Guided Viewing of 2 exhibitions: “Tradition & Perfection: Paper Cuttings from China & Switzerland” with Dr. Harold Kraemer and “Reimagining the Diamond Pine: Ink Art of Wang Xin” with Dr. Shuo Hua at UMAG (Members only)
The HKU Museum Society is delighted to present a guided viewing of 2 exhibitions at UMAG:
Tradition & Perfection: Paper Cuttings from China & Switzerland with Dr. Harold Kraemer and Reimagining the Diamond Pine: Ink Art of Wang Xin with Dr. Shuo Hua at UMAG
The first exhibition – Tradition & Perfection: Paper Cuttings from China & Switzerland.
Paper cuttings have long fascinated viewers with their expressive storytelling and extraordinary precision. For the first time, Swiss paper cuttings from the collection of Interlaken-based collectors Elsbeth and Niklaus Wyss are being juxtaposed with Chinese paper cuttings from the collection of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, along with works from the Guanling Paper Cutting Art Museum and the Jieyiyuan Paper Cutting Art Center, Pingyao, both located in Shanxi province. The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the diversity and distinctive cultural identities of this fascinating art form.
Speaker
Dr. Harald P. Kraemer (孔慧銳) is an art scholar, curator and designer with a focus on Museum Studies and Media in Museums. As a pioneer of Museum Informatics & Digital Collections (PhD, University of Trier), he is counted among the founders of the Digital Humanities. In Vienna, Dr. Kraemer completed the first MA programme for exhibition curators and has since curated and designed over 80 exhibitions. He has written and published widely on applied museology, museum documentation, media in museums, curating, and contemporary art and has taught these topics at universities in Bern, Glasgow, Hong Kong, and Zurich, among others. Since 2022 he has been at UMAG/HKU where he curated and published Metamorphosis & Confrontation. Tobias Klein (UMAG 2020), Couplet Pair Rebus. The principle of cause and effect in art (UMAG 2023/24) as well as 8 times 8. stories series systems in mythology & art (UMAG 2025).
The second exhibition – Reimagining the Diamond Pine: Ink Art of Wang Xin.
Painter and seal carver Wang Xin was born in Xingtai, Hebei province, in 1964, and graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1991. He currently lives in Beijing, where he teaches Master of Fine Arts students at the Communication University of China. This unprecedented exhibition of his paintings of pine trees offers specific insights into his philosophical mindset and, more specifically, the Buddhist influence of the Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra).
Speaker
Dr. Shuo Sue Hua is an Associate Curator at the University of Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery. Her curatorial practice and research focus on the intersection of Asian pictorial art and exhibition culture and history, situated within transcultural and transmedial contexts. She has recently developed a curiosity for exploring the connection between Chinese pictorial art, nature and philosophy, along with an awareness of sustainability.
Image Credit: Courtesy of UMAG