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Press Release

13 October 2011
For immediate release

Attention Arts and Features Editors

ELSEWHERE: Au Hoi Lam and Sara Tse
22.10.2011 – 21.11.2011
Opening reception: Friday 21 October, 6pm
Artists: AU Hoi Lam and Sara TSE
Curator: Sonja NG

Elsewhere marks the first collaboration between
two local Hong Kong artists, Au Hoi Lam and Sara
Tse, whose painting- based and porcelain works
each respectively echo a similar sense of subtle
fragility and temporal sentimentality deeply
associated with one's personal history andmemory.
The power of the narrative within Au and Tse’sworks, whether through hints of moments in time or
evocation of past experience, further manifests intoElsewhere. The exhibition looks into the idea of thenon-linear journey navigated by the hints andfragments within the two artists’ own intertwining

Au Hoi Lam, 1978-2011, 2011, Acrylic on linen, 122cm X 122cm

memory, dream, and experience. Hidden
meanings and interpretation together form as one tale. Works in the gallery space are souvenirs, objectsof desire attach to significant milestones within this imaginary journey, away from the here, and the now.
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ABOUT ELSEWHERE
Artist:Curator:Sara TSE and AU Hoi Lam
Sonja NG

Venue:

Osage Gallery, Soho

Address:

45 Caine Road, Lower Ground Shop 1, Cnr Old Bailey St, Soho
Central, Hong Kong

Tel:(852) 2793 4817

Exhibition Duration:

22 October 2011 to 21 November 2011

Opening Reception:

21 October 2011 (Friday), 6.00pm[ENCL.]
APPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTISTAPPENDIX B: ARTWORK IMAGESAPPENDIX A: ABOUT THE ARTIST

AU Hoi Lam (b.1978) graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Master degree of Fine
Arts in 2004 and subsequently received her M.Phil. in Philosophy in 2009. She currently teaches at theDepartment of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Art School. Herworks are collected by Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors. Recent exhibitions included AuHoi Lam Reading Room (Muji Atelier, Hong Kong 2010), Definitions of Time: Paintings by Au Hoi lam(Edge Gallery, Hong Kong 2010), Lui Chun Kwong. You Are Here, I am Not. (Osage Kwun Tong, HongKong, 2010), Reversing Horizons: Artist Reflections of the Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary (MOCAShanghai, Shanghai 2007), When Words are Sweet: Paintings by Au Hoi Lam (Central Library, HongKong 2006), Hong Kong Art Biennial 2003 (Hong Kong Museum of Art 2003) etc.

Sara TSE (b.1974) graduated with BA (Hons) degree in Fine Arts from The Chinese University of HongKong, subsequently earned her MFA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT),
Australia and is currently a Doctor of Fine Arts candidate at RMIT. She is currently the director of clayplay.
our studio, which is an art and ceramic centre. Her works have been exhibited in many solo and groupexhibitions in Hong Kong and abroad. She was the recipient of Fond Des Artistes grant from AllianceFrancaise in Hong Kong (2006) and Award Winner for the Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition at the Hong
Kong Museum of Art (2003). She has participated in many artist-in-residences programs such as The
Bagasbas International Eco Art Festival, Philippines (2008); the America Art Foundation Project, Vietnam(2005); and The International Workshops of Ceramic Art, Tokoname, Japan (1997). Her work is collectedby private and institutional collectors such as the IWCAT Foundation, Japan; the Queensland Art Gallery,Australia; the BIEAF Foundation, Philippines; the Hong Kong Museum of Art; the Hong Kong Heritage
Museum and the Annie Wong Art Foundation.

APPENDIX B: ARTWORK IMAGES

Au Hoi Lam, 33/33, 2011, pencil and acrylic on cotton

Sara Tse, Dress 01/06/2010-18:30, 2011, porcelain, dimension variable

Au Hoi Lam, Dec 8, 1978 – Nov 11, 2011, Full Moon, Hong Kong, 2011, pencil, ink, acrylic on wooden
drawing board

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