Constant overexertion slowly drains the self. Letting go would break the long-built sense of identity. To sustain the continuity of daily life is merely to force the old contours back together in a fragile adhesion, while the interior has long since become hollow.

This showcase comes from Kan Kin Kin’s long experience caring for family members during illness. It captures the specific emotional and mental state of that time. On canvas, he replaces consolation or resistance with silence.

Kan Kin Kin seeks to understand the structure and emotional tension of this experience through painting. He renders a series of interior scenes and still lifes in oil. The reference images are first printed on a home printer into rough, distorted versions, then transferred onto canvas with soft, barely discernible brushstrokes. This process softens the originally sharp outlines, forming planar spaces imbued with feeling and evoking an atmosphere at once intimate and alienating.

Gallery address: Unit 707, 7/F, Block B, Po Lung Centre, 11 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay