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EVENT DESCRIPTION
A place means more than an inhabited space. For Polly Lo, it is her daily nutrient and a place to meditate. “One place After” is the term she come up in her mind when she paints. In Lo’s paintings a place is an image, an image transcends inhabited spaces, representing its consciousness and interpretation through her perspective and projection of emotions.
Lo found her inspirations from the stairs she always walks by during the way to her studio. In art and photography, staircase can evoke a sense of intrigue, leading the viewer to question what lies beyond or above. As an element embedded in her paintings, she regards it as a symbol of movement, transformation, and mystery, echoes with the location of the gallery, resting by the side of the continual staircase spreading around the middle-levels.
Yrellag Gallery is pleased to present “One Place After”, a solo exhibition by Polly Lo. Places being depicted are extracted from representations of the real world, infused with style, reminiscence, and thoughts, reflecting from its colours, brushstrokes, and composition. Through artist reinterpretation of her innermost images, ideas, emotions and memories of these places, paintings are imbued with vividness and new meaning.
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Lo Pui Man Polly studies the city space she inhabits and explores the possibility of expressing her perceptions and memories of her life experiences. Since she was born in Hong Kong, all inches of soil have turned upside down due to extensive construction in the recent half-century. That is to say, she moved around the city and resided in an unsettled place. The debris left on the renovation site is sentimental to remind the ageing, replacement, and elimination. And also, the fading of familiar landmarks. So, Lo synthesises her collected images that allow her to search for the phenomenon of tangible and virtual in her being.You may also like
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