Olympic vitality: Colour Diagram of Kinetic Energy by Canson Lau is one of the six artworks to be displayed at the Visual Arts Centre.

Six short-listed works of the Hong Kong regional phase of the Olympic Sport & Art Contest 2008 will be displayed at the Visual Arts Centre August 2 to 25.

Launched last December with an open invitation for entries, the Hong Kong regional phase of the contest was divided into a sculpture section and a graphic works section, and attracted 70 entries from 68 participants.

The panel short-listed six artworks in its first round of judging and selected two final winners in the second round.

Towards the Rainbow by To Shui-ming in the sculpture section and Colour Diagram of Kinetic Energy by Canson Lau in the graphic works section were put forward to represent Hong Kong in the international phase of the contest held in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The results were released on May 2 with artists from Slovakia and the Philippines winning the first prize in the graphic works and sculpture categories, while Towards the Rainbow was a runner-up.