RHYTHM IN A BOTTLE - Group Show at The Hari Hong Kong

Motion and momentum are one of the fundamental qualities of the universe. From sub-atomic particles to prodigious galaxies. It's all around us to such an extent that we take it for granted. We only become aware of it when movement ceases. The artworks in this collection represent the feeling rather than the fact of bottling up rhythm, Elisa Sighicelli's photographs of sculptures in storage perhaps best exemplify this feeling of capturing. Not only are the figuress movements interrupted in sculptural form but the pieces themselves are removed from their usual contexts and placed in storage, tags and all. We're somehow more aware of their status here. 

The rounded forms in Ha Bik Chen's works are all the movements of some central object displayed as one expression. Slow and deliberate gestures and the paths they leave in their wake. Tsherin Sherpa's elaborately organic beings shift and contort into their constituent colours and lines, melted by momentum. And lastly, Szelit Cheung paints this moody scene of an empty red room and hallway. Rusty light is all that's left behind when rhythm finally escapes from its bottle. It can't be held for long so savour it while it's on these walls.

Artwork generously provided by Rossi & Rossi Gallery