We have been producing our contemporary Asian art catalogues for sometime. A few of these are still available. These richly illustrated and highly informative books can be ordered at a special price including postage by courier. To order these catalogues, just fill in the order form and return to us.

Published in 2000 onwards:

Raymond Fung: Into The World

This catalogue covers Raymond Fung's ink paintings from 1984 to 2003, most of which has been collected by private collectors, corperations or museums. It also features pictures of private and public architectural and interior design projects from 1980s to present, including past projects dated back to 1980 s and ongoing ones such as the Victoria Peak and Tsim Sha Tsui Beautification Scheme.

148 pages, 63 full colour plates of paintings, introduction by Prof Fang Zheng-Xian, Prof Ren Dao-Bin, Dr. Mok Siu-Ya, Nigel Cameron; foreword by Gerard Tsang, Prof. Patrick Lau, Rocco Yim; essay by Hilary Binks (reprinted from HSBC Primier Magazine, September, 1997) and Cheng Man-Wah (E+E Magazine, 2005); soft cover, 2005, HK$600/ US$77.

Hong Zhu An

This catalogue not only includes the latest works of Hong Zhu An's solo exhibition "New Direction" in Hong Kong, but also presents a fine selection of 120 Hong Zhu An's paintings from 1995 to 2005.

256 pages, 120 plates, foreword by Ian and Jennifer Potter, essay by Iola Lenzi, hardcover, 2005. HK$800/US$103.

Jiang Shuo: Red Guards Today

This catalogue is published for her second solo show in Hong Kong. Continuing her first Red Guard series, she has challenged herself this time as a sculptress to work with variations of scale and technique in order to enable her practice and fulfill her vision. In "Red Guards Today", not only the original small sculptures are on display, there are also some larger in size.

43 pages, 31 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Hang Jian, soft cover, 2005. HK$400/US$51.

Zhu Wei: New Pictures of the Strikingly Bizarre

This catalogue is published by the Singapore Tyler Print Institute, where Zhu Wei was invited to join their artist-in-residence program in 2004. Within eight weeks, Zhu Wei has worked closely with professional printers and papermakers to produce 13 different brightly colored prints.

133 pages, 13 prints, essay by Li Shaoshan, softcover, 2005. HK$450/US$58.

Victor Lai: Tales of Two Cities

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Victor Lai since 2000. Regarded as one of the leading oil painters in Hong Kong, Victor Lai’s recent works express his subconscious feelings towards his own career as well as worldly matters through his stylistic combination of form, colour and space. The catalogue is a retrospective of works by Victor Lai from 1986 - 2004.

208 pages, 103 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essays by Nigel Cameron, Maggie Hegarty, Anne Lam and Victor Lai, softcover, 2004. HK$750 / US$96.

Jiang Shuo: Red Guards

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Jiang Shuo in Hong Kong. The exhibition presents almost thirty pieces of her bronze sculptures, that played a humorous and sarcastic role on the theme of Red Guards.

40 pages, 27 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, statement by the artist, soft cover, 2004. HK$400 / US$51.

Hong Zhu An (2003)

This catalogue is published to accompany his solo exhibition in Hong Kong - 'A Long Journey'. The catalogue plays a retrospective role that covers his work from the early stage to the most recent series.

191 pages, 86 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essays by Tan Hwee Koon, Iola Lenzi and W.Y. Choy, hard cover, 2003. HK$650 / US$83.

Zhu Wei: Another Perspective - Woodblock Prints

This catalogue is published for the solo exhibition of Zhu Wei in New York, which is organized in conjunction with Asian Contemporary Art Week 2003. The exhibition presents his latest series of 20 woodblock prints. Familiar iconic images from his repertoire reappear in this woodblock print folio.

36 pages, 20 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Li Shaoshan, soft cover, 2003, HK$400/US$51.

Andrew Lo: Imprints of Nature - An Australian Encounter

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Andrew Lo in Hong Kong. The exhibition presents his typical eucalyptus forests, his depiction of native Australian fish and birds as well as his calligraphic series.

48 pages, 26 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essays by Susan Steggall and Geoffrey Waugh, soft cover, 2003, HK$400/US$51.

Le Thiet Cuong: Unspoken Dialogue

This catalogue is published for the solo exhibition of Le Thiet Cuong in New York. Throughout his work Cuong manipulates several distinct symbols to create rich images that exhort us to mindfully and joyfully navigate life's twists and turns. This exhibition presents not only his oil paintings on canvas and cheesecloth on paper, but also features several new sculptures, both in lacquered fiberglass, and painted steel.

39 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Nora Taylor, soft cover, 2003, HK$450/US$58.

Wei Dong: Deja Vu

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Wei Dong in New York. The exhibition presents the most recent works by Wei Dong, including ink and oil paintings. Wei Dong depicts fleshy women, scantily dressed in garish combinations of masculine garb and feminine lingerie and painted in dense, rich colours. The clash of images, traditions and values in his compositions is a reflection of contemporary society, where sex, violence and popular culture dominate traditional mores.

58 pages, 41 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Jonathan Goodman, soft cover, 2002, HK$500/US$64.

