Sent and Received
Solo Show at Collective Haunt Inc in SALA 2023
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1. You said 'don't miss me' but i'm gonna 你話唔好掛念你但我會, 92 x 76 cm, acrylic on canvas.
2. Mine and yours.. 我和你的.., 92 x 76 cm, acrylic on canvas.
3. Long living noodles 長壽麵, 51 x 41 cm, acrylic on canvas.
4. In front of the lift, 92 x 76 cm, acrylic on canvas.
5. Tea time 不如沖啲茶飲, 51 x 41 cm, acrylic on canvas.
6. Far far away 遙遠的, 92 x 76 cm, acrylic on canvas.
7. Hellos and Goodbyes 哈囉和拜拜, 92 x 76 cm, acrylic on canvas.
my writing..
The solo show Sent and Received by Jessie Hui exhibits her new body of paintings. The 7 blue dreamscapes examine family reunion and parting, inspired by her last visit to Hong Kong. Hui visualises her mixed feelings of bliss and grief from Lunar New Years celebration and mourning for deceased family member into a series of illustrative work. The dreamscapes are her chaotic mental space where Hui contemplates on opposing ideas on living and death and the joy andheart breaks that comes along with the transitory state of being.
Crying helps Hui to recognise and to address these inescapable issues as tears unfold Hui's unaware feelings and its meaning from the unconscious to her conscience mind, which Hui believes other strong emotions would function similarly. While expressing feelings between the family, tears, laughter and other bodily expression turn into a subtle and blurred form of communication where feelings became visible and physical. Although reasons of such emotions might not be fully recognised nor understood, Hui thinks these obscure feelings are still partly transmitted and are responded with other gestures. The body of work is an attempt to represent the opposite state of being and emotions within Hui's inner self and between her family member.
Hui's storytelling work is loose and heavy, calming and crowded. The contrast between opaque and transparent paint, filled and emptied canvas space, dark and bright colours emphasise the two opposing feelings and two states of being. Sent and Received is Hui's dynamic journey travelling between memories of bliss and grief, reunion and parting.