Train Compartment​ | 地鐵車廂

Train Compartment
2019
ink on wall
400 x 900 cm

"Contagious Cities: Far Away, Too Close"
Exhibition Period: 26 January - 21 April 2019
Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong

Curator: Ying Kwok
Presented by Wellcome Trust

With works by
​Blast Theory
Eastman Cheng
Enoch Cheng
Cheuk Wing Nam
Gayle Chong Kwan
Chou Yu-cheng
Firenze Lai
Angela Su
Wang Sishu

This overwhelming mural has the artist exploring the concept of contagion: while contagious diseases might appear to be a vague concept, they are nevertheless everywhere in the background. Such possible paranoia from the unexpected and the unknown thus becomes a constant fear for the artist—like an omnipresent demon waiting in the wings, for the right opportunity, as the artist describes it. The work thus continues the artist’s micro-perceptive explorations and confrontations of the conditions of life.​

藝術家藉此氣勢逼人的壁畫，探索人們對傳染的想法：雖然傳染病似乎是個模糊概念，但在生活中總是無法擺脫。意外和未知的事物很可能令人疑神疑鬼，成為揮之不去的恐懼——正如藝術家所描繪，畏懼就像無處不在的惡魔，早在一旁窺伺，只等機會到來。藝術家觀察入微，作品一貫地勇於探索生活條件，正視生存境況。