osageosage shanghaiRoom 101, Block 5, Wang ZuCity, 251 Cao Xi Road, Xuhui District,Shanghai 200235T: 8621.54485098E: info@osagegallery.comW: www.osagegallery.com	  6	  March,	  2014Attention	  Arts	  and	  Features	  Editors
For	  Immediate	  Release	  	  	  Osage Shanghai Presents:ArtistAu Hoi LamCuratorElla LiaoOpening CeremonyFriday, March 14th, 2014, 18:00 - 20:00Exhibition PeriodMarch 14th to April 14th, 2014Opening Hours10:30 am - 6:30 pm Tuesdays to Saturdays| 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm Sunday(Open to appointments outside of these times)AddressOsage Shanghai: Room 101, Block 5, Wang Zu City, 251 Cao XiRoad, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200235Established in 2004 in Hong Kong, Osage operated a gallery in Shanghai from 2007 to 2011 as part ofits dedication to the development, exposure and dissemination of contemporary Asian art andideas. Contributing to the art world new voices, perspectives, ideas, styles and exhibitingmulti-faceted works that stimulate the imagination has been and will continue to be a part ofOsage’s purview. Thus, after three years of reflecting, re-strategizing and planning,Osage will reopen its doors in Shanghai in February of 2014.
Osage Shanghai will operate a unique residency programme that will accommodate four non-localartists, curators or researchers every year. The programme offers a new, stimulating living andcultural environment that encourages invited participants to further explore their research projectsvia exchanges with local artists, while providing cultural producers with the time, space and supportfor cultural production. Through such a residency programme, open workshops, regular showcasesand education programming, Osage Shanghai also aims to further contribute to the building ofknowledge.
On the 7th of February 2014, Osage Shanghai welcomed its first resident artist: Hong Kong-basedartist Au Hoi Lam. The subjects of her metaphorical and autobiographical work come from trivial butprofound minute details of mundane living. Au regards her art objects as ways of ‘the Care of theSelf' – memorandum, keepsakes, symbols, prayers or contemplative media. During her month-longresidency, Au Hoi Lam will be conducting various investigations on the local art scene, contrastingsuch observations with her own artistic practice, ultimately using this as a departure point to developnew works, which will be exhibited at the new Osage Shanghai space comprised of two floors, in theshow Au Hoi Lam: My Father is Over the Ocean. Shanghai Postscript.
Osage Shanghai has invited local independent curator Ella Liao to curate the programmes andexhibitions for Au Hoi Lam’s residency. There will also be a publication that will includedocumentation of the exhibited works as well as essays and transcriptions of dialogues featuringselectedcuratorsandartistsavailableatalaterdate(forupdates,pleaseosagegallery.com).

EVENT DETAILSOSAGE SHANGHAI RESIDENCYArtistAu Hoi LamPeriod of ResidencyFebruary 7th to March 7th, 2014.

Brief IntroductionAu Hoi Lam: My Father is Over the Ocean. ShanghaiPostscript will feature paintings and installations that artistAu Hoi Lam made in remembrance of her late father, aswell as new works produced during her residency at OsageShanghai. 	  

Background Information 	  checkAu’s father passed away due to illness in 2012. During his lifetime, Au's father was a customs officerwho always worked at sea. He hallucinated during the final days; in his sickbed, he thought he wason a ship and wanted to land. Apart from the theme of the sea, a set of bunk beds and the songMy Father are the key subjects of the exhibition. When Au's father was ill and confined at home, hewas there in the lower bed all the time. He originally bought the set of bunk beds for Au and herdaughter so that they would have a place to sleep when they are back at home.	  
Through the transformation of the bunk bed and the song My Father, the exhibition will showcase anarrative that the artist recalls, mourns and acts as a way to heal her own wounds.
In I Will Take Care of Each and Every One of Them (2012-2013), Au takes apart the 224 nuts and boltsfrom the bunk beds and sews them onto a cotton bed sheet. The exhibition also includes SixtyQuestions For My Father (Or For Myself) (2012-2013), where Au writes 60 questions meantsimultaneously for herself and her father on the planks of wood from the deconstructed bunk bed.
Echoing throughout the exhibition space is Au’s humming of My Father, an adaptation of a song Auonce taught her own daughter, entitled My Bonnie. Dad, What Shade of Blue Did You See Today?
(2012-2013), on the other hand, is a sketch of the varying shades of blue seen in the sea through AuHoi Lam’s father’s eyes, as interpreted by Au. The works echo the sentiment:when Father’s away,he’s over the sea.
Au states, “My Father, a song adapted from My Bonnie, is converted into imageries, symbols andsounds. The components of my father’s bed allow me to speak to him. All of these linger in theexhibition space – the 'ocean' where 365 days of yearning is embedded in. This exhibition is alsodedicated to all the fathers and anyone who misses their father.”Au’s work is never an attempt to express eloquently, nor does it function as a critique of reality;rather, her art is introverted and points away from society, delineating Au’s work from manystrategies in contemporary art. Although Au’s work spans various media, including painting,installation, images, sound and text etc., her work is quiet and restrained throughout. Working withinthe locus of her own personal experiences, Au Hoi Lam interweaves her own intimate emotions intoher work, thus ruminating over her life experiences. Such experiences are often universally sharedand intersect with the audience’s – as with the works featured in Au Hoi Lam: My Father is Over theOcean. Shanghai Postscript, which allows viewers to reflect on their relationships with their fathers.
While contemporary art focuses on the public domain and critique, Au’s work is contrastivelyfocused on the humanity and the universality of sentiment. She closely observes the banality of theeveryday and molds it into an emblem of human emotions.