Kumari Nahappan: Hush...

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Kumari Nahappan in Hong Kong. The exhibition presents the most recent works by Kumari Nahappan, from 1998 to 2002. It includes her vibrant vermillion acrylic paintings, works on paper and some installation works.

40 pages, 22 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Lindy Poh, soft cover, 2002, HK$280/US$36.

Ken Seet: Silver Roads

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Ken Seet in Hong Kong. By featuring street portraits shot in a variety of places, each with its unique culture and tradition, the exhibition is imbued with a unified mood. Ken Seet's penchant for the black and white scheme is crucial, as it allows no colour to interfere with his vision or distract the audience's focus.

16 pages, 16 plates in full color, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Bonnie Yeung, soft cover, 2002, HK$280/US$36.

Cai Heng: Ink Diffusion

This catalogue is published for the first solo exhibition of Cai Heng in Hong Kong. Free from the depiction of any forms, the protagonist of her works is the visual power brought about by the interaction between the splashes or brushes of water, ink and colour on paper of various degrees of absorbency. The product can be likened to a visual orchestration of the simplest kind of score played with just a few basic instruments

This stylish catalogue is published for the joint exhibition of two of the most renowned and accomplished Taiwanese artists: the sculptor, Ju Ming and the painter, Ch'iu Ya-tsai. Whilst Ju is best known for his wood and bronze taichi figures, Ch'iu Ya-tsai made his fame with his portraiture of the liu lang (outcasts) and ya ru (elegant scholars). This exhibition presents two larger-than-life-sized bronze sculptures together with a group of smaller pieces executed in monkagilo wood and over thirty-five paintings by Ch'iu.

32 pages, 20 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Maggie Pai, soft cover, 2002, 
HK$350 / US$45. 

This beautiful catalogue is published for the solo exhibition of the talented Hong Kong artist, Maria Lobo. Layers of Life is concerned with Lobo's search into her past and heritage. Inspired by her ancestors, Lobo adopts family, food and life's textures as her subject matter. The catalogue features 20 pieces of mixed media on canvas/board, all of which are wonderfully executed and of immense aesthetic value.

30 pages, 20 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Pamela Kember, soft cover, HK$400/US$51.

60 pages, 40 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essay by Jerome Sibergeld, soft cover, 2001, HK$500/US$64. 

The Color of Memory Hong Zhu An

This colourful catalogue is published for Hong Zhu An's first solo exhibition at Plum Blossoms in New York. The complexity, breathtaking beauty and originality of the works of Hong Zhu An in many ways reflect the various issues at work in Chinese brush painting today. Hong, who was born in Shanghai, has lived in Australia and is now residing in Singapore, studied traditional painting and calligraphy from a young age and underwent the rigorous art programs of the Shanghai Art & Craft Institute. His training, years abroad and intellectual as well as artistic curiosity have led him to explore and challenge established concepts of line, brushwork, calligraphy and texture in Chinese painitng.

52 pages, 40 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, introduction by Br. Joseph Mcnally,essay by Iola Lenzi, soft cover, 2001, HK$500/US$64.

This catalogue is published to mark the first solo exhibition of America-based Shanghainese Artist Xuhong Shang. Mountain, Xuhong Shang's newest painting series, features the juxtaposition of Western geometry and Chinese landscape tradition. While creating pictorial tension, the bold geometric element brings forth a sharp contrast to the nostalgia evoked by the landscape and a balance between rationality and imagination.

46 pages, 30 plates, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essays by Prof. Glen Brown and Bonnie Yeung, soft cover, 2001. HK$500/US$64.

Zhu Wei Diary Zhu Wei

This book accompanies the fourth one-man exhibition of the internationally renowned Beijing artist. It is a compilation of the the artist's work from 1993 to present. The scale of this publication allows readers to compare the variety of work that Zhu Wei produced as well as giving an opportunity to judge the artist's personal artistic development. this book also features essays by critics and curators from around the world.
DIGITAL CD IS ALSO AVAILABLE NOW! CDRom contains over 400 images, video interview footage made by Carma Hinton & Richard Gordon of Long Bow Inc. and  5 interactive screen savers to decorate your desktop. PC formatted. 
HK$320/US$41.

398 pages, 417 plates in full colour, foreword by Stephen McGuinness, essays by Liu Tiancheng, Zhang li, Jia Fangzhou, Hilary Binks, Henry Au-yeung and Karen Smith, hard cover, 2000. HK$1,500/US$192.

This catalogue marks the first solo exhibition of shanghainese artist hong zhu an at plum blossoms gallery. hong zhu an is an accomplished calligrapher having practised daily since he was a young boy. he has set off to explore the reduction of the abstraction of the calligraphic element in his painting. he emphasises line and form and introduces his viewers to an appreciation of calligraphy without the stigma of intellectual proficiency. the combination of Hong's colour field work with the calligraphic reduction result in a composition both intellectually challenging and visually pleasing.

79 pages, 30 plates in full colour, foreword by stephen mcguinness, essays by lola lenzi and w.y. choy, edited by peter lee, soft cover, 2000. HK$500/US$64. (out of stock)

Catalogues published in 1990-1999