Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Let’s get to know more about Jaffa Lam! It is in Cantonese with English subtitles.

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When Maltose met with Hula Hoop I

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When Maltose met with Hula Hoop II

Born in Fujian, Lam Laam, Jaffa, received her MFA degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999. Lam has participated in several artist-in-residence programmes, and more recently was active in community and public art projects. She co-founded the AiR Association in a bid to initiate cultural exchange and public exploration of art.

Lam is known for her wooden sculptures and uses fairy tales as a way of self-expression. During the SARS outbreak of 2003, health care workers performed their duties with courage and some of them lost their lives as a result. She pays tribute to them with this piece where the broken wings stand firmly in everyone's heart as well as on this Heaven on Earth.

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To someone who wants to fly

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To someone who wants to cry

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A quarter of pavilion

Video Viewing and appreciation

Installation works often involve diverse types of media, materials and are large in scale. They are designed for a specific space to induce an immersive or conceptual experience among viewers. 

Introduction to installation art

Before making your own installation, let’s find out how Lam created her work: A Quarter of Pavilion. 

The Creative process of A Quarter of Pavilion

Your Art-making Activity: Installation art

Resource Kit Overview

Artist Introduction

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, Jaffa Lam will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Jaffa Lam

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