Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Artist Introduction

Resource Kit Overview

Video Viewing and appreciation

In this slideshow, we will explain the creation process of Van’s sculpture for City University of Hong Kong. 

The Creation Process

Your Art-making Activity: Trial Model of a Sculpture

Demonstration of creating a bamboo leaf

Let’s explore the process before making your little sculpture. 

Introduction to Art-making Process in Sculpture

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Van Lau will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Van Lau

Visual Arts

The Arts

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Van Lau was born in the Guangdong province of China in 1933. He resettled in Hong Kong in 1960. Inheriting the spirit of Chinese culture, Van Lau draws his subject matters from traditional and folk art. With different materials such as bronze, stainless steel and stone, he creates works in geometric abstract forms, and his distinctive style is a fusion of Eastern and Western artistic influence.

Bamboo has a profound cultural meaning in China. It symbolizes loyalty and fidelity and because of these qualities, Van chose bamboo as his one of the favourite subjects. In the present work, he has captured the movement of bamboo leaves in the wind. The bamboo leaves are randomly placed with charming abstract beauty.

Bamboo in the wind

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In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Van Lau