Sunny Wang’s glass art exhibition opens

The art exhibition “Flow: Glass Art Exhibition by Sunny Wang” is now open to the public at the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau. The exhibition is organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau. Glass artist Sunny Wang has taught the art of glass crafting and other creative activities for many years. She is currently working as an assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her artworks have been bestowed with an honorable mention at the “International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa” in Japan and the First Prize in Single Material at the “Golden Glass Awards” in Taiwan. Wang’s works have also been showcased in exhibitions in countries such as Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Maldives, Singapore and South Korea, as well as in mainland China.

This exhibition features twenty pieces – called ‘sets’ – of Wang’s glass installations, which are rich in oriental cultural elements. The work, “Poetic Stones,” is inspired by the Buddhist ode of The Ten Ox- herding Pictures and ancient Chinese phonology. In this work, 28 black stone- shaped glass pieces of different shapes and sizes are displayed in four rows, with seven in each row, corresponding to the rhythm of quatrains made of seven-word lines.

She uses lines in her works, making large circles as the level tone, while small circles as the oblique tone. Each circle refers to a moment, while a stone refers to a rhyme. There is no way to correct mistakes and no interval in the course of glassblowing, just like calligraphy writing. The creative process must be completed without interval or reversal, corresponding with the artist’s perception of “living in the moment”.

Another work on display is the seven piece installation “Ru” ‮&‬p, which refers to a cycle of seven days within a week, symbolizing the flow of life. It also symbolizes the seven treasures of Buddhism, referring to the seven strengths – namely confidence, perseverance, understanding, cleanliness, consciousness, concentration and wisdom. 

The exhibition will be held until November 19, and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., including public holidays. Admission is free.