70, 49, 23. What is the significance of these numbers?

70 and 23 are decades packed with passionate undertakings — exploring, working, dreaming, making, playing, adventuring. Yes, Ms. Sin Sin Man turns 70 this October. And Sin Sin Fine Art enters its 23rd year. How does one distill decades so full of energetic, productive life? Populated with art, beauty, and friendship. Charged with challenges, setbacks, and victories big and small.

49. This is what Sin Sin arrived at, intuitively. Without conscious planning, day in and day out, she worked on her new body of work — a meditative rhythm growing naturally as she developed her own unique technique. It is labour-intensive, crafted entirely by hand: meticulous, endless pleats, layer upon layer of paint. Even colour came to her intuitively, driven by a ferocious hunger. By the time she decided the work was done, she counted what she had made. There were 49 pieces — small, yet sculptural.

In the I Ching, an ancient Chinese philosophy, 49 is the number of active yarrow stalks used in traditional divination, and it corresponds to Hexagram 49 — Ge (革), “Molting,” or “Revolution.” The hexagram pairs the trigram for Lake above Fire below: water and fire acting upon one another, destroying and transforming in turn. It describes a boiling point, a moment when old structures must give way. Like an animal shedding its skin, it marks a natural cycle — releasing the old to make room for necessary, profound renewal. At once, Sin Sin realised that the concept of 49 — Ge (革) is what she’s been working on all along.

What a fitting concept for Sin Sin, who has never stopped courageously remaking herself. Through every challenge, she has grown steadier, more assured — mastering her materials, mastering her technique — and yet she remains open, unguarded, ready to change again. Mastery, for her, has never meant settling.

Sin Sin contains multitudes. She moves through many modes, each entirely her own — playful, in the exuberance of her new colour work; restless, even in black and white. Her latest pieces seem simple at a glance. Look closer, though, and there’s depth, intensity, a pulse beneath the surface. Quiet. Concentrated. Waiting.

Solar Return.

— Lie Fhung

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70、49、23。這些數字意味著甚麼？

70 與 23，承載著數十年來滿懷熱情的實踐——探索、工作、夢想、 創造、玩樂與冒險。是的，冼倩文將於今年十月迎來 70 歲，而 Sin Sin Fine Art 亦踏入第 23 年。如此充滿能量與創造力的歲月，要如何將其凝聚、提煉？其中有藝術、美與友誼，也有挑戰、挫折，以及大大小小的勝利。

49。這是 Sin Sin 憑直覺抵達的數字。沒有刻意計劃，她日復一日地投入新作品。隨著她發展出自己獨特的技法，創作自然形成一種冥想般的節奏。整個過程極為耗費心力，全然以雙手完成：細密而彷彿無盡的褶皺，以及一層又一層的顏料。色彩亦從直覺中自然生發，由一股強烈的渴望所驅動。當她終於決定這批作品已完成的時候，回頭一數，才發現一共創作了 49 件體量雖小，卻蘊含著雕塑般力量的作品。

在中國古老哲學經典《易經》中，49 是傳統蓍草占筮中實際用於演算的蓍草數目，亦對應第 49 卦「革」，意指「蛻變」或「變革」。革卦上兌下離，澤在火上：水與火彼此作用，在消解與轉化之間交替。它描述的是一個沸點，一個舊有結構必須讓位的時刻。如同動物蛻去舊皮，它標誌著一個自然循環，放下舊有之物，為必要而深刻的更新騰出空間。就在那一刻，Sin Sin 意識到，49 卦「革」，原來正是她一直以來在作品中探索的核心。

「革」一直存在於 Sin Sin 的創作與生命之中。她從未停止勇敢地重塑自己，經歷每一次挑戰，她變得更沉著、更篤定。掌握材料、技法，卻依然保持開放，隨時準備迎接下一次轉變。對她而言，純熟從來不意味著安於現狀。

Sin Sin 身上有著多重面貌。她遊走於不同的創作語言之間，卻始終保有獨屬於自己的氣質。新近的色彩作品洋溢著玩味與奔放；即使 在黑與白之中，仍帶著一股不安於靜止的能量。她最新的作品乍看簡約，然而走近細看，便會發現其中細膩的層次與內在張力，以及表面之下隱隱躍動的脈搏。寂靜。凝聚。等待。

復始。

— 李楓

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