ABOUT THE ARTISTAu Hoi Lam graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (MFA 2004 & MPhil in Philosophy2009). She works and lives in Hong Kong. Through artistic creations, AU ruminates over her lifeexperiences, but not to express herself eloquently. The subjects of her metaphorical andautobiographical work come from trivial but profound minute details of everyday life. AU regardsher art objects as ways of ‘the Care of the Self’: memorandum, keepsake, symbol, prayer andcontemplative medium etc. Her works are labour of love and craftsmanship, infused with her uniquesensibilities and passions, and integrating minute details into a unified whole. Perhaps, like life itself,her paintings are best to be savoured and pondered over, instead of being analyzed in a rationalmanner.
Recent exhibitions include Time Traveller, Au Hoi Lam and Sara Tse (Espace Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong,2014), Painting On and On 5. Taciturn (HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity Gallery, Hong Kong,2013), Au Hoi Lam: My Father is Over the Ocean (Osage Open, Hong Kong, 2013), Open 15:International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations (Lido, Venice 2012), 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, Hong Kong, 2010), Reversing Horizons: Artist Reflections of the Hong KongHandover 10th Anniversary (MOCA Shanghai, 2007), Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme III: WhenWords are Sweet…Paintings by Au Hoi-lam (Hong Kong Central Library and Hong Kong Arts Centre,2006) and the Hong Kong Art Biennial 2003 (Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2003) etc. Her works arecollected by Hong Kong Museum of Art and private collectors.

ABOUT THE CURATORElla Liao graduated from Shanghai Normal University in 2000. She lived in France from 2000 to 2005and completed her graduate studies in Lyon where she obtained both an MA in Museum Studiesand New Medias at University Jean-Moulin Lyon III and an MA in Art of Theatre at University LumièreLyon II. In 2005 she started working as curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai.
Her curatorial projects include Restless: Photography and New Media (2006) and Remote/Control:Interactive and Multi-Media Art (2007). From 2007 to 2009 she worked for Osage Shanghai as acurator where she curated Goodnight, My Beauty (2008), The Plague of Fantasies (2008) and I’mToo Sad to Tell You, Solo Exhibition of Alexander Brandt (2009). From 2009 to 2013 she was a curatorat Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai where she curated Time Traveler, a group exhibition (2012).
She is currently an independent curator.

PRESS IMAGESHigh resolution photos are downloadable from here:http://minus.com/mbvWP3Po0c1oC8	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Au Hoi LamI Will Take Care of Each and Every One of Them2012-2013Acrylic, oil-based ink, fragment of a printed cotton bed sheet, cotton embroidery thread, copper nails, 224pieces of nuts and bolts of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery)	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	   	  	  	  	  	  Au Hoi LamThere are Some Pearls (detail)2012-2013Pearl head pins, new printed cotton double and single bedding set, three felt birds handmade byartist’s daughter, two mattresses of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions Variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery. Photographed by Kwan Sheung Chi.)Au Hoi LamThere are Some Pearls (detail)2012-2013Pearl head pins, new printed cotton double and single bedding set, three felt birds handmade byartist’s daughter, two mattresses of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions Variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery)Au Hoi LamDad, What Shade of Blue Did You See Today?
2012-2013Pencil, colour pencil, acid-free paper (daily-diary), copper nails, corkboard, acrylic board andwooden frameA set of 13 pieces, 100 x 100 x 2.4 cm each(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery)Au Hoi LamThere Are Some Pearls2012-2013Pearl head pins, new printed cotton double and single bedding set, three felt birds handmade bythe artist’s daughter, two mattresses of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery. Photographed by Kwan Sheung Chi.)Au Hoi LamThere are Some Pearls2012-2013Pearl head pins, new printed cotton double and single bedding set, three felt birds handmade byartist’s daughter, two mattresses of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions Variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery. Photographed by Kwan Sheung Chi.)Au Hoi LamI will Take Care of Each and Every One of Them2012-2013Acrylic, oil-based ink, fragment of a printed cotton bed sheet, cotton embroidery thread, 224 piecesof nuts and bolts of a used bunk bedDimensions Variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery.)Au Hoi LamSixty Questions for My Father (or for Myself) (detail)2012-2013Pencil, acrylic gel medium, oil-based ink, screws, pinewood components of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions Variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery. Photographed by Kwan Sheung Chi.)Au Hoi LamSixty Questions for My Father (or for Myself)2012-2013Pencil, acrylic gel medium, oil-based ink, screws, pinewood components of a set of used bunk bedsDimensions variable(Image courtesy of the artist and Osage Gallery. Photographed by Kwan Sheung Chi.)MEDIA ENQUIRIESElva Xie (Osage Shanghai)T 86.13581929608 | E elvaxie@osagegallery.comChloe Chu (Osage Hong Kong)T 852.2389 8332 | E chloechu@osagegallery.com-------------------------------------------------------------END-----------------------------------------------------------------