Sarah LAI + mamoru: Towards the Sea  黎卓華 + mamoru: 朝海

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Sarah LAI + mamoru: Towards the Sea

6 March – 27 March 2009

Gallery EXIT is pleased to present "Towards the Sea", an exhibition of new paintings by Sarah Lai and a recording by sound artist mamoru. The sea, in all its changing shapes and form, is a recurring theme for both artists.

The work of repetitive mark making with a brush or pen is very slow and laborious, yet in her paintings, Lai skillfully captures the fleeting sensation of seeing a wave emerge and disappear. She often limits her palette to two colors in order to bring out rippling variations of light and shade. The image comes together with a sense of calming assurance while it draws the eye towards the distant horizon.

Sound artist mamoru recorded a live performance on September 15, 2007 at the NYK warehouse on the coast of Yokohama, Japan. Throughout the performance, the sound of foghorns and waves crashing against the pier could be heard in the distance. Sound fragments are recorded, layered, and looped irregularly as they accumulated to form sonic textures that emerge and disappear, paying homage to the timeless sea.

Sarah Lai (b.1983) is a painter living and working in Hong Kong. She graduated in 2008 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has since shown actively in Hong Kong and the U.S.

Sound artist mamoru (b.1977) is based in Osaka. He constructs sound installations and improvisational performances at alternative venues, galleries, and museums both within Japan and abroad. He is currently at Kunstmeile Krems, Austria on an artist residency.

黎卓華 + mamoru: 朝海

2009年3月6日至3月27日

安全口畫廊將舉行名為《朝海》的展覽，展品包括香港藝術家黎卓華的新畫作及曰本聲音藝術家mamoru的作品。海洋幻變不定的形體和狀態是兩位藝術家的主要靈感。

以畫筆描繪反覆綿密的形態是一項非常漫長而且費勁的工序，但黎卓華巧妙地補捉海浪一起一落、轉瞬即逝的瞥然感覺。她經常以兩種顏色來控制畫中的色彩運用，突顯出波浪漣漪裡光與影的變奏效果。觀眾有若在凝視遠方海岸線時驟然感受到吹拂而來的一種靜謐感覺。

聲音藝術家mamoru在2007年9月15日，日本橫浜市岸邊的NYK倉庫內進行了一場現場演奏錄音。從遠洋傳來的陣陣響號聲和拍打岸邊的海浪聲穿插整個演奏，並且與場內層層疊疊、起伏連綿的聲音片斷相互呼應和融合，抒寫成一篇超越時間規範的海洋詩篇。

黎卓華 (1983年出生)畢業於香港中文大學藝術系，作品曾在香港及美國各地展出。

mamoru (1977年出生)以日本大阪市為工作基地。曾在日本以及國外的另類藝術空間、畫廊和博物館舉行各項聲音裝置及即興演奏。現為奧地利Kunstmeile Krems 的駐場藝術家。