30.5.–2.6.
opening event 30.5. 18–20
artist talk 1.6. 14–15

In his solo exhibition at Lou, Helsinki-based Hong Kong artist Oscar CHAN Yik Long (b.1988) shows a selection of drawings from his upcoming artist book with the same title, published by Bored Wolves in Krakow, Poland, and designed by Samuli Saarinen.

Stefan Lorenzutti, the publisher and editor of the book, writes:

“The exhibition and the upcoming book embrace the pantheon of reincarnated souls embedded within
him through ink-and-wash paintings. His process was guided by the rolls of a die used to connect
individuals he has known and encountered in past lives—parents and siblings, relatives and ancestors,
friends and enemies, lovers—to his present-life body. Who formed his throat? Who grew into his tongue? Who paired as lungs? Who became skin, muscle, bone, or blood?

Oscar’s efforts were ultimately about a form of spiritual atonement in pursuit of physiological harmony for a body facing numerous afflictions: ‘Through my artwork, I wanted to let the people within me know that, regardless of the tragedies or conflicts that divided us in the past, I have come to terms with everything that happened between us. I sincerely apologize, I express gratitude, I forgive and send love.’”