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Exhibiton at Melbourne Gallary 101, October 1998

 

Joy of life: ink on canvas, 175x70cm

What the media headlines say !

Art Monthly Australia - June 1998
Hou Leong's 'Blue Poles' and 'Mountain and Water' series, which parody Chinese calligraphy and Western expectations, is evoked in rhythmical gestures of extraordinary grace.

Bangkok Post - 4 February 1998
East merges with West: Australian artist Hou Leong's look at cultural identity is an amusing pleasure to behold.

The Canberra Times - 2 April 1997
Shanghai-born Hou Leong is being celebrated in London for his iconoclastic approach to stereotypes, says Michele Field.

VOGUE Australia - March 1995
Hou Leong's images are the result of investigation and manipulation - with a strong measure of wit.

Hong Kong Standard - 5 March 1995
Asia may have a tradition of saving face but former Macau resident Hou Leong is taking it literally. Helen Johnston talks to the artist whose camera always lies.

Asian Business Review - February 1995
Hou Leong is not just An Australian, as the title of his recent Sydney exhibition would have it. He is, in his art work at least, the archetypal Australian, writes Lind Jaivin.

The Sydney Morning Herald - 28 January 1995
Attacking the Australian stereotypes: Hou has scanned his own face into a series of colour photographs that seem to sum up Australia's self-image, says John McDonald.

The Canberra Time - 5 March 1992
In a show that can best be described as an exposition of technigues and the promise of more thins to come, Leong has gathered together etcings and prints that set him aside as an artist with talent...

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