CONTENTS Page 4 Page 5
Director’s Foreword
China
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Iris Whispers
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Sweet Pea Whispers
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Blossom Cradled Butterfly
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Wallpaper Japanese Floral
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Peony Cradled Budgie
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Oriental Fir with Owl
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Japanese Floral II
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Red Bird III
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Phoenix II
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Oriental Bouquet Cradled Finch
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Blossom Cradled Budgie
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Oriental Bouquet Cradled Ringneck
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Peony Cradled Budgie
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Owl in Woods II
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Midnight Secret Garden
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Lush Emerald Garden
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Royal Hanging Garden
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Midnight Secret Garden
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Royal Hanging Garden
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Yin I
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DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD The Cat Street Gallery is excited to announce the return of Emma Hack for her second solo show in Hong Kong ‘Chinoiserie’. EMMA HACK is an Adelaide-based artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography. Exhibiting extensively throughout Australia since 1999, Emma’s astounding artworks have since captured the attention of collectors and art lovers worldwide. Emma has received great acclaim for her refined body paint camouflage technique; through a combination of painting on canvas, body painting and studio-based photography, her work evokes a rich array of visual narrative and magical realism. The artist painstakingly camouflages the human form by hand painting her models into the remarkable designs and is then photographed. The works are very special limited edition framed photographs. Emma’s newest series of works, ‘Chinoiserie’ will be previewed in this current exhibition. Chinoiserie, derived from the French word Chinois, meaning “Chinese” is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts. ’Yin’ and ‘Yang’, Emma’s newest works feature the delicate positioning of her muse as porcelain busts interacting within her painterly backgrounds, exploring the intriguing beauty of her Oriental neighbours. Motifs and butterflies cluster together in a pattern and a collision of calmness and beauty that Emma is well-known for. Emma Hack has held successful solo shows at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, NYC and London, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth and Bluerider Art in Taipei as well as hugely successful art fairs in Singapore, Brussels, Aspen, The Hamptons, Hong Kong and Milan.
C hina Photographic print 89 x 120 cm AP Special Size 2012
H KD 50, 000
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Ir i s W his pers
S we e t Pe a Whispe rs
Photographic print 70 x 70 cm Ed. 3/10 2012
Photographic print 70 x 70 cm Ed. 3/10 2012
H K D 42 ,0 0 0
H KD 42, 000
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Bl ossom C ra dled B utt er f l y
Wallpape r J apane se F loral
Photographic print 110 x 110 cm Ed. 2/10 2013
Photographic print 70 x 70 cm 2008 Ed. 5/10
H K D 50 ,0 0 0
H KD 42, 000
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Pe ony C ra dled B udgie
Or ie nt al F ir w it h Ow l
Photographic print 70 x 70 cm Ed. 2/10 2011
Photographic print 120 x 90 cm Ed. 7/10 2013
H K D 42 ,0 0 0
H KD 50, 000
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J a p a n e se Flo ral I I
Re d B ird III
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 19/50 2012
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 33/50 2012
H K D 16 ,5 0 0
H KD 16, 500
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P h oe nix I I
Or ie nt al B ou q u e t C radle d F inc h
Photographic print 110 x 110 cm Ed. 3/6 2014
Photographic print 70 x 70 cm Ed. 2/10 2012
H K D 55 ,0 0 0
H KD 42, 000
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Bl ossom C radled B udgie
Or ie nt al B ou q u e t C radle d Ring ne c k
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 5/50 2013
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 6/50 2012
H K D 16 ,5 0 0
H KD 16, 500
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Pe ony C ra dled B udge
Ow l in Wodds II
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 5/50 2011
Photographic print face mounted on acrylic 45 x 45 cm Ed. 26/50 2012
H KD 16 ,5 0 0
H KD 16, 500
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Mi d n i g h t Se cre t G arden
L u sh E me rald Garde n
Lenticular 50 x 50 cm Ed. 3/10 2016
Lenticular 50 x 50 cm Ed. 3/10 2016
H K D 48 ,0 0 0
H KD 48, 000
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Roya l Ha n g ing G arden
M idnig ht S e cre t Garde n
Lenticular 50 x 50 cm Ed. 3/10 2016
C-type photographic print 125 x 90 cm Ed. 3/10 2016
H K D 48 ,0 0 0
H KD 50, 000
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Roya l Ha n g ing G arden
Y in I
C-type photographic print 125 x 90 cm Ed. 3/10 2016
Pigment print on photo rag 125 x 90 cm Ed. 2/10 2016
H K D 50 ,0 0 0
H KD 50, 000
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