/paintings

猴頭菇, 2018
charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas
40cm x 40cm

Still life of my favorite Chinese soup ingredient, Hericium Erinaceus also known as the monkey head mushroom, belonging to the tooth fungus group. The monkey head mushroom is a medicinal fungi and could fruit intermittently for 20 years on the same dead tree surviving for over four decades. The nutrition value of this mushroom is 57% carbohydrates (8% as dietary fiber), 4% fat, and 22% protein. Here is a soup recipe:

功效：能利五臟、助消化、滋補、對神經衰退/十二指腸潰瘍/胃潰瘍有良好功效 
材料： 五指毛桃、猴頭菇、百合、南北杏、淮山、蜜棗 
做法：將湯包材料用室溫水洗淨，猴頭菇及五指毛桃浸20分鐘備用， 
如加瘦肉/豬骨，先汆水，備用。將湯包所有材料放於入鍋中，加入10碗水，
大火滾起，再放豬肉/豬骨。 轉慢火煲2小時，最後下鹽調味。

Stones, 2020

oil on canvas
60 cm x 30cm

the only one,
qualified
to throw a stone

didn’t

Time as territory, 2020

oil on fibreboard
120 cm x 30cm

Seneca, On the Shortness of Time

Rubber, 2020

oil on canvas
40 cm x 30cm

Please bake more pies, 2020

oil on canvas
90cm x 65cm

We are not Islands, 2018

gesso, resin, acrylic on fibreboard
15cm x 50cm

人生像茶葉蛋, 2017

acrylic on canvas
60cm x 90cm

戲院里

acrylic on canvas
60cm x 90cm

Just keep my logged in, 2017
neon gas light, acrylic sheet
60cm x 60cm

This piece was exhibited in the central business district of Hong Kong, at a window that faces many premium office skyscrapers, of which the rent has topped the charts as the world’s most expensive outpacing prices in Midtown New York by 66 percent. Why is land so expensive in Hong Kong? Unbridled greed. What is the social value of bankers? According to the New Economics Foundation, cleaners are worth more to society than bankers. Here is an interesting chart that ranks social value by estimating the mean externalities of different jobs, in this order, researcher (+), teacher (+), engineer (+), consultant (0), manager (-), banker (-).

GOD IS WATCHING, 2017
neon gas light, acrylic sheet
60cm x 60cm

This piece was exhibited in the central business district of Hong Kong, at a window that faces many premium office skyscrapers, of which the rent has topped the charts as the world’s most expensive outpacing prices in Midtown New York by 66 percent. Why is land so expensive in Hong Kong? Unbridled greed. What is the social value of bankers? According to the New Economics Foundation, cleaners are worth more to society than bankers. Here is an interesting chart that ranks social value by estimating the mean externalities of different jobs, in this order, researcher (+), teacher (+), engineer (+), consultant (0), manager (-), banker (-).

IAmOffendedByEverythingAndNothing, 2017
neon gas light, acrylic sheet
130cm x 25cm

Does political correctness hurt or helps productivity? A study conducted by UC Berkeley Haas School of Business suggests that while un PC people may seem rude and insensitive, they come off as less calculating and more trustworthy. However, in a Cornell study, researchers found that by imposing PC environment, setting norms and “reducing uncertainty”, a group of diverse people were more likely to generate new ideas.