Calligraphic painting fetches half of total contribution
Art is food for the soul, but it has acquired fresh meaning for Operation Santa Claus after developer Sino Group raised HK$200,000 with help from its pioneering art exhibition.
Half of the HK$200,000 was a direct donation by Sino Group and the rest was generated through the Art in Hong Kong exhibition, which ended on January 2 at Central Plaza.
The exhibition auctioned off a calligraphic painting, A Motto by Mother Teresa, by ophthalmologist-artist-philanthropist Dominic Lam Man-kit.
The highest bid was HK$100,000. Dr Lam, a former Harvard professor, invented the painting process called 'chromoskedasic painting' or 'nano art' in 1980, which creates colour images using only materials for black and white photography.
Operation Santa Claus, in its 21st year, is co-sponsored by the South China Morning Post and RTHK. It is benefiting 13 charities this year plus the SCMP Homes for Hope Project, which is raising funds for Sichuan earthquake victims.
