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This is the first project I started from my research of Hong Kong’s political unrest. Through these 3 paintings, I attempt to explore ideas of repetition & colours. The repeated image depicts Carrie Lam the Chief executive of Hong Kong apologizing for the political unrest that she caused.

In this exploration, I also play around with the idea of colour coding my artwork. All three colours used in the paintings are politically charged at the moment (Blue = A colour for those who support the police, Red = A colour associated with China & communism, Yellow = The colour that represents pro-democracy protestors). I’m particularly interested in understanding the reasoning behind the use of each colour, and how conflict and violence can be associated with certain colour groups since the events of Hong Kong residents actively taking sides through such colours. The political conflicts that led up to the division and separation between people through a colour-coded society is a very interesting concept that I want to continue to explore, as I question if there is space in Hong Kong for ‘green’ to exist (a mixture and recombination/unity between blue and yellow). A grander question that keeps coming to my mind is if Hong Kong and its people can survive this identity crisis that is rooted in Hong Kong’s colonial past.

Some questions that I’m thinking about during the process of research is…
1) How does the repetition of images change or alter our perception of political figures / political events?
2) How can I approach the issue of political division through colours?








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