Monthly Archives: January 2010

Colin Chinnery, director of ShContemporary, on future of Shanghai Art Fair – interview Artron

Posted on January 29, 2010

SHANGHAI ART FAIR INTERVIEW Colin Chinnery was in a precarious position as the new direction of ShContemporary, the Shanghai art fair, in 2009. The young art fair, having its 3rd incarnation in 2010, faced an uncertain future last year while the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business of art, Fairs, Interviews, Market watch, Professionals, Profiles, Shanghai | Tagged Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair, Asian art, Asian art fairs, Asian art market, Chinese art market, Colin Chinnery, Erin Wooters, Shanghai art fair, ShContemporary | Leave a comment

15 artists in Hanging Fire, first show of contemporary art from Pakistan in US – video

Posted on January 29, 2010

PAKISTANI ART IN UNITED STATES The Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan exhibition presented by the Asia Society Museum has recently wrapped up in New York City, but you can still get a taste for the show in this video, … Continue reading →

Posted in Melissa Chiu, Museum shows, Museums, New York, Pakistani, USA, Videos | Tagged Asia Society Museum, contemporary pakistani art, Erin Wooters, Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art From Pakistan, Melissa Chiu, Salma Hashmi | Leave a comment

A perspective on Viewpoints and Viewing Points – 2009 Asian Art Biennale

Posted on January 27, 2010

Writer for Art Radar Asia reflects on the exhibition Kate Nicholson, a Taiwan-based contributor to Art Radar Asia, writes about her favourite picks from Viewpoints and Viewing Points , the 2009 Asian Art Biennale exhibition, currently on show at the National … Continue reading →

Posted in Biennials, Events, From Art Radar, Reviews, Shows, Taiwan | Tagged Asian art, Hung Keung, jar of buttons, Kate Nicholson, Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, review, taiwan, Taiwanese, Takehito Koganezawa, Viewpoints and Viewing Points - 2009 Asian Art Biennale | 1 Comment

The ones to watch: four young Taiwanese artists in Taipei Arts Awards

Posted on January 27, 2010

Taipei Arts Awards celebrates works of talented up-and-comers Four winners have been selected from 380 submitted works in the Taipei Arts Awards 2009. Ni Xiang, Chang Li-ren, Chang Huei-ming and Tao Mei-yu won with large-scale mixed-media installation pieces. The judging … Continue reading →

Posted in Emerging artists, Events, Installation, Museums, Prizes, Professionals, Taiwan | Tagged art awards, Chang Huei-ming, Chang Li-ren, Emerging artists, Hsiao-yun Hsieh, installation art, Kao Chung-li, Kate Nicholson, Lu Hsien-ming, Manray Hsu, mixed-media art, Ni Xiang, Rita Chang, Taipei, Taipei Arts Awards 2009, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, taiwan, Taiwanese artists, Tao Mei-yu, Wang Jun-Jieh, Wu Chao-ying, Wu Ma-li, young artists | Leave a comment

What is Street Art? Vandalism, graffiti or public art- Part I

Posted on January 21, 2010

URBAN ART DEFINITIONS In recent years there has been an increasing interest in an ephemeral and viral form of art that is marking urban settings around the world, and has developed a flourishing sub-culture all its own. Now though, street … Continue reading →

Posted in Definitions, Graffiti, Open air, Profiles, Public art, Social, Street art, Urban | Tagged Appropriate Media, Banksy, Broken Window Theory, Erin Wooters, flash mobbing, gentrification, George Kelling, Graffiti, James Q. Wilson, mosaic art, public art, Queens Museum of Art, Shepard Fairey, stencil art, sticker art, street art, street installation, Tom Finkelpearl, vandalism, video projection, wood blocking, yarn bombing | 6 Comments

Touring Taiwan: 50 of Taiwan’s top artworks on display at the Busan Museum of Arts, Korea

Posted on January 21, 2010

Taiwan’s top painters represented in Touring Taiwan: Highlights from the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Collection As part of a cultural exchange between Taiwan and Korea, the Busan Museum of Art is currently showing Touring Taiwan: Highlights from the Taipei Fine … Continue reading →

Posted in Korea, Landscape, Museum shows, Museums, Nationalism, Painting, Social | Tagged Busan Museum of Art, Chinese brush painting, gouache painting, Kate Nicholson, Korea, oil painting, Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, taiwan, Taiwanese painters, Taiwanese scenic destinations, TFAM, Touring Taiwan: Highlights from the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts, watercolor painting, Yang San-lang, Yen Shui-long | Leave a comment

Top 6 research sources for contemporary Chinese art by Asian art history major

Posted on January 21, 2010

TOP BLOGS, BOOKS, NEWSPAPER SOURCES FOR CHINESE ART What do you read? What information are you looking for? Where do you find it? These are the questions on our lips every day when we talk with art world movers. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, China, Chinese, Lists, Research, Resources, Reviews, Scholars | Tagged art, Art Asia Pacific, art websites, Asia Art Archive, China, Chinese, Chinese art, Chinese contemporary art, contemporary art, contemporary art websites, e-flux, Research, Resources, Song Dong, sources Asian art, top books Asian art, top sources for Chinese contemporary art, top websites Asian art, Wu Hung, Zhang Huan | 2 Comments

{Inter}Viewing Possession with Leung Chi Wo, Hong Kong artist at Asia Art Archive – interview

Posted on January 19, 2010

HONG KONG ARTIST INTERVIEW The remarkable Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo explores the idea of possession and value in his fascinating installation exhibiton entitled {Inter}Viewing Possession, curated by Carl Cheng Chi-Ming and Livia Garcia. Leung Chi Wo is a … Continue reading →