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Leung Siu Hee was born in the Solomon Islands and graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1980. He has since settled in Paris, France.

Leung Siu Hee 's black and white charcoal works are often seen as an exploration of sketching. Sketching, as a preliminary exercise to painting, was originally a tool for artists to capture the appearance of objects. However, during the realist movement of the 1970s, black and white sketches drawn with pencil, charcoal, and ink became as capable as oil paintings in achieving a high level of perfection. They not only have a strong expressive power, but also reveal the artist's modern perspective on painting.

Both Western sketching and Eastern ink painting influence Leung Siu Hee 's black and white charcoal works. They exhibit meticulous line contours and a play of light and shadow similar to ink wash techniques. Liang integrates his own consciousness and experience, unlike traditional sketching, which focuses on the objective representation of objects. He freely selects elements from the composition, presenting some objects in partial views, overlapping others, and intentionally blurring or fading certain elements. In addition to revealing the metaphysical beauty beyond the objects themselves, he constructs his own mental and emotional landscapes.

Leung Siu Hee 's black and white charcoal works can be broadly divided into two themes, one of which is the depiction of indoor scenes. In Leung Siu Hee 's interior scene works, most of the objects are shrouded in the dark shades created by the charcoal strokes. The objects seem to be imprinted into the artwork, exhibiting an extreme level of realism, yet with an elusive quality. They show the passing of time and create a mysterious and serene atmosphere. Combining real experience and virtual imagination, the choice of objects comes from fragments of the artist's consciousness. They include everyday objects such as gloves, tables, chairs, glasses, tripods, water bottles, as well as non-realistic objects such as ancient marine fossils. The appearance of flowers and plants in the artworks, whether withered or lush, brings a touch of vitality to these melancholic and nostalgic scenes.

The other theme is the depiction of wilderness. Leung Siu Hee depicts mountains, forests, and land in nature, using bold lines and tonal contrasts to convey a rugged and desolate style. The exposed rocks and sparse vegetation evoke a sense of solemn unfamiliarity, as if confronting the primordial world.

1 Chen Ying-De, “In Search of Pleasant Surprises”, Leung Siu-Hay 1995-96 (Hong Kong: Trigram, 1996)

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