MONDAY ARTPOST 2024-0506

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2024-0506
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Columns by Artists and Writers
Bob Black / bq / Cem Turgay / Fiona Smyth /
Gary Michael Dault / Holly Lee / Kai Chan /
Kamelia Pezeshki / Lee Ka-sing / Malgorzata
Wolak Dault / Sarah Teitel / Shelley Savor /
Tamara Chatterjee / Tomio Nitto / Yam Lau /
Yvonne Pigott
+ If Sculpture Could Talk (Bill Grigsby,
Holly Lee)
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Cem Turgay lives and works as a photographer in
Turkey.
Fiona Smyth is a painter, illustrator, cartoonist and
instructor in OCAD University's Illustration Program.
For more than three decades, Smyth has made a name
for herself in the local Toronto comic scene as well as
internationally.
http://fiona-smyth.blogspot.com
Gary Michael Dault lives in Canada and is noted for
his art critics and writings. He paints and writes poetry
extensively. In 2022, OCEAN POUNDS published two
of his art notebooks in facsimile editions.
Holly Lee lives in Toronto, where she continues to
produce visual and literal work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Lee
Kai Chan immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in
the sixties. He’s a notable multi-disciplinary artist who
has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad.
www.kaichan.art
Kamelia Pezeshki is a photographer living in Toronto.
She continues to use film and alternative processes to
make photographs.
www.kamelia-pezeshki.com
Ken Lee is a poet and an architectural designer based
in Toronto. He has been composing poetry in Chinese,
and is only recently starting to experiment with writing
English poetry under the pen name, “bq”.
Lee Ka-sing, founder of OCEAN POUNDS, lives in
Toronto. He writes with images, recent work mostly
photographs in sequence, some of them were presented
in the format of a book.
www.leekasing.com
Robert Black, born in California, is an award-winning
poet and photographer currently based in Toronto.
His work often deals with themes related to language,
transformation, and disappearance.
Sarah Teitel is a multidisciplinary artist living in
Toronto. She writes poems, songs and prose; draws,
sings and plays instruments.
sarahteitel1.bandcamp.com/album/give-and-take
Shelley Savor lives in Toronto. She paints and draws
with passion, focusing her theme on city life and urban
living experiences.
Tamara Chatterjee is a Toronto photographer who
travels extensively to many parts of the world.
Tomio Nitto is a noted illustrator lives in Toronto. The
sketchbook is the camera, he said.
Yam Lau, born in British Hong Kong, is an artist and
writer based in Toronto; he is currently an Associate
Professor at York University. Lau’s creative work
explores new expressions and qualities of space,
time and the image. He is represented by Christie
Contemporary.

TERRAIN, eight. (Photographs by Lee Ka-sing, haiku by Gary Michael Dault
in response). Read this daily collaborative column at oceanpounds.com
Venice in the Sky with Diamonds
they said it was a mirror from Venice
for me it was a ring around
the planet Venus

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CHEEZ
Fiona Smyth

If Sculpture Could Talk:
a collaborative work
between Bill Grigsby,
Holly Lee and Lee Kasing
in a series of nine
sculptural work.
FIVE: A contemplation: from Sins of The Fathers
Sculpture: Bill Grigsby
Photography: Lee Ka-sing
Prose: Holly Lee
Sins of The Fathers
Sculpture: Bill Grigsby, Photography: Lee Ka-sing

A contemplation: from
Sins of The Fathers
Death by hanging, drowning, strangling, beheading, chariot-splitting,
and poisoning. People congregate to watch impassively, and they still
do. Gathering outside on the streets, in markets, and public squares.
Punishment exists because of human cruelty, from lack of self-love, from
over-protecting, to power and self-interest, to profiting. True sinners do not
have time to contemplate consequences. For them, the Ten Commandments
do not exist. They shun judgment day. For assumed sinners, do not be
afraid. You have no original sins, and therefore do not inherit the sins to
your offspring. There is no hell; only heaven awaits. It’s time to be aware:
All Gods are the same God living inside us. At the final hour, we’ll all follow
the path into utter peace and eternal happiness. This is a promise from
the Source, our creator, who grants unconditional love without prejudice.
Whatever you choose to live your life is not its concern. But a loving, caring,
and righteous life makes a person whole and abundant, something the
richest man in the world cannot find.
Diana Thorneycroft, Martyrdom of Captain Canuck
The Canadiana Martyrdom Series, an exhibition at
Lee Ka-sing Gallery in October, 2006.

