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50 x 100 cm | 20 x 39 in
2024

Echo-Marine marks an ambitious structural expansion in Tony Cheng’s practice, utilizing a grand two-panel diptych format to capture the immersive, all-enveloping nature of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Cheng notes that to truly experience the harbor, one cannot look in just one direction; rather, like riding the iconic Star Ferry, one is suspended within a magnificent 360-degree panorama. Designed from its inception as a diptych, the artwork presents both coastlines of the city horizon facing one another, enveloping the viewer in a singular architectural embrace. Cheng’s characteristically precise analytical ink linework grounds the coastal cityscapes, while the sky shifts into a serene, screen-printed canopy of cool blue geometric patterns. A new thematic element emerges along the coastlines, where rhythmic water patterns dance across the surface of the sea. Together, these elements harmonize to evoke a profound sense of coastal tranquility—mimicking the gentle, refreshing movement of a late morning breeze moving across the water.
