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Chris Huen Sin Kan: ‘I want to depict the feeling of the days’ 

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<p>In this episode of ‘Meet the artists’, we visit Chris Huen Sin Kan in his new London studio. There, he reflects on the many layers of reality, a process which results in deeply personal paintings. The quotidian scenes rendered by the Hong Kong-born artist are familiar, unrestrained, and formed by intuition. Executed using Chinese ink layering techniques and drawing on Western abstraction, the works are firmly located between worlds and cultures – actual or remembered.</p><p>The artist’s recent move to London has visibly impacted his practice. There is a fresh lushness to the landscapes in the recent watercolors and large-scale oil paintings seen here. Huen Sin Kan attributes this to his daily walks in the park with his family and dogs. This recurring cast also appears in almost all of the artist’s pictures. ‘I did some works without painting my family,’ he says. ‘Those works don’t feel quite right. I find that painting my family is an anchor to my artistic creation.’ Observations of the familiar also serve as the artist’s starting point to the question: how do each of us, human or animal, perceive the world?</p><p>Chris Huen Sin Kan is represented by <a href="https://artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1273/Simon-Lee-Gallery">Simon Lee Gallery</a> (London, Hong Kong), <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1420/Ota-Fine-Arts">Ota Fine Arts</a> (Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo), and <a href="https://artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1362/Gallery-Exit">Gallery Exit</a> (Hong Kong).</p><p><em>Tess, Balltsz and MuiMui</em> and <em>MuiMui and Balltsz</em> (both 2021) are with OTA Fine Arts. All other works seen in the film are with Simon Lee Gallery. </p><p>Director: Luke Casey <br />Director of Photography: Tom Hall <br />Producer: Scarlett Barclay <br />Executive Producer: Aaron Z. Willson <br />Editor: Rudá Santos <br />Sound Designer: Alessandra Fasto <br />Color: Lee Butcher <br />Music: John Bartley <br />Runner: Aisha Kemp  Production Company: Ground Work <br />Creative Director: Bunny Kinney <br />Managing Director: Gavin Humphries <br />Produced in collaboration with Nowness<br />Nowness Video Commissioner: Katie Metcalfe <br />Producer: Noor Miah <br />Video Editor: Harry Bowley <br />Production: Alicia Reuter and Jeanne-Salomé Rochat for Art Basel</p>

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