Eddie Lui
Lion Rock Forever
2024
H 112 x W 157 cm
6-Part Paraventi-Screen Serigraphy
A/P Ed12
A black&white photo of “The Lion Rock” taken by Scottish photographer, John Thompson (1837-1921) in the 1860s became a significant document in the study and understanding of the history of Hong Kong. Eddie Lui was inspired by this historic photo in his creation of an artwork Lion Rock Forever (2023), a rare book collage on 6-panel lacquer screens of the contemporary Lion Rock surrounded by the urban architecture running from the San Po Kong vicinity on Eastern Kowloon to the densely populated Sham Shui Po area in Western Kowloon. Eddie cut and tore pages of historic records (re-published by the Palace Museum in Taipei) of the Qing Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. The work was subsequently converted into a limited edition silkscreen print for overseas exhibition and cultural exchange purposes. The serigraphy of LION ROCK FOREVER (2024) involved the preparation and superimposition of 5 silk- screening blocks in the printing process.
The work has been auctioned off during the Charity Auction on March 22nd 2025 and creatively loaned by the generous bidder for Design Trust Charity Exhibition: Transformational Exceptions.
About Eddie Lui
Eddie Lui held his first exhibition at the Goethe Institute in 1973, under the aegis of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. He co-founded the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society in 1974, and served as president for the years 1978-1982. In 1981, he received a Hong Kong Museum of Art - Urban Council Fine Arts Award. In recognition of his untiring supports towards the wellbeing of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Society, he was offered a Saluting VAS40+ Hong Kong Arts Award in 2013. In Hong Kong, his artworks have been included in the collection of the M+, Hong Kong; The Hong Kong Museum of Art; The Hong Kong Heritage Museum; University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Arts Centre; The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; The MTR Corporation, Hong Kong; the Hong Kong Jockey Club; the Yiqingzhai Studio; the Hong Kong Land Limited, and other cultural establishments, corporations and private collectors.
