A Fancy Dreamland: “Asteria Land” by Alice Chan
Alice Chan, a modern, chic and fancy Hong Kong illustrator.
You may find her work quite familiar since her creations have been adopted by many big brands like Levis, Anna Sui, MTV, Sportmax, etc. Her work could also be seen in lots of trendy fashion magazines and many window decorations.
Alice’s drawings are very decorative and stylish. Those pretty girls are with big eyes, pretty faces, modern outfits and accessories. The colours she used are always fancy and cheerful. No wonder she is a favourite of so many fashion brands.
You can’t imagine how gorgeous and interesting Alice’s website could be. Do wander around Alice’s website and have fun. There are some comics drawn by Alice and I am sure you would like them.
And here is Alice’s blog, for those who are obssessed with Alice’s pretty creations, you would certainly like reading her blog and know more about her.
One more thing I wish to mention about Alice is that she herself is a very pretty girl, just like the character she has created. Let’s see a photo of her under her Levi’s project:
(Alice, on the right.)
Alice is now having an exhibition in the Stitch Tokyo of Shibuya, Japan, from 5 Oct 07 to 10 Nov 07. If you are getting around in Tokyo, do not miss her exhibition.
sophie’s gallery
Another pretty and lovely drawing done by my friend.
The baby girl is “walking” much faster than her “lazy bear” toy. Very funny!
Thanks a lot, my dear friend. Your drawing is great!
Carrie Chau - the black sheep collection
Carrie Chau, an illustration artist in Hong Kong, just finished her “Black Sheep Exhibition” at Hong Kong Times Square in the Causeway Bay.
Starting as an illustration artist, Carrie’s art work is full of decorative elements and details. The characters in her art creation are somehow colourful, childlike and similar to the characters on stage or in a circus. The characters maybe some metaphors to ourselves, i.e. there are always abnormal and yet pretty elements in ourselves.
In a radio programme just rolled out today, Carrie talked about art: “the teaching of art, i.e. the true, kind and beauty (”真善美” in Chinese) is important, since those are the senses of true, kind and beauty which could improve the world.” This is the objective of Carrie’s art work, and this is the objection of her lovely characters.
Some photos from the Black Sheep Exhibition:
Carrie’s latest exhibition just ended in mid September 07, “the Black Sheep”, was very well received.
There are some accessories and products from Carrie now being sold in various retail shops in Hong Kong. And Carrie has opened her own shop in Central of Hong Kong, I do love visiting her shop and saying hello to her lovely characters.
If you like Carrie’s work, you may check her out at her blog: Carrie Chau’s Blog.
Some drawings from Carrie:
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“isolated, loneliness, wandering, self-reflections”
b. wing is a Hong Kong artist focusing her work in installation art and illustration.
After her graduation from the Middlesex University in the UK, b.wing returned to Hong Kong and began as a fashion designer. Soon she discovered a love of, and a special talent for, creating installation art and illustrations. And she started her life as a full time artist in 2002.
b. wing’s talent was soon recognise by the artist circle and she held her first solo exhibition, “if you don’t want to be perfect, you’ve come to the right place” at Agnès b. Librairie Galerie in Hong Kong. The same exhibition was then staged at Agnès b. Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan as well as Agnès b. Aoyama store in Tokyo, Japan.
After some more exhibitions, b. wing published her first illustration book in 2006, taking the same name as her first solo exhibition: “if you dont want to be perfect, you’ve come to the right place”.
May be you have to lose everything and you’ll then realise you still have yourself. - b. wing, 2006
The character “A” in this book comes from b. wing’s previous exhibitions. A keeps changing his identity and appearance. One day he’s a rock star, and the next day he’s a solitary superhero. The star he’s holding all the time is his only companion.
Day in and day out, he’s often consumed by his feelings of inadequacy, of not fitting in anywhere. A is so sensible but has an almost strange sense of innocence and imagination. He has someone he’s really in love with, “B”, though he never knows that ‘someone’ is actually himself ……
Apart from “A”, rabit is a recurrent theme in b. wing’s work. She once said: “I was asked once to give my 3 favourite animals in order of preference and description as well …”
“And I said:
01 an eagle: unaccompanied, superior, accurate
02 a jagar: cool, silent, dangonerous
03 a rabit: empty-headed, doing nothing, funny looking
The first one is what you think of yourself
The second is what others think of you
the third is what you really are.
You don’t have to tell me if it is true.”
b. wing’s art work always communicated with her audiences the immense passions and emotions. Her characters are in simple form but with strong and “impure” colours which represents the confusing of the childlike nature in human beings in the complicated world. The beauty of the combination of horror and innocent is created in her work.
Loneliness, isolation, remoteness and self-reflections are the main themes in b. wing’s creations. Through the big round eyes of her characters, we could see our own horror, worry, insecure and lack of confidence. A, may be a projection of b. wing herself, and also a projection of all of us. A child lost in the city, may be a protrait of me and you.
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b. wing’s illustration books:
If you don’t want to be perfect, you’ve come to the right place, 2006 (want to buy this book?)
We all need someone to kiss us goodbye, newly released, 2007
(want to buy this book?)
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