Leaving Taichung
Station
Bob Black
Take The Sky
Take the sky that was my mouth
the words that were our bones
time poured from rusted cans dragged down the road
the rhyme that was our heart fished up from the mud
a body opened and rearranged by medicine that was my gift
the thoughts that was your compass
the scales and skin, the carcass of the fish in the market window in Lisboa, a hope
Take the selves we imagined would one day be burned into maps as our teeth fell into the sea
Keep the reflection, the syllables and counted heartbeats of the dead as the light fell like a prayer
between the land and the puddle in my palms
the counting of the pebbles and the owl’s howl in the forrest
for you

林 海 (L.H.)
Lee Ka-sing 李 家 昇
(17) 嚴
嚴 對 林 說 : 夜 已 深 , 你 送 海 回 家 吧 。( 準 確 地 說 林 當 時 應 該 稱 作
木 , 那 個 時 候 , 他 還 是 單 身 ) 林 記 憶 中 嚴 好 像 從 工 作 案 頭 的 小 瓶
林 海 (L.H.) is a love story. It is also a love
story about photography. The initial sixteen
fragments have recently been compiled into
a book for the occasion of the exhibition
“THE 50 GLADSTONE.”
You can access a complimentary version
online via this link:
reads.oceanpounds.com/2024/04/lh.html
For those interested, a collector’s edition
of this book, in hardcover, is available on
BLURB:
blurb.ca/b/11978672
The archive of 林 海 (L.H.) in text file format
can be found at:
LH.leekasing.com
子 遞 給 他 一 枝 花 , 但 怎 的 林 也 記 不 起 那 枝 花 的 去 向 。 大 概 還 是 仍
然 留 在 有 長 長 咕

口 子 去 另 寫 新 的 篇 章 。 既 然 衆 人 都 上 課 去 , 不 知 是 誰 建 議 , 兩 人
不 期 然 走 向 了 在 松 竹 樓 附 近 , 嚴 新 開 了 不 久 的 書 店 。 嚴 的 書 店 座
落 進 入 跑 馬 地 必 經 之 路 , 在 路 之 轉 角 。 建 築 物 順 著 街 勢 邊 角 建 成
弧 型 。 書 店 在 二 樓 , 一 度 弧 型 的 大 玻 璃 窗 , 迎 接 著 外 面 的 風 景 。
窗 外 有 一 株 大 樹 。 林 移 居 多 倫 多 之 後 , 每 趟 回 港 , 乘 坐 雙 層 巴 士
經 過 這 弧 型 大 窗 必 會 湧 出 一 番 記 憶 。 樹 也 生 長 了 不 少 圈 圈 圓 紋 。
書 店 經 營 了 多 年 , 後 來 , 也 許 是 租 金 不 斷 上 漲 之 故 , 書 店 停 業 。
新 來 的 租 客 經 營 髪 型 屋 。 相 信 不 少 居 港 的 朋 友 都 有 林 一 樣 的 記
憶 , 窗 外 望 到 嚴 太 正 在 整 理 書 架 上 的 冊 藉 , 也 許 台 灣 又 新 近 運 來
了 一 批 雄 獅 美 術 近 版 的 叢 書 。 嚴 是 雄 獅 在 香 港 的 代 理 。 嚴 正 在 來
回 踱 步 , 想 來 他 正 構 思 當 晚 要 完 成 的 漫 畫 稿 。 也 許 , 嚴 正 在 中 堂
展 室 與 來 看 展 覽 的 人 交 談 。 嚴 的 書 店 在 二 樓 , 沿 地 面 樓 梯 直 上 ,
書 店 入 口 正 是 店 的 中 腰 , 往 右 是 書 店 正 室 , 面 大 窗 。 書 店 業 務 主
東 邊 的 北 角 。 過 了 一 段 時 期 , 海 搬 家 往 西 灣 河 , 林 海 在 港 島 東 邊
同 一 個 方 向 , 道 途 縮 近 了 。 林 與 一 衆 朋 友 協 助 海 搬 家 。 林 在 他 的
專 欄 文 字 留 下 了 一 個 記 憶 「 門 在 右 邊 。 我 在 沈 默 。 你 在 朗 誦 葉 維
簾 。 這 兩 個 人 都 在 一 部 小 說 裡 。 赫 然 發 現 自 己 的 頁 數 。 然 後 問 及
對 方 , 那 是 一 扇 怎 樣 的 門 。 然 後 互 相 點 頭 。 這 一 章 竟 然 如 此 的 沒
有 華 麗 詞 藻 。(1975)」 林 一 直 念 想 著 那 弧 型 大 窗 前 面 的 老 樹 ,
今 天 也 許 髪 型 屋 都 已 經 不 在 , 城 市 的 新 規 劃 會 不 會 將 老 樹 遷 移 甚
至 把 它 易 改 成 為 木 件 裝 飾 物 。 也 許 , 那 只 不 過 是 猜 想 , 老 樹 依 然
鬱 鬱 蔥 蔥 。 圈 圈 的 環 輪 滲 著 滴 滴 的 過 去 。 在 進 入 跑 馬 地 的 中 途 ,
向 途 人 敍 述 港 島 的 遠 事 。 林 想 , 還 是 應 該 從 光 明 處 著 想 , 當 年 那
篇 文 字 , 在 結 尾 之 處 不 也 就 是 那 麼 明 亮 開 闊 「 一 本 美 麗 的 書 。 在
風 中 的 門 。 這 兩 個 人 。 這 些 日 子 。 在 呼 嘯 抑 揚 。 在 頓 錯 紛 飛 。
(1975)」
要 是 嚴 太 經 營 。 往 左 即 中 室 , 用 作 畫 廊 , 常 設 有 展 覽 。 後 室 為 嚴
的 工 作 間 , 也 即 是 來 訪 朋 友 聊 天 之 地 。 在 打 後 的 日 子 , 林 海 在 這
片 空 間 著 實 喝 了 不 少 嚴 的 玫 瑰 露 。 意 想 不 到 一 種 在 平 民 間 經 常 飲
用 的 烈 性 酒 料 , 竟 然 可 以 仿 如 今 天 的 携 行 硬 盤 , 一 下 間 呼 喚 出 一
個 年 代 的 海 量 記 憶 。 林 是 開 始 來 嚴 的 書 店 之 後 才 認 識 嚴 , 來 了 幾
次 便 熟 稔 起 來 。 嚴 是 當 時 知 名 的 漫 畫 創 作 人 , 對 林 來 說 當 然 不 是
陌 生 。 嚴 對 年 青 人 的 攜 掖 以 及 對 書 店 空 間 的 調 度 , 深 深 的 烙 在 林
的 潛 意 識 裡 。 所 以 後 來 林 海 在 不 同 時 期 的 工 作 室 , 甚 至 及 後 的 畫
廊 , 必 是 朋 友 聚 腳 之 地 。 林 在 嚴 的 書 店 展 室 展 出 了 他 的 第 一 個 攝
影 展 覽 (1976)。 當 時 照 片 細 小 , 高 山 流 水 過 了 即 近 五 十 年 的 今
天 , 有 部 分 放 在 正 要 開 始 的 展 覽 , 作 為 回 顧 物 。 那 確 是 一 條 頗 長
的 路 , 林 把 海 送 到 西 環 的 家 , 然 後 又 獨 自 乘 車 自 港 島 的 西 邊 回 到

