The Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) presents the exhibition ‘Erudition in Ink: The Calligraphy of Sheung Chun-ho’ from 27 February to 22 May 2016. This exhibition showcases 52 calligraphic works by the late Prof Sheung Chung-ho (1937-2010), former chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature from 1978 to 1987. Admission is free. Members of the public are welcome to visit the exhibition.<\/p>
The opening ceremony of the exhibition was held today (26 February). The officiating guests included Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung<\/strong>, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Mrs. Sheung Lai Hiu-ming<\/strong>, <\/strong>wife of Professor Sheung; Prof. Jimmy Yu<\/strong>, Head of United College; P<\/strong>rof. Leung Yuen-sang<\/strong>, <\/strong>Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies; Prof. Ho Che-wah<\/strong>, Chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature; Prof. Tang Sze-wing<\/strong>, Vice-Chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature; Prof. Josh Y<\/strong>iu<\/strong>, Acting Director of the Art Museum; and Dr. Phil Chan<\/strong>, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting & Calligraphy) of the Art Museum, CUHK.<\/p> Prof. Sheung Chung-ho was widely known for his scholarship on Chinese classics. He was also a distinguished calligrapher whose works were filled with literary and erudite references and lauded by famous painters and calligraphers. This special exhibition presents a critical selection of his calligraphic works in various scripts and formats, some of which are on display for the first time.<\/p> Details of the exhibition are as follows:<\/p> Mondays to Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays: 10:00am-5:00pm Attachments: Highlighted exhibits<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"2193","photos_original":[{"photo":"56d02f392307a.jpg","caption":"Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK delivers a speech."},{"photo":"56d02f3c03696.jpg","caption":"(From left) Dr. Phil Chan, Research-Assistant Curator (Painting and Calligraphy) of the Art Museum; Prof. Tang Sze-wing, Vice-Chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature; Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies; Mrs. Sheung Lai Hiu-ming, wife of Prof. Sheung Chun-ho; Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Prof. Jimmy Yu, Head of United College; Prof. Ho Che-wah, Chairman of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature; and Prof. Josh Yiu, Acting Director of the Art Museum, CUHK officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the exhibition."},{"photo":"56d02f409a3aa.jpg","caption":"Performance of the exhibition theme song by a student from the Department of Music."},{"photo":"56d0306ca4e29.jpg","caption":"Copy of Excerpt from Laozi as per Bamboo Slips from Guodian\r\nDated 2005\r\nInk on plank\r\n20 slips, 250 x 10 cm each"},{"photo":"56d0306d67901.jpg","caption":"Close-up image of excerpt from Laozi as per Bamboo Slips from Guodian"},{"photo":"56d399a86ab6e.jpg","caption":"Pentasyllabic Couplet in Running Script\r\nDated 1987\r\nHanging scroll, ink on paper\r\n139 x 34.5 cm each"},{"photo":"56d0306bda970.jpg","caption":"On Learning in Small Regular Script\r\nDated 1990s (before 1997)\r\nAlbum, ink on paper\r\n10 pages, 15.5 x 17.5cm each page"}],"attachments_original":[{"link":"56d02e640635c.pdf","text":"Highlighted exhibits"}]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Exhibition Period:<\/td> 27 February 2016 to 22 May 2016<\/td><\/tr> Exhibition Venue:<\/td> Gallery I, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK<\/td><\/tr> Opening Hours:<\/td>
Sundays and Public Holidays: 1:00pm-5:00pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr>Closed:<\/td> Thursdays, Easter Holidays<\/td><\/tr> Enquiries:<\/td> 3943-7416<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>