Standart 企硬的藝術

One of Hong Kong’s foundational artists, Antonio Mak Hin-yeung (1951–1994) left behind a rich body of sculptural work, as well as an extensive archive of drawings, preparatory sketches, and hand-written notes. Despite his significant artistic achievements and influence on generations of Hong Kong artists, relatively little has been written about Mak.

Standart: The Collected Drawings of Antonio Mak Hin-yeung features more than 500 drawings, collages, and notes by the artist from the 1960s to 1990s. This work is a comprehensive guide to Mak’s art and a window onto the ecology of contemporary Hong Kong art and culture. Personal and art historical essays by Valerie Doran, Eliza Lai, Leong Ka Tai, Neco Lo Che-ying, Blues Wong and UMAG curator Christopher Mattison provide a critical apparatus for understanding the relationship between Mak, his drawings and the bronze sculptures for which he was celebrated during his life.

麥顯揚 (1951–1994) 是香港重要的藝術家，他留下了數量豐富的藝術品，包括大量的雕塑、繪畫、草稿和手寫筆記。雖然麥顯揚的藝術造詣深厚，影響着一代又一代的香港藝術家，但有關他的著作卻相對較少。

《企硬的藝術：麥顯揚畫集》展示逾五百張麥顯揚自六十年代至九十年代創作的繪畫、拼貼和筆記，詳盡剖析麥顯揚的藝術，並以全新的角度來探討香港當代藝術文化的氛圍。本書所載的個人論文及藝術史論文，分別由任卓華、黎美蓮、梁家泰、盧子英、黃啟裕及香港大學美術博物館館長馬德松撰寫。上述文章為了解麥顯揚的畫作與著名的青銅雕塑作品之間的關係，提供一個評論性注釋。