《麻將》, 裝置   Mahjong, installation, dimensions variable, 2003

 
 

"Chow Chun-fai's Mahjong is one of the most successful mixed media construction/sculptural pieces in the Biennial. A round mahjong table with round seats set up with round-shaped (unusable!) mahjong pieces is one of the most absurdist pieces in the exhibition – this work, although simple, has an anarchic spirit that is lacking in most of the elaborate video and videoed performance pieces seen in the Biennial's upper gallery. Why this piece – because its subject matter is mahjong? – has been placed alongside traditional calligraphy is a mystery. It should be given centre-stage in the Biennial's main gallery."

--written by John Batten, "Hong Kong Biennial 2003", 16th January 2004