Caffeine Reveries
Shelley Savor
Touching The Sky

Sketchbook
Tomio Nitto

Poem a Week
Gary Michael Dault
The Art of Writing, Part Thirteen
you sit in a room
filled with furniture words
you drift like a fish
breathing in a sea of sentence
you fall to the bottom
of writing
and keep seeing
phraseology animals
bearing casks
of ink
you can’t think
ever of going to sleep
you’d have to crawl
between clean sheets
of paper

Greenwood
Kai Chan
Drawing
35 x35 cm, acrylic paint on paper

Black Flowers: Drawings
by Malgorzata Wolak Dault

Gary Michael Dault
From the Photographs,
2010-2024
Number 29: Rushing the Season--Amherst Island Last Summer

THE 50 GLADSTONE
Lee Ka-sing and Holly Lee Archive
(Works, Objects, Artifacts, 1976 to current)
An exhibition: April 27 to July 28, 2024
50 Gladstone Avenue artsalon, Toronto
(visit by appointment: mail@oceanpounds.com)

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The following pages
is an excerpt from the
exhibition catalogue.
Please visit this link
for Footnotes of the
exhibits indicated by
Numbers. 200 items.
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t50.leekasing.com

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(object) Calligraphy of Lu Xun 魯 迅 - “ 橫 眉 冷 對 千 夫 指 俯 首 甘 為 孺 子 牛 ”, two
lines from his poem
In pair, 270mm x 770mm each, replica printed in the 70s
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TIME MACHINE series, on paper version (LKS, 2021)
208mm x 208mm, archival inkjet print with hand painted acrylic medium on both sides.
A test print for the on paper version
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colour / yanse (LKS, 2016)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, spruce wood, acrylic medium
A composition of 17 individual pieces in one vertical wood case 69x8x3 inch
Yanse 顏 色 in Chinese means colour, 顏 also means face, and 色 by itself refers to colour

