ARTS | ‘Colour Exchange’ painting exhibition opens

Leong Yuk Fai

The local delegation of the Orient Foundation held the inauguration of its new exhibition, “Colour Exchange: Painting,” this week. The exhibition will be open until April 10.
It features the works of six artists with extensive careers in both Macau and mainland China: Eugenio Novikoff Sales, Lam Kin Ian, Lei Wai Wa, William Chio, Mak Kong Weng and Leong Yuk Fai.
Macau-born Eugenio Novikoff Sales – who spent significant time living in Mozambique and Portugal – blends African, Asian and European styles in his paintings.
William Chio, on the other hand, paints in a more traditional Chinese style. His works have been exhibited in the Museum of Art, the Macau Foundation and the UNESCO Centre.
Leong Yuk Fai’s works comprise mostly oil paintings. One of his paintings, “Short Rest,” was selected for display in the 1979 Exhibition of Fine Works of Art, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Vitor Sereno, the Consul General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong, and José Sales Marques, the President of the Institute of European Studies of Macau, were among those in attendance at the ceremony. DB