For this latest exhibition, Ms Wan transformed a range of children’s toys, from yellow rubber ducks to a Buzz Lightyear doll, into ceramic items. Through Tung Zan Baak Fo, Ms Wan aims to reveal how art pieces are monetised, and how they can be converted to deliver humanistic care. By donating to a specified charity, visitors can obtain tokens to exchange for a piece of art, demonstrating the interchangeability of artwork and social care."

The perplexed viewer needs only to return to the title of this work – Tou Tou Shi Tao, a common expression that describes things being done in a methodical manner. The fact is: this phrase originated from Zen Buddhists, who meant to assert that the Tao is present everywhere. Perhaps we do not need to look elsewhere for the Tao. It may very well be reflected in these plump, earthen heads. Looking carefully at this group of busts, they are of roughly equal, but the pedestals differ in shape. Some show crease-like imprints of the original package, and others a dent at the corner. Li’s love for her medium allows her to accept such ‘unsightly’ imperfections. Susceptibility to damage at any stage of the process is as much a part of its charm as its pliability, just as the packaging and transportation is as much a part of the process as the kneading or firing. When kneading the busts, Li could not bear to casually discard any lump of clay. Whether the clay becomes a bald and bearded man, or a fat housewife who has combed her hair into buns, it is the interaction between the state of the clay and the finger movements that turns earth into these free-spirited busts.

Yuen Chi, a scholar who studies Hong Kong’s tourism history, says that the photobook, like this, shows that the European elites had a more profound sense of belonging to the city and were willing to share the many attractions with others.

The Sincere Department Store was one of the first department stores established in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1900 by Ying Piu Ma (馬應彪) (1864-1944) and his business partners. The name ‘sincere’, with its connotation of honesty, was adopted as the company's guiding philosophy. Ying Piu Ma introduced modern Western retailing concepts to the store—it was the first store in China to employ female shop assistants and to adopt a fixed-price policy and issue receipts to customers.

Ma was determined to gather highly skilled artisans to produce high-quality merchandise under his own brand, and the silver items were considered on par with the best offerings from Chinese export silver retailers.