Morgan O’Hara’s “LIVE TRANMISSION in Taiwan” limited edition catalogs now on view at Hong Kong Book Fair
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American performance artist Morgan O’Hara’s catalog “LIVE TRANSMISSION in Taiwan,” published in limited edition by Nunu Fine Art, will be displayed at 3F-F04 at 2018 Hong Kong Book Fair. The 29th Hong Kong Book Fair hosted by HKTDC is held during July 18-24 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre while attracting 39 countries and 680 exhibitors to take part in.On the theme, “Romance Literature”, Hong Kong Book Fair holds about 310 activities that allow readers to savor the exquisite writings and emotional burst in literatures, and enjoy the fun of reading while soaking in the magic of words.
Born and works in Los Angeles, US, Morgan O’Hara is proficient at capturing the happening and the existence of things with bold pencil strokes. She portraits instant movements that are hard to notice with our naked eye vividly onto papers with continuous lines. In 2017, Nunu Fine Art invited O’Hara to create a series of works in Taiwan and published her catalog “LIVE TRANSMISSION in Taiwan” in limited edition. This catalogs embodied her life observation in Taiwan. Aside from her creations based on local images such as Taiwan’s factories, fields, and vendors, the catalog also recorded her quick sketch made in the event “Morgan O'Hara Live Transmission: Friday Night Kitchen” held at Nunu Fine Art. O’Hara considered her artwork “Live Transmission in Taiwan” as a record of time that presents life through her unique language formed between Concrete and Abstract expressions.
Morgan O’Hara’s creations stemmed from transformative lines have also extended to her writing project today. Since the inauguration ceremony of Trump in July 2017, O'Hara has launched a monthly held "Handwriting the Constitution" campaign. Through the writing of the Constitution, she applied the writing that used to be part of her personal creation, and extended it into an artistic social practice with the participation of the general public. Morgan O’Hara believes that people can create identity and form connection with the words and contents by handwriting, and even find moving or thought-provoking context that they have never noticed. She hopes to encourage the public to read in details by transcribing words, and in turn arouse the awareness of American citizenship and human rights.
