A Moment of Truth (34, 35, 37, 57)
2014, Ball pen on paper
WAI Pong Yu
2014, Ball pen on paper
WAI Pong Yu
About the Artworks:
Wai Pong Yu’s series ‘A Moment of Truth’ draws on a variety of photographic images of nature and of human anatomy. Specific sections are selected and rendering onto paper in a process akin to gathering fragments of lost ideals.
Images referenced in this series of drawings include: Spiral galaxy M38 in Hydra: an exploding mud bubble (Jumping deer, Sikidang, Java, Indonesia); Pulmonary arteries and veins; Marble; Tree bark; the Moon’s surface; a Humpback whale; Left superior thyroid artery (Omohyoid muscle, mylohyoid muscle); Protuberantia occipitalis externa, Occipital artery; Triffid nebula M20 in Sagittarius; Sea waves; the Lacrimal gland; the Carotid artery; the Facial artery and mandible; The loops of NGC 3576 in Carina; the Vela supernova; bat wings; a withered lotus, the Chasma Boreale on Mars, and Eolian Figures.
Wai Pong Yu’s series ‘A Moment of Truth’ draws on a variety of photographic images of nature and of human anatomy. Specific sections are selected and rendering onto paper in a process akin to gathering fragments of lost ideals.
Images referenced in this series of drawings include: Spiral galaxy M38 in Hydra: an exploding mud bubble (Jumping deer, Sikidang, Java, Indonesia); Pulmonary arteries and veins; Marble; Tree bark; the Moon’s surface; a Humpback whale; Left superior thyroid artery (Omohyoid muscle, mylohyoid muscle); Protuberantia occipitalis externa, Occipital artery; Triffid nebula M20 in Sagittarius; Sea waves; the Lacrimal gland; the Carotid artery; the Facial artery and mandible; The loops of NGC 3576 in Carina; the Vela supernova; bat wings; a withered lotus, the Chasma Boreale on Mars, and Eolian Figures.
WAI Pong Yu:
After graduating from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006, Wai has worked primarily with ballpoint pen on paper, contemplating time, nature, and the ephemerality of existence. His drawings also serve as a tool to navigate the complexities and conflicts inherent to the human condition. Wai has exhibited at M+ (2024), the Kathmandu Triennale 2077 (2022), the Macao Museum of Art (2022), Para Site in Hong Kong (2020), and
Guangdong Museum of Art (2020). Wai’s work is included in the collections of M+ Museum in Hong Kong, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.
After graduating from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006, Wai has worked primarily with ballpoint pen on paper, contemplating time, nature, and the ephemerality of existence. His drawings also serve as a tool to navigate the complexities and conflicts inherent to the human condition. Wai has exhibited at M+ (2024), the Kathmandu Triennale 2077 (2022), the Macao Museum of Art (2022), Para Site in Hong Kong (2020), and
Guangdong Museum of Art (2020). Wai’s work is included in the collections of M+ Museum in Hong Kong, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.
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