SPARKLE ! COLLECTOR CLUB | 火花！收藏家學會
SPARKLE ! COLLECTOR CLUB
The "Sparkle!" exhibition series is a stage that Oi! has created for young local curators to realise their unbound creativity. The first individual exhibition is "Collector Club" curated by Kwok Ying, which aims to encourage viewers to explore the value of art and to raise the general public's interest in collecting art.
Kwok has invited local artist Lam Tung-pang to serve as a case study for the exhibition, and she highlights Lam's experiences in developing his career in order to investigate the relationship between contemporary artists, galleries and collectors. She also showcases "Take Home and Make Real the Priceless In Your Heart", a series of paintings of crystals by Liu Ding that the artist has commissioned to his precise specifications. With his signature – a symbol of value and authority – affixed on the back of each painting, the complete work seemingly transforms the reproductions into priceless collectibles of a renowned artist and thus invites viewers to reflect on the value of a work of art: is a collector investing in the work itself or in the future potential of the artist? Also presented in the exhibition is "One Square Foot of Sky" by foreign investment (FI), a collective initially formed by foreign artists. For this work, they have teamed up with four young Hong Kong artists – Chris Huen Sin-kan, Kong Wing, Dakuen Leung and Wong Ka-ying – to paint the Hong Kong sky above us into "sky shares", the value of which is based on the price of property in the district. FI connects their art with daily life to provide a new criterion for considering the price of art.
Encouraging critical thinking and initiating effective discussions around the value of art, the project adopts a "club membership" approach to act as an incubator for a committed audience to further their knowledge and engagement. A series of activities will continue to be held during the exhibition period to stimulate a debate between the curator, the guest speakers, the exhibiting artists and the public on the development and collection of art.
火花！收藏家學會
透過「火花！」展覽系列，油街實現為本地年青策展人搭建舞台，讓他們天馬行空的想法得以在此實現，首個展出計劃為郭瑛的「收藏家學會」，展覽旨在引領觀眾探討藝術的價值，鼓勵大眾培養藝術收藏的興趣。
郭瑛邀請了香港藝術家林東鵬作為一個個案，以他建立藝術事業的經歷，探討當代藝術家與畫廊及收藏家的關係。另一位參展藝術家劉鼎為我們展示他委約他人複製的水晶石組畫，他於每張畫背後加上了象徵價值及權威的藝術家簽名，成為作品《帶回家實現心中的無價》，彷彿把複製的畫作瞬間變成了無價的名作，劉鼎讓觀眾思考藝術品的價值，究竟收藏家投資的是作品本身還是藝術家的未來潛力？《一平方尺的天空》是藝術組合 foreign investment 的作品，組合由四位海外成員聯同四位香港年青藝術家：禤善勤、江永、打權及黃嘉瀛組成。他們以水彩繪畫香港的天空，並以樓價作為股價參考指標，製作成「天空股票」。Foreign investment 把生活與作品連結起來，為藝術定價提供一個新的考量。
為鼓勵觀眾對「藝術的價值」作深入的思考，這個計劃特別設有「會員制」，展覽期間亦舉辦一連串活動，鼓勵公眾與客席策展人、藝術家及講者一同參與有關藝術發展及收藏的討論
