ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
藝術家簡介
Pun Ka Man Carmen is a Hong Kong artist rooted in landscape painting. Her works explore themes of crowd loneliness and disconnection in the city’s urban landscapes, featured by thin oil paint and geometric landscapes. Carmen's paintings are drawn from photographs taken by herself after well-planned adjustment of composition, colours, and geometrization of the image. Her personal experiences during the pandemic starting in 2021 greatly influence her creations. She suffered from depression and health problems, leading her to start seeking and painting the scenes that can comfort people among the crowded and busy urban environment. She hopes to communicate with people by combining her personal experiences with the wider resonance of society. This auto-ethnographic approach fosters the reflection on shared feelings of disconnection and loneliness. By doing so, she aims to create a sense of connection and understanding, inviting viewers to explore their emotions in relation to the chaotic world around them.
潘家文是一位繪畫城市風景畫的香港藝術家。她的作品探討人群在城市中的孤獨感和疏離感。家文運用她獨特的繪畫技巧—極薄的油畫顏料塗抹在木板上，透出的木紋為作品增添更豐富的層次。另外，幾何風景亦是她畫作的一大特徵：她筆下的景象源自自己拍攝的照片，經過精心調整的構圖、顏色和圖像的幾何化後，再繪製成畫作。她的創作深受個人經歷影響，尤其是始於2021年的疫情遭遇，令她被抑鬱症和健康問題纏繞，這促使她開始尋找並畫出能在擁擠繁忙的城市環境中安慰人心的場景。她希望通過將個人經歷與更廣泛的社會共鳴相結合，與人們進行交流。這種「自我民族誌」的方法促進了觀者對疏離和孤獨感的反思。通過這樣的方式，她旨在創造一種連結和理解的感覺，邀請觀者探索他們在周圍混亂世界中的情感。
HONOURS PROJECT
畢業作品
隔
Oil on Wood
木板油畫
100 cm x 180 cm x 3
‘The Block’ depicts the “Loneliness in the City”. Under crowded urban environments, emotional connections between people are rare, intensifying the feeling of loneliness.
「城市中的孤獨」是《隔》的主題，源自藝術家的個人經歷。在擁擠的城市環境中，人與人之間的情感連結稀少，孤獨感因此更加強烈。
PREVIOUS WORK
過往作品
Oil on Canvas, 2023, 92 x 120 cm
The inspiration for “The Rooftop” comes from the alienation of people’s relationships after the epidemic. It depicts a quiet scene of buildings under soft sunlight, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility. Strong diagonal lines and geometric shapes make the painting more graphic. The painting demonstrates the artist’s approach to painting: rearranging the composition, cropping in close-ups, and simplifying details to create a flat perspective with muted tones. The thin brushstrokes of oil paint are clearly visible, enhancing the large, flat blocks of colour.
《屋頂》的靈感來自疫情後人們關係的疏離。描繪了柔和陽光下建築物靜謐的場景，給人一種平和與安寧的感覺。強烈的對角線和幾何形狀使畫作更加生動。這幅畫展示了藝術家的繪畫方法：重新安排構圖，裁剪特寫鏡頭，簡化細節，以創建具有柔和色調的平面透視圖。輕薄的細膩筆觸清晰可見，增強了大塊、扁平的色塊。
Oil on Canvas, 2023, consists of seven paintings
The artist wanted to create her own personal space through this series of paintings. These are scenes in her daily life that bring her comfort. The artist lives in a public housing estate with five family members. Despite being in such a crowded space, she always felt lonely. Feelings of loneliness can be even more intense, especially when people don't actually have spiritual connections with others. Some details are omitted in Crowds and Solitude to allow the audience to relate to the painting, as these scenes are common in Hong Kong.
藝術家想透過這一系列的繪畫來創造自己的個人空間。這些都是她日常生活中能帶給她安慰的場景。這位藝術家與五名家庭成員住在公共住宅區。儘管身處如此擁擠的空間，她卻始終感到孤獨。當人們實際上與他人沒有精神連結時，這種孤獨感會被襯托得更加強烈。 《人群與孤獨》省略了一些細節，令觀眾能夠與畫作產生共鳴，因為這些場景在香港很常見。
Oil on Wood, 2024, 60 x 90 cm
The traffic light depicts an urban scene against a backdrop of repeating geometric tiles. This painting emphasises the interaction of light and shadow on the architecture. Artists have been looking for scenes that can bring comfort to people in the bustling city. The painting was based on a photograph taken by the artist himself. But what she wants to depict is not reality, but the image presented through adjustments in composition, perspective, detail and colour.
《交通燈》以重複的幾何瓷磚為背景描繪了一幅城市場景。這幅畫強調了光與影與建築的互動。藝術家一直在尋找在喧鬧的都市中能帶給人安慰的場景。這幅畫是根據藝術家自己拍攝的照片繪製的。但她所要描繪的並不是現實，而是透過構圖、透視、細節、色彩等調整後所呈現的理想形象。