HK$30 million work of art to be unveiled at MGS

Saturday 7th of November 2015

This year, for the first time, an art gallery will hold a central place on the Macao Gaming Show floor amid all the high-tech innovations that drive the casino and entertainment business in the city.

The Asian gaming industry’s premier exhibition will be displaying a HK$30 million-plus work of precious calligraphy art as its centerpiece at the exhibition.

The Tung Nga Gallery, an art gallery in Macau, will be exhibiting the works of a number of artists to its international audience at the Venetian Macao.

The main attraction at this creative booth will be the “10,000-metre Scroll Symbolising Long Life”, a masterpiece of Chinese calligraphy that its creator, Shen Hongyu, spent 15 years completing. Shen Hongyu, Board member of the Global Federation of Innovative Chinese Calligraphy and an expert in the visual arts, will be showcasing his recently completed masterpiece in what is set to be the most diverse and creative exhibition floor MGS has ever seen.

“10,000-metre Scroll Symbolising Long Life” consists of 100 volumes, each with the Chinese character ‘shou’ (meaning longevity) in 100 different styles. The scroll has a total of 10,000 examples of the character ‘shou’ written in different calligraphy styles, all of them executed by Shen, and embodying the spirit of Chinese traditional culture and a profound philosophical significance.

Fatima Nunes, secretary general of the trade association MGEMA, said: “This is an exciting departure for the show. The Tung Nga Gallery’s work has international appeal and is a perfect fit with the cultural development that the industry will be taking over the coming years. The Scroll is a major piece of art, but also an example that our industry is so much more than machines and games – the success of our business is based on its diversity and range of offerings to the visitor.”