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(collection) Photograph by Elaine Ling
24x30 inch, gelatin silver print, frame size 31x36 inch
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(collection) Mixed media painting by Henrik Drescher
262mm x 360mm
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(collection) Mixed media painting by Gary Michael Dault
218mm x 158mm
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Triptych photograph with hand painted medium on both sides (LKS, 2021)
420mm x 144mm

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(collection) A pair of photo work by Leung Chi Wo
Collage gelatin silver prints, each work encased in 31x35 inch frame
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(collection) Two Women, photograph by Yau Leung
16x20 inch, gelatin silver print, frame size 25x29 inch
170
(collection) Photograph from Eroto series by Nobuyoshi Araki
20x24 inch, gelatin silver print, frame size 29x33 inch
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A flock of gold-shedding birds flew past the woods (HL, 2010)
555mm x 200mm, archival inkjet print framed in glass stand
Shan Hai Jing series
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(collection) New York, New York, 1979. Photograph by Tseng Kwong Chi
16x20 inch, frame size 25x29 inch
Series “East Meets West,” 1979–89
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(collection) Photograph by Diana Thorneycroft
8x10 inch, chromogenic print, frame size 15x19 inch
Doll Mouth series
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(collection) Photographs in boxes, various artists
Archival boxes, size 390mm x 315mm x 60mm
Works by Christopher Doyle, Tomio Nitto, Kwok Man Ho, and Hideo Suzuki etc.

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(collection) Mixed media work by Shelley Savor
150mm x 110mm
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A love poem for Holly, after her new work - CLAW SCRIPT (LKS, 2013)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, pine wood, acrylic medium
115mm x 86mm x 36mm
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(object) Large LCD display panel with wooden frame constructed by Ka-sing, for an
installation of his work “I would have written a long poem” in 2017
46x27.5x2.75 inch
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(collection) OP EDITION photographs in boxes, various photographers
Photographs in 8x10 inch

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MOVIOLA (LKS, 2015)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, pine wood, acrylic medium
47x46.5 inch, composition of 234 pieces of photo squares (2.5”x2.5”x1.5” each)
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(collection) Mixed media work by Kai Chan
570mm x 100mm
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An installation of small mixed media works (LKS, 2022)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, pine, oak, acrylic medium, various size
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(collection) Painting by Kwok Man Ho (Frog King)
63x15 inch, ink on paper
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89 • The Golden Lotus • Footsteps of June (HL, 1989)
(Peter Suart) 18x36 inch, frame size 36x49 inch, chromogenic print
This photograph was printed for the exhibition CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN, 1994

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(collection) Self portrait of Rembrandt, a later print from the original lithograph plate
of Rembrandt studio
230mm x 280mm, on paper, frame size 470mm x 380mm
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(collection) Photograph by Gary Michael Dault
chromogenic print, frame size 155mm x 200mm
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(collection) Photograph by Shozo Ushiroguchi
gelatin silver print, frame size 670mm x 670mm

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(collection) Photograph by Balint Zsako
in frame, 41 x 31 inches, chromogenic print
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(collection) Photograph by Diana Thorneycroft
650mm x 650mm, chromogenic print, frame szie 1030mm x 770mm
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(collection) Painting by Rupen Kunugus
290mm x 290mm
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(collection) Photographs by Patrick Lee
Various sizes, archival inkjet prints, framed
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(collection) Mixed media object by Kwok Man Ho (Frog King)
80mm x 110mm
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(collection) Painting by Shelley Savor
610mm x 510mm

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(collection) Photograph by David Donald
Chromogenic print in frame 330 x 330mm
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On Sunday afternoon, June 10th, at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, I
encountered the Spiral Object with Wings during Philip Glass’ ‘Einstein on the Beach’
performance (LKS, 2012)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, pine wood, acrylic medium
1250mm x 86mm x 36mm
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(collection) Mixed media object by Kai Chan
230mm x 130mm
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(collection) Blacksmith from Prague, wooden puppet purchased in 1992
470mm x 130mm x 95mm
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On Photography (LKS, 2012)
Mixed media: archival inkjet print, pine wood, acrylic medium
1250mm x 86mm x 36mm

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(collection) Crane, Kite purchased in Tianjin 1986
36 x 20 inch
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(collection) Shadow puppet purchased in Beijing 1981
12x12 inch
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We knew each other since tender age (HL, 1996)
16x20 inch, gelatin silver print
Duo series (1991-2015)

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