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Late Rabbit, 2010
Joey Leung Ka-yin
Hong Kong, b. 1976
Late Rabbit, 2010
Ink, color, biro, pencil on paper
Promised gift of the Foundation Ink
Late Rabbit has all the elements of a traditional Chinese painting—inscribed colophon, brocade mounting, mountainous landscape—but is created not with brush and silk, but pen on paper. The pattern of Joey Leung Ka-yin’s silk brocade is entirely hand-drawn; her inscription emulates a computer typeface. It reads:
Please forgive me your majesty
You know I am never late
I mistakenly took the wrong path
And was distracted by the flirtatious glances
like a group of jumping fleas
They threw me the sweetest “hello” I have ever heard
I fell headlong into their embrace
Then I lost my way and I didn’t know how to find it
That’s the reason why I am late
© 2021 Joey Leung Ka-yin, photo courtesy of the artist