"Life > Art >Liberation" (2009)

LAL14- #21 LAL17-#24 LAL15-#22 LAL18-#25 LAL16-#23

medium:photocopy toner,inkjet dye,petrol,acrylic on canvas.

size:168x124cm;84x122cm;124.5x168cm;84x122cm;122x173cm. (BxH)

date:Oct 2009

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This is the 16th solo show by Tang Mun Kit , consisting of 21 exhibits on canvas and Burmese handmade paper .

Conceptualised from end 1992 to 1993 ,in which 44 works were made but not shown, the artist has continued to

develop the theme in a further 33 works this year.

From the Artist Statement :

"Since the beginning of my artmaking in 1985, the central question that preoccupied the

thought process was (and still is) the 'Meaning and Truth of Existence'.

Henceforth most artworks were made to reflect my perception on the human condition

in the local context and the world at large.

These drawings/paintings of 'Tools for Life' is a distillation from the 'Liberation Study'

series December 1992 - March 1994 (yet to be exhibited).

In essence, the expresion ruminates on one's own journey through Life, in whatever

endeavours or actions one may/shall experience ('everyone an Artist'), and that the

ultimatum is Liberation (Realisation? Enlightenment? Salvation?) in one's own destined

way.

'Tools in Life' , for use or abuse". (Tang Mun Kit,28 Aug 2009)