It is delightful to do things in an unplanned manner – the way I seldom do. While I was burying myself in painting for months, ‘Inward Outward’ was a gift from my friends, namely Vicky and Trevor.
素來很少即興辦事，隨遇而安，原來這樣十分寫意！數月來埋頭畫畫，甚麼都不理，《內窺﹒外觀》二人展竟如從天而降，這都是Vicky與Trevor送我的禮物！
Just finished in June, ‘Tao Tie’ was my protagonist in the show. In the picture, I employ the ancient Chinese motif which symbolizes imperial power in old bronze vessels, as old as in the Shang Dynasty. I put the ‘legendary beast’ in a glamorous jungle of vines, and the slander plant is a metaphor for huge political power. Underneath I draw several figures in postures of struggle, of despair and confusion whereas some are running towards the vines jungle. I aim at depicting the human subjectivity and anxiety of the averaged people under immense socio-political pressure.
六月才剛完成的《饕餮》，是我這次展覽的重頭戲。我借用了中國商代青銅器上，象徵王權的神獸飾紋「饕餮」，並把它與一叢藤蔓拼貼在一起。修長而盤纏的蔓條象徵巨大政治力量，而其下再畫了幾個人物，有的掙扎，有的徬徨與迷惘，有的奔向藤蔓叢。此畫立意是刻畫在沉重政治壓力下，小人物的主觀意志與焦慮。
It’s a beautiful coincidence to hold this joint exhibition with talented Indian painter Shweta Rastogi. It has been a joke between us that she was the ‘inward’ and I was the ‘outward’. But there will not be any inward contemplation if we are not living in a world out there. And if there exists no inner self, the outer world would not be perceivable too. The two cannot stand without each other.
能與印度畫家Shweta Rastogi合辦二人展，繫於一份美妙的緣力。我們常常開玩笑說，「內窺」的是她，而「外觀」的是我。不過，假使我們並非依存於外在世界，也就並不存在所謂的內觀；同樣，設若沒有內心，我們也無法觀察、理解外物。其實兩者缺不了對方。
水國度 / The Domain of Water 