What I like about Poon's work :
The use of a stretched aluminum wire under Poon's canvas seems to subvert the practice of creating illusionistic depth which is commonly used to fool viewers into thinking that a three dimensional space exists inside the canvas . Poon instead uses the aluminum wire to push out certain parts of the canvas, literally creating a third dimension that exists outside the canvas. In addition, what makes the work interesting is the symbiotic relationship between both the three dimensionality of the physical work and two dimensionality of the painting applied on the canvas - If one takes a closer look one would notice that Poon has subtly and very meticulously added "false" shadows by painting grey areas which seamlessly blend into the canvas ,along the edges of the protruding wire. This helps to accentuate the voluminous folds in the work which would not have been visually possible considering the limit to which the canvas can only be stretched. The three dimensional appearance of this work is thus a successful use of both sculpture and painting.