Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

These works are in good conditions. Photographs are only partially examined, not out of frame. The fabric contains crease marks and minor accretion.
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Lee Kit is one of Hong Kong's most widely-exhibited contemporary artists. Aside from representing Hong Kong at the 2013 Venice Biennale, last year Lee also held a solo exhibition at the Walker Art Centre, one of America's top five modern art museums. His works serve as channels into the intimate details of his daily life. Lee graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong's fine arts department, a breeding ground for Hong Kong's art scene. Majoring in painting, he was unique in his attempt to challenge the very basis of painting and art more generally. However, whether exhibiting in Venice or at the Walker Art Centre, Lee is far more interested in the space of his creativity than simply painting. As such, he uses a variety of mediums to build this creative space, including painting, photographic imagery, objets trouvé, and performance.

Hand Painted Cloth Used with Friends in Gathering (Lot 678)was created in 2009; it is the artist's most representative series from his early period. The series challenges the fundamental definition and essence of painting by offering a fresh application of painted line on cloth. However, the cloth has not been mounted on a picture frame. Instead, the hand-painted cloths used are fragments from Lee's daily life. As for the meaning of its name, Hand Painted Cloth Used with Friends in Gathering uses a hand-painted cloth which was laid out on the grass at a picnic Lee enjoyed with his friends. Notably, the food and grass stains were not removed. The series of works also includes three photos from the picnic, exhibited alongside the hand-painted cloth. Untitled (Pink) (Lot 679) is also part of the hand painted cloth series. As something once used by the artist personally, the obvious hallmarks of daily use have become a part of the piece. Lee's hand-painted cloth series has solidified his artistic style; rather than emphasizing the artist's expression, they instead focus on recording daily life. This intimate style has becoming the defining symbolism of Lee Kit's idiosyncratic oeuvre, further developing the artistic creativity of utilising card paper, wood blocks, and theatre design.