Loktung Wong
Loktung Wong is a Hong Kong-born, self-taught artist whose surrealist works represent the complexity of human fragility.
Using an ink pen to create detailed drawings and raw textures, she explores how certain subjects can appear so simple, yet be so intricate once understood.
“In my work, I explore the depth and complexity of human fragility, hoping that viewers can feel more understood upon seeing my artworks.”
“It was my thirst for wanting to be understood myself that pushed me to simply draw. I find beauty in spotting textures that can evoke some sort of discomfort and rawness. Most recently, I’ve been using leaves drawn onto human bodies, so that when the viewer looks closely at the detail, they notice that there is so much distortion and brokenness – black blots, broken leaf skeletons, skeletons with no leaf skin – as if they are trying hard to survive.”
“I am learning and exploring how subjects assumed to be so simple can be so profound. My creativity is further fuelled by philosophy, poetry, film and music, especially those that also play with the unsettling and the smoothing together.”
“By using only an ink pen and my fingers to smudge, I have pushed the boundaries of my technique and am able to create raw textures such as the freckled moulds on a wall in Would You Please Touch My Face Like A Blind Person? (2023).”