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EVENT DESCRIPTION
Alisan Fine Arts is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition for contemporary painter Fan Yan, featuring her new series Mist and Ostinato at Aberdeen Gallery, and the sponsorship of Fan’s exhibition at Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre. The latest series, Mist, is inspired by the subtle changes of sea mist. Fan expresses the rhythm of water and moisture with repeated and precise folding patterns on rice paper. The pink and soft colour tones are filled with the vitality and beauty of nature. Ostinato is like a musical instrument playing “an ink painting” precisely.
The opening at HKVAC will feature a live solo performance of Debussy’s (1862-1918) Syrinx by flutist Megan Sterling. A mini concert will also be held on 7 May at the Visual Arts Centre. Performance will start promptly at 3:30pm. Seating is first come first served.
Trained as a classical musician, Fan Yan was a viola player with Hong Kong Philharmonic, prior to devoting herself to painting in 2011. Using her music background, her works incorporate musical elements, such as her new B/W series Ostinato which is inspired by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt (1923-2012)’s Canto Ostinato. The works in the exhibition are like musical pieces presented visually, giving the audience a new way to experience music and art.
Part of the French May Arts Festival 2023.
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Born in a family of musicians in Beijing, Fan Yan was a classically trained violinist and viola player from a young age, while at the same time she was drawn to painting. She came to Hong Kong to study at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1987. After graduation, she played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for 20 years. In 2011, she began to devote herself to painting, realising her life’s dream. Fan folds and dyes rice paper to divulge patterns reflective of the repetitive nature of music score. With this experimental artistic practice, she constantly explores the interpretation of various elements of music with a new unique visual language. In 2020 she developed a Music Series called Polyphonies which won a number of awards, namely the UOB Art Academy’s Art in Ink 2020, and an Ink Global 2020 award. She has also exhibited in Korea, Singapore, and Russia.
