used food to illustrate journeys back to times and places that are meaningful. Food, Ashley says, creates memories that are deeply personal because no two people experience taste in the same way.
Back to the MTR and Untitled by Christie Chong of Year 13 at Island School was inspired by the photography of Michael Wolf, who passed away earlier this year. It’s a journey that many people, old and young alike, make each day as they commute from their homes on a packed train.
Jezebel by Anna Gould of Year 13 at Discovery College is a journey through time, from the days of the Old Testament. Anna says women then were punished if they displayed power and rewarded if they showed obedience to men. She has “rewritten” history by taking images of women and remodelling them in the way men were traditionally portrayed – in plywood, with gold leaf, and looking the observer straight in the eye.
With thanks to the English Schools Foundation for permission to use these images. The exhibition was staged at Chi K11 Art Space in Tsim Sha Tsui, May-June 2019.
June 2019
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Young Artists Paint Their Own Journeys
SUE BRATTLE
THIS blog is all about travel, and I was lucky enough to be invited to an exhibition with The Journey: An Exploration of Art as its theme. English Schools Foundation pupils from schools across Hong Kong painted their thoughts, and the results gave me a lot to ponder.
Colin and I are, let’s say, mature travellers, and it’s refreshing to learn from those just starting out on their journeys in life. We are hoping this will be the first of many Guest Posts on our blog, because what represents travel better than the people you meet and the new ideas you encounter along the way?
The top picture is a collaboration by Sapphire Class at the Jockey Club Sarah Roe School, which has been studying “systems” and looking at Hong Kong’s (excellent) postal service. I guess this is the end of a journey for the parcel. For the recipient, it could be the beginning of something new.
Anjalika, a Year 12 student at Discovery College – which is near where we live, coincidentally – painted Boxed Out (above). She asks: Does taking a cultural practice out of context reduce the identity of the individuals in that culture? Anjalika used a traditional way of styling hair, now renamed “boxer braids” and appropriated by celebrities, to pose her question.
Letizia Wan from Year 13 at Sha Tin College painted Obsolete to portray how memories and stories get attached to buildings. Her hexagon is made up of homes around Hong Kong, and the personal journeys they have witnessed add together to create the city’s history.
There’s something amazing about Hong Kong that you’ll only understand if you’ve been here, and that is its underground railway system, the MTR. For a couple of dollars you can get almost anywhere in a flash. Michelle Lam from Year 12 at Discovery College chose this as her “journey”, illustrating that travel can be just an everyday few stops on a train.
This disturbing work by Tracy Law from Year 13 of Renaissance College is called Burn. Tracy says it shows the part we play in our own downfall if we let our minds become infected with regrets and fears. A journey into the darker side of human nature.
I love this image conjuring up a trip on a hot summer’s day. It’s by Ashley Sze from Year 13 at Discovery College who used food to illustrate journeys back to times and places that are meaningful. Food, Ashley says, creates memories that are deeply personal because no two people experience taste in the same way.
Back to the MTR and Untitled by Christie Chong of Year 13 at Island School was inspired by the photography of Michael Wolf, who passed away earlier this year. It’s a journey that many people, old and young alike, make each day as they commute from their homes on a packed train.
Jezebel by Anna Gould of Year 13 at Discovery College is a journey through time, from the days of the Old Testament. Anna says women then were punished if they displayed power and rewarded if they showed obedience to men. She has “rewritten” history by taking images of women and remodelling them in the way men were traditionally portrayed – in plywood, with gold leaf, and looking the observer straight in the eye.
With thanks to the English Schools Foundation for permission to use these images. The exhibition was staged at Chi K11 Art Space in Tsim Sha Tsui, May-June 2019.
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