Annie Wan Lai kuen
Hong Kong
Karin Weber Gallery artist Annie Lai-kuen Wan is a Hong Kong-based contemporary ceramic artist who takes as her subject matter everyday objects and transforms them into beautiful objects injected with meaning.
Annie Lai-kuen Wan, born in Hong Kong, developed an early interest in traditional ceramics. Wan’s signature works include an ancient poem- captured in the dead of night by “borrowing” the characters from common Hong Kong signs (with the assistance of plaster casts). She later transforms these traditional Chinese characters into beautiful wall objects that form an ancient poem. The artist has also captured an entire library of vintage texts by preserving their forms in plaster.
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Practising calligraphy, composing poetry, playing music and chess as well as appreciation of arts and antiques were all activities that reflected the highly developed tastes, education and social standing of this elite group of gentleman scholars also described as literati.

Today, many Chinese artists are once again drawing inspiration from this high point in their traditional culture, and bringing their own interpretation to an ancient subject that has inspired many of their predecessors.
Chinese scholars used to retreat to their studios, alone or with their closest friends, to savour moments of solitude and contemplation, to reconnect with nature, and to pursue a range of highly sophisticated pastimes.

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Lodge of Tranquility
Karin Weber Gallery
31 Oct 2014 – 12 Dec 2014
‘Composing Stories with Fragments of Time:'
Works by Kurt Chan, Annie Wan, Francis Yu, Luke Ching, Angela Su, Lau Chi Chung, Carmen Ng, and Elva Lai
The six Hong Kong artists in this exhibition explore aspects of their parents’ relationships, by imagining or reconstructing a range of personal encounters.  ‘What Has Been, Will Be Lost Until We Find It’ offers a collection of insights into something highly intimate, which is often neglected – the shared stories, anecdotes, songs and family traditions that make the connection of two individuals completely unique,
Ceramic and paper works by Annie Wan Lai-Kuen investigate the unfamiliar emotions enshrouded in everyday, commonplace routines.  Wai Kit Lam‘s photo and video series A Daughter’s Love Letters To Her Parents consists of letters written by an imaginative daughter, which transform into an introspection of our own selves, expectations, doubt, belief and worries about love.
Karin Weber Gallery is pleased to present ‘What Has Been, Will Be Lost Until We Find It’, an exhibition curated by the gallery with commissioned works by new and current roster artists.Our parents are closest to us, yet, when it comes to the bond between them, we often do not know what we think we know.