Arts | Two exhibitions and a book launch at Creative Macau

Creative Macau – Center for Creative Industries is set to showcase two art exhibitions and a book launch this month.
According to a press release, Macau photographers Chong Hoi and Rusty Fox have recently published an experimental photo-book entitled “BRutAL,” a project blending design, electronic music and poetry with photography.
Since Macau was under Portuguese administration, the photographers believe that its citizens have developed “complex feelings about the [city’s] identity, and have different ideologies in mind.”
The book launch will be held on July 21 at 6.30 p.m.
A painting exhibition titled “Transient” by a Portuguese artist Sofia Arez will also be showcased at Creative Macau.
“These paintings obscure categories of foreground and background, object and context, and evoke a free sense of natural length,” said the center in a press release.
According to the statement, the result is an “assemblage of atmospheres arising from rhythm, materiality, light and color, rather than singular form.”
Arez’s work in sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, video and installation has been exhibited in Europe and Asia.
The center will also present “Neighborhood – paintings and drawings by Laura Che.”
According to Che, the exhibition is a way to “clear your mind by making an escape from busy life and staying in a fun and relaxing place.”
Besides painting and drawing, Che also does illustrations for children. Che has been participating in collective exhibitions at Creative Macau since the 2000s. “Neighborhood” is her first solo exhibition.