Participating artists:
Amy Tang Wing-yin
Jeremy Ip
Rivian Cheung Wing-yan

Curated by Joyce Hei-ting Wong

Alisan Atelier is pleased to present The Remains of Our Days, bringing together artists Amy Tang,
Jeremy Ip, and Rivian Cheung. This exhibition marks our first collaboration with curator Joyce
Hei-ting Wong, and it’s also the first time we are showcasing these three talented artists at the
gallery.

The artists share a unique interest in the overlooked aspects of our daily lives, drawing
inspiration from everything from floor stains to peeling walls and wild weeds. They explore the
messages embedded in what we often discard or forget. Through their creative use of gesture,
colour, and materials, they craft contemporary visual stories that touch on themes of
consumption, waste, resistance, decay, and regeneration.

Marking Sites and Histories

Amy Tang Wing-yin (b. 1990), based in Kwu Tung - an area in the northern New Territories of
Hong Kong bordering Shenzhen, has been painting from a repurposed tin shed that once served
as her father’s woodworks factory. This environment fuels her creativity, inspiring her to capture
the tension between the natural world and human development. Though her paintings are
abstract, they convey a distinct visual language filled with frantic brushstrokes and unsteady
forms, inviting viewers to consider our place in an ever-changing urban landscape.

Recording Multiple Subjectivities

For Jeremy Ip (b. 1989), painting is a way to experience the world from different perspectives.
He treats everyday scenarios as configurations of lines and colours, embracing abstraction for
its limitless possibilities. Although the titles of Ip’s paintings come in very specific narrative
prompts, such as They aren’t waiting (2025), the imagery is always ambiguous. This ambiguity
is created through a highly controlled and time-consuming process that gradually shapes an
image through countless layers of colour. There are always unexpected effects and
consequences in this process that Ip must embrace, and a work is only complete when the
scheme of variation and decisions on the canvas reaches a certain balance or saturation. The
artist’s results are often viscous forms, dense veneers, and variegated patinas that exude a quiet
but palpable presence. His works, in their ambiguity, invite us to notice the small details of life
that often go unnoticed.

Tracing Time in Matter

Rivian Cheung Wing-yan (b.1993), trained in sculpture, explores diverse natural materials and
the inherent languages contained within. In her exploration, Cheung also learns related
traditional crafts, such as paper making, bamboo weaving and woodwork. Many of her works
are experiments in technique and materiality, such as Trial Piece C60St90>C100St50 (2025),
which is titled using a self-invented coding system based on colour, texture, structure, time, and
other variables that affect the work’s final appearance. For this exhibition, Cheung’s bold new
sculptures including those made from discarded furniture, plant fibres and papier-mâché, reflect
on themes of time, loss, and memory.

Together, these artists engage in practices that reflect the marks we leave on the world. Inspired
by Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Remains of the Day, this exhibition encourages us to reflect on
what we leave behind and what will stay with us as we move forward.

Artists & the curator will be present at the opening
RSVP assistant@alisan.com.hk