Monthly Archives: February 2010

"The Empire Strikes Back – Indian art Today" at Saatchi Gallery: critics' review roundup

Posted on February 24, 2010

INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART “The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today” opened on 28 January 2010 at Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London. It has received attention from critics interested in both the cultural implications of contemporary Indian art in British society … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia expands, Atul Dodiya, Bharti Kher, Consumerism, Gallery shows, Heart art, Indian, Jitish Kallat, Light, London, Overviews, Political, Rashid Rana, Reviews, Robot, Saatchi, Sculpture, Shows, UK, Words | Tagged Adrian Searle, An Absence of Assignable Cause, Arabian Delight, art, art market, art news, Asian art, Atul Dodiya, Ben Luke, Bharti Kher, Chitra Ganesh, Colin Gleadall, contemporary art, Fool's House, Huma Mulji, Indian art, Indian contemporary art, installation, Jitish Kallat, JJ Charlesworth, Joanna Pitman, Mark Sheerin, Peter Aspden, post-colonialism, Probir Gupta, Public Notice 2, Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi, sculpture, Subodh Gupta, Tallur LN, The Empire Strikes Back, Tushar Joag | Leave a comment

First New York exhibition for celebrated Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak

Posted on February 24, 2010

THAI FEMINIST ART Pinaree Sanpitak, artistic chameleon and feminist artist, will hold her first New York exhibition, Quietly Floating, at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in March this year. Sanpitak is a prolific and celebrated Thai artist who takes her inspiration … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminist art, Gallery shows, Illustration, New York, Painting, Sculpture, Thai, USA, Women power | Tagged 100 Tonson Gallery, Breast Stupa Cookery, Breasts and Clouds, California, Drawing, feminist, illustration, Kate Nicholson, Montalvo Arts Center, new york, Painting, Pinaree Santipak, Quietly Floating, sculpture, Thailand, Tyler Rollins Fine Art | Leave a comment

Animamix Biennial – an alternative biennial pushes aesthetic of comic art – interview curator Victoria Lu

Posted on February 16, 2010

ANIMATION ART BIENNIAL The Animamix Biennial is unique. The first was held in 2007, organised by Victoria Lu, an experienced curator and the Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. This years show, also curated by Lu, spans four … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime, Beijing, Biennials, Body, Brands, Brazilian, Cartoon, Celebrity art, China, Conceptual, Consumerism, Curators, Emerging artists, Fantasy art, Guangzhou, Illustration, International, Interviews, Japanese, Manga, Museum shows, Pop art, Professionals, Shanghai, Taiwan, Takashi Murakami, Technology, Toys, Urban, Video game art | Tagged animamix, Animamix Biennial, animation, comics, emerging, Fiction.Love, Guangdong Museum of Art, Kate Nicholson, MOCA Shanghai, MOCA Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Oscar Oiwa, Takashi Murakami, Today Art Museum, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Victoria Lu | Leave a comment

Three sculptors who influenced the Taiwanese art landscape: Yang Ying-feng, Ju Ming and Pu Hao-ming

Posted on February 9, 2010

PUSHING TAIWANESE SCULPTURE INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT A recent article published in Taiwan News profiles three highly influential Taiwanese sculptors, old generation artists Yang Ying-feng and Ju Ming, and contemporary craftsman Pu Hao-ming. These sculptors have contributed much to art … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhist art, Human body, Sculpture | Tagged A Girl Playing in the Sand, Asakura Fumio, Chinese Cultural University, Expo'70, Female Rider, Flower of Life, Fu Hsi Shih, Fu-jen Catholic University, Higher When You Look Up, Japan, Ju Ming, Juming Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kate Nicholson, Living World Series, National Museum of History, Portrait of My Mother, Pu Hao-ming, Pu Tien-sheng, Sao Paulo Art Biennial, sculpture, Sudden Rain, Taichi Series, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Yang Ying-feng, Yang Yu-yu | 1 Comment

Fotan 2010 – a growing cluster of art studios in Hong Kong

Posted on February 9, 2010

HONG KONG ART STUDIOS Fo Tan is a place that you might not be able to name straight away when speaking of Hong Kong’s local art. However, this fading industrial district is home to more than 50 art studios and … Continue reading →