Boon Lee and Wenda Yiu: Time in Perspective

EVENT DESCRIPTION

With HART HAUS as venue and program partner, Time in Perspective presents a duo exhibition of two contemporary artists, Boon Lee and Wenda Yiu, who delve into these vanishing narratives, transforming the textures of time into art. As In Western District of Hong Kong Island, where the rhythms of old and new Hong Kong intersect, traditional shops endure as quiet acts of resistance—guardians of memory, labor, and community. Through the engagements with local shopkeepers, the exhibition becomes a conversation between preservation and impermanence, where fleeting moments are given lasting form.

Boon Lee draws inspiration from the paradox of memory—how the distant past often feels more vivid than the present. His artworks from varied materials, including discarded cardboard, a medium embodying both resilience and transience. His pieces reflect the fragile survival of these spaces in a city racing toward erasure.

Wenda Yiu guides viewers through streets alive with memory, where every small shop or tea shop holds stories of community and identity. Her contemporary ink and mixed-media works capture these spaces not as relics but as dynamic entities, pulsating with life.

Curated by Shirky Chan, the exhibition invites audiences to pause at the threshold between past and future, listening closely to the echoes of what has been—and imagining what might yet emerge. Here, endings are not conclusions but possibilities for reinvention.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Lee Boon Ying (Boon) worked for 30 years at the Hong Kong Observatory, and was the Director before retirement. He then joined a fine arts program jointly run by the HK Art School and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He founded the Yrellag Gallery at mid-levels together with arts classmates upon graduation, and commissioned the Indige Studio at JCCAC in Shek Kip Mei, offering opportunities to young and emerging artists. Apart from painting, Boon uses recyclable materials including cardboard and readymades in his endeavours. He strives to combine art and science in a minimalist style, and seeks perfection through the transformation process.

Wenda Yiu graduated from BA in Fine Art at RMIT University (co-presented with Hong Kong Art School), major in painting. Her artworks were collected by private collectors. Wenda has shown up her works on Art Basel, Fine Art Ink Asia and held a number of exhibitions in Hong Kong.