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2022
紙本水墨 Ink on Paper
128cm x 70cm

作品介紹 Artwork Description:
思緒悠悠步步深，茫茫人海宇岑岑。
繁朝萬輦如龍舞，幻夜千燈似斗臨。
白玉情凝承末匠，紅牆憶落見初心。
西堤夕映金波頃，誰目漁舟獨自沉？

作品繪畫創作者遊歷佐敦、油麻地及西九一的繁華城市景象。在遊覽期間，創作者發現一些傳統文化店鋪，感慨傳统式微的手工藝文化或本土情懷文化, 一直埋藏在繁華城市中, 卻無人欣賞，表達惋惜之情。同時，借此比照創作者遭遇，表達無人了解的愁緒。希望觀賞者在欣賞作品過程中實現「社區觀察」，發掘這一區的稀有、獨特、別具意義的文化情懷。

This work draws inspiration from the vibrant districts of Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, and West Kowloon, where the artist encountered a wealth of traditional craft shops and long-standing local businesses. Beneath the area's fast-paced urban landscape, these cultural traces persist quietly, yet often remain overlooked amid the city's continual transformation.

Through the integration of painting and poetry, the work reflects on the gradual disappearance of traditional craftsmanship while drawing a parallel to personal experiences of invisibility and being misunderstood. Rather than presenting a direct narrative, the work employs metaphor to explore the relationship between memory, identity, and place.

It invites viewers to engage in a process of community observation, encouraging a closer awareness of the overlooked cultural heritage embedded within everyday urban life and to reconsider the value of these fragile yet enduring traditions.