SPARKLE BY KAREN CHAN x HKMoA【LAKE ABODE】100% Silk Trousers / Kung Fu Pants

These funky Silk Trousers / Kung Fu Pants depict mirror images of details from HKMoA’s priceless oil on canvas painting “Abode In The Colorful Lake” by world-revered Chinese contemporary artist Wu Guanzhong. Wu Guanzhong first started painting with oil and then moved on to ink, searching for a way to fuse Eastern and Western art. His works bring together the aesthetics of traditional Chinese ink and modern Western art, pioneering the unique "Wu studio style". Wu had an enduring connection with Hong Kong. He visited Hong Kong on many occasions, such as hosting art exhibitions and attending academic seminars and talks by invitation. He made acquaintance with many members of the art circles. He also did sketches on the streets in Hong Kong, and the city is the subject of many of his paintings. Wu highly rated Hong Kong's cultural environment, to him, Hong Kong was a confluence where he could "see both the East and the West at the same time". It is a quality that can also be found in his art creations. The painting “Abode In The Colorful Lake” depicts the artist’s impression of a scenery from his hometown in Jiangnan province — white-walled houses with black roof tiles surrounded by greenery and water. Wu Guanzhong discovered the abstract beauty of lines, dots and planes through the jiangnan dwellings, bridges and rivers. He used this figurative subject matter to express the abstract concept of colour, more specifically the interesting relationship between colours and white — very much at odds with one another and yet interdependent. He wrote, “the colours of the lake and the white of the houses, they nestle lovingly against each other.” Without the white of the houses, the colours of the lake cannot stand out; without the colours of the lake, the white of the houses will be less distinct. Specification Painting: “Abode In The Colorful Lake” by Wu Guanzhong (彩湖居)(吳冠中) Name: SPARKLE BY KAREN CHAN x HKMoA【LAKE ABODE】100% Silk Trousers / Kung Fu Pants SKU: SPT5LA2200GR Color: Green with colors Material: Silk All measurements are done with the garment laying flat. Please allow for size discrepancies due to manual measurement. - Waist: Measure across the top of the waistband from one side of the pant to the other (circumference = x2) - Hip: Starting 18cm below the top of the waistband, measure parallel to the top of the waistband across from one side of the pant to the other (circumference = x2) - Thigh: Measure straight across the width of the leg, perpendicular to the inseam (circumference = x2) - Leg Opening: Measure across the bottom of the pant hem, from one edge of the leg opening to the other (circumference = x2) CENTRESTAGE 2023 | SPARKLE COLLECTION x 香港藝術館 聯合策劃：將藝術館藏品結合Fashion English Ver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-F0AsyChtI&t=3s