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Girl with little brother
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The Children of Aberdeen - "Girl with Little Brother" by Kee Fung Ng.
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$63.00
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| The Children of Aberdeen - "Girl with Little Brother" by Kee Fung Ng.
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By Kee Fung Ng. Plate First issue in a limited edition permanently closed in 1979. The Children of Aberdeen, painted and signed by the master. Fired under the hallmark of Artists of the World. Plate size approx 10.5 inches Suggested Retail $90.00
For the briefest moment she pauses to smile, this half-child, half-woman with the small brother nestled at her back. Behind her looms the only world she will ever know—Aberdeen, the permanently anchored fleet of sampans and junk boats which has existed for countless generations in the midst of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor. It is a 'village' heavily populated with closely-knit families
Artist Kee Ring Ng , himself a refugee from the Chinese mainland, has created in "Girl with Little Brother" a work which is at once far removed from our experience.. and yet utterly accessible to our emotions. Through the careful blending of classic Chinese brush painting and the realistic, three-dimensional representation typical of Western art, he opens the door to an exotic world whose extremes of poverty and beauty seem almost incomprehensible to Western eyes
but whose children are not so different from our own.
To understand Kee Ring Ng's work, one must first be aware of the basic philosophy behind Chinese art Eastern painting, in its highest form, conveys an impression of the artist's thoughts rather than a mere pictorial composition. All superfluous details are eliminated Brushwork and purity of line literally make the viewer see more than the artist puts on porcelain Thus, a few deft brushstrokes can become a man poling his boat across the harbor as Ng has demonstrated in this painting and the shadowy application of linework along a honzon at second glance reveals the teeming mass of boats and shanties which the artist intended us to see.
Against this carefully conceived and altogether Chinese background, Ng has juxtaposed his subject—a young girl carrying her rather petulant-looking little brother as if he were her own child The figures, which dominate the foreground, are painted in a classic Western frontal perspective which is in direct and purposeful contrast to the background. We can readily see how Ng has built up his central figures with layer upon layer of pigment, adding small but careful details through shadow and highlight which make the children seem almost photographically real.
The shape and texture of clothing, the precise knot of the cradle-sling which stands out in vermillion against the girl's mandarin jacket, even toes and fingers are entirely life-like Rut it is in their faces, and most particularly in the face of the girl, that Kee Fung Ng's unique talents are most in evidence.
The girl's expressive eyes—a Kee Fung Ng forte — are the focal point of the plate. In combination with the precisely drawn mouth which curves into a tentative smile, they create an effect of openness and spontaneity which few artists can capture She literally appears to have paused for a moment in her hectic race to glance at an unseen viewer Even little brother, whose vacant gaze and down-turned mouth suggest that this is not his favorite mode of transportation, is represented in a highly naturalistic and believable style.
There is, in the final analysis, a balance—a harmony if you will — in Ng's work that is totally consistent with the Chinese philosophy of painting which has persisted without interruption for more than 4,000 years Nor does this fact conflict with the knowledge that "Girl with Little Brother.' is a mix of the artistic techniques of East and West. In totality, it is an expression of simple pleasure in life and the acceptance of fate which transcends culture and geography. Ng's subject—the children of Aberdeen—is beyond our experience—but his vision is universal.
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