The Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) opened its annual exhibition “APMCACE Comics 2025 + Hong Kong Machines” yesterday, which will be held until August 23, featuring around 60 works by Macau and Hong Kong artists, according to a FRC statement yesterday.
Co-organised by the Association of Promoting Macau Comics and Animation Cultural Exchange (APMCACE), the exhibition is being held in two parts at the gallery. The first week, from yesterday to Saturday, features the “Comics 2025” collective edition with about 30 new works by five local artists: Leung Wai Ka (梁偉家), Nasu (茄子/ナス), Vincent Ho (湖水藍), Yeung Siu (蓮生) and ST, the statement said.
The statement added that the second week, from August 19 to 23, will see the first exhibits replaced with around 30 works by renowned Hong Kong artist Felix Ip (葉偉青), former creative and movie director for Imagi Animation Studios and Unicorn Animation Studios. Meanwhile, the formal opening ceremony will take place next Tuesday at 4 p.m., with Ip in attendance.
Curated by APMCACE President Howard Chan (陳兆銘), the second week’s showcase “Hong Kong Machines” highlights Ip’s career as a comic artist, illustrator, animation director, and art toy designer, the statement noted.
The statement highlighted that Ip’s works include “Zentrix,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Astroboy,” and “Monkey King Reloaded”, as well as his martial arts novel adaptation “Blood and Steel”, which won the Best Adult Comic Golden Dragon Award in 2012, while his 2019 artbook “HongKong Machines 1” earned the Best Artbook Award in the Asia Pacific Animation & Comics category.
With free admission, the gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays.
These photos taken yesterday show some of the exhibits of the ongoing “APMCACE Comics 2025 + Hong Kong Machines” exhibition at the Rui Cunha Foundation (FRC) gallery in Avenida da Praia Grande. – Photos: Khalel Vallo
