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This year, Marco Szeto,
a Warwick Graduate and a
professional curator,
brought us into the
likeness and unlikeness
world of Qi Baishi
(»ô¥Õ¥Û), one of the most
renowned figures in
modern Chinese
painting. In addition
to touring us around the
famous shrimps and crabs
of Qi Baishi,
which earned him the
name of "people's
artist" by the Ministry
of Culture in 1953,
Marco introduced to us
the history of this
People's Artist and his
trip to Hong Kong.
After that, Marco shared
with us his experience
as a curator: the
difficulties in
gathering information,
researching and
obtaining all sorts of
approval when organising
such a large-scale
exhibition. At the end
of the tour, forty two Warwickers,
their family and
friends were deeply
impressed by Qi Baishi's
artistic works as well
as the efforts of
Marco and his
enthusiastic attitude
toward Chinese art.
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About the
Speaker -
Mr. Marco Szeto
He was a Warwick graduate in the 80¡¦s. During his study in Warwick, he was the first Hong Kong student who held a solo art exhibition in the University library featuring the fusion of Chinese and Western painting, ¡§East Meets West¡¨. After his return to Hong Kong, he worked as an assistant curator in Hong Kong Museum of Art specialising in Chinese Art. Mr. Szeto obtained his MPhil in Fine Arts from the University of Hong Kong in the 90¡¦s. Mr Szeto is currently the curator of ¡§Xubaizhai Gallery of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy¡¨ of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. He often lectures in various occasions to introduce Chinese art and culture to the public as well as university students. |
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