Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

We will make prints of objects and images related to old Hong Kong (you can pick another city) to represent the collective memories of the city. Let’s do it together!

Your Art-making Activity: Surreal art print

Resource Kit Overview

Artist Introduction

Video Viewing and appreciation

Let’s get to know more before your art-making. 

Introduction to surrealism

The printmaking techniques have evolved with technological advances. Advances in photography and computer art have changed the concept of painting, and the definition of prints has widened as well. Nowadays, prints can be made by computer. So, what is a print? What are traditional prints? 

Introduction to prints

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, Liu Siu-jane will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Liu Siu-jane

Visual Arts

The Arts

Surrealism was an artistic movement influenced by Dadaism. Surrealist works portray the world of dreams and the sub-conscious. They often consist of fantastic, mysterious, dreamy or illusory scenes.

What do you think are the messages behind the artworks?

Surreal 1_Liu Siu-jane.jpg

The Postman Cheval

What do you think are the messages behind the artworks? 

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Liu Siu-jane

Introduction to surrealism

What is surrealism?