[3] With a touch of Chinese ink and the likes of other media that time round, Wu reinterpreted Hong Kong's most iconic culture and places in her painting exhibition (May 12 – June 26, 2014) at the Artify Gallery in Chai Wan.
Evan drew inspirations from her daily life, representing the artworks in Chinese ink, rubbing and mixed media.
By filling the paper with flowing incense, the artist alluded to the annual flocks of worshippers to temples during Lunar New Year.
Known for their hardworking and pragmatic attitude, Hong Kong people secretly long for humble pleasure like health and harmony, while they diligently pray to the gods.
Evan paid tribute to local wisdom by depicting women enjoying masks homemade from ingredients such as tea bags and cucumber.
The work featured overlapping birdcages forming a silhouette of the city, we well as the local icon Lion Mountain in the middle.
Apart from providing an opportunity for audience to appreciate the beauty of the artworks, Wu also aimed to remind the importance of environmental protection via the reminiscent butterfly.
Wu utilized the techniques of painting into making the butterfly-shape artworks, which were made of outdated magazine alive by outlining the butterfly pattern silk and expressing them in a poetic form.
Together with the artworks about love from family by Fung, the exhibition brought back the memories of Hong Kong people to life.
It was a vivid display of how life used to be in Hong Kong to tourists all around the world, and to children born in the Millennials as well, who have never experienced the simple yet beautiful lifestyle.