Monthly Archives: March 2011

Art review revamp needed? Hyperallergic questions form’s relevance

Posted on March 24, 2011

Does the traditional art review need to reach audiences beyond art world boundaries? Is there a place for art reviewing in mass media? Art blog Hyperallergic questions.

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Posted in Art and the community, Overviews | Tagged Al Jazeera, art books, art critic, art criticism, art critics, art review, art reviewers, art world institutions, art writer, art writers, art writing, challenging art world institutions, CNN, critical art writing, Global Networks, Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic, literary form, Mark Lombardi, Should We Kill the Traditional Art Review?, Some Critics, traditional art review, William Powhida | Leave a comment

2 Japanese video artists at Auckland Arts Festival 2011 – profile

Posted on March 24, 2011

Ko Nakajima and Kentaro Taki exhibited new video installations as part of the Visual Art programme of the Auckland Arts Festival 2011. We profile the artists and their work.

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Posted in Environment, Festivals, Installation, Japanese, Kentaro Taki, Ko Nakajima, Mass media, Nature, New media, New Zealand, Technology, Video | Tagged 3D new media sculpture, Agency for Cultural Affairs, art history of Asia, art workshop, artist lecture, artist talk, Asian art history, Asian new media art, Asian new media artists, Asian video art, Asian video artists, Auckland arts festival, Auckland Arts Festival 2011, Australia, AUT University, Bild: Müll, Bild: Müll #7 - He para, blood, Butoh, city, Cook Islands, Cuba, cubes, e-waste, earth, Elena Nikolaeva, Five Elements, gallery performances, gallery shows, HFG-Karlsruhe / ZKM, Intermedia, Japanese culture, Japanese new media art, Japanese new media artists, Japanese video art, Japanese video artists, JVC, kaleidoscope, Kawaguchi Art School, Kentaro Taki, Ko Nakajima, Living in the Box, Maori, Musashino Art University, nature, New Media Art, new media artists, new media installations, new media performances, new technology, New Zealand, Phil Dadson, plants, POLA Art Foundation, RANGITOTO, Sony, South Africa, South America, St Paul St Gallery, Tama Art University, Tao Installation, Taoism, Taoist philosophy, Taoist theory, television, Television New Zealand, the Internet, three-dimensional new media sculpture, traditional Maori belief system, traditional Maori religion, TV2, TVNZ, UK, urban spaces, Video, video art workshop, video installations, Video Life, video performances, VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo, WASEDA University, water | Leave a comment

3 out of 5 Sharjah Biennial 10 prizes go to Asian visual artists

Posted on March 24, 2011

We highlight the three Asian visual artists that have been honoured in the Sharjah Biennial Prize for 2011. A Pakistani miniaturist took out the top prize.

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Posted in Middle East, Prizes, Sharjah | Tagged art prizes, Asian art prizes, Asian biennials, Best Emering Artist, Biennials, Blessings Upon the Land of my Love, contemporary art prizes, Fossils, Home on Neutral Ground, Imran Qureshi, installation art, Jalal Toufic, Lebanese art, Lebanese artists, Lebanese contemporary art, Lebanese contemporary artists, Lebanese video artist, Lebanese writer, miniature art, miniature artists, mixed media, Mother and Son: A Tribute to Alexander Sokurov, Pakistani art, pakistani artists, pakistani contemporary art, Pakistani contemporary artists, Pakistani miniaturist, Rayyane Tabet, Sharjah, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah Biennial Prize, site-specific art, video artists, West Asian biennials | Leave a comment

Street artist JR covers Shanghai with wrinkly faces – video

Posted on March 24, 2011

In 2010, huge wrinkly faces of elderly Shanghai residents began appearing in various parts of the city. Watch a video on this project created by artist JR.

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Posted in European, Photography, Shanghai, Street art, Videos | Tagged 8th Shanghai Biennale, biennale, Cultural Revolution, elderly, elderly people, elderly Shanghai residents, French artists, French photographers, Graffiti, Great Leap Forward, Inside Out, JR, Los Angeles, Magda Danysz, Magda Danysz Gallery, news reports, photograffeur, photographic prints, photography, Portraits of a Generation, shanghai, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Biennale 2010, spain, street art, the Bund, The Wrinkles of the City by JR, urban art, urban centres, Women Are Heroes, wrinkles, Wrinkles of the City, Yasmin Chilmeran | Leave a comment

Sri Lankan art on map with Pala Pothupitiye’s 2010 Sovereign Asian Art Prize win

Posted on March 18, 2011

Sri Lankan artist Pala Pothupitiye has been awarded the 2010 Sovereign Asian Art Prize and has vowed to use the prize money to help raise awareness of Sri Lankan art.

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Posted in Pala Pothupitiye, Prizes, Sri Lankan | Tagged 2010 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, art awards, art prize, art prize money, art prize winners, art prizes, artist awards, artist prizes, Asian art prize, charity art auctions, charity art awards, charity art events, charity art organisations, colour pencil, contemporary art awards, contemporary art prize winners, contemporary art prizes, David Elliott, David Tang, Drawing, Fumio Nanjo, Howard Bilton, Jaffna, Jaffna Map, Julius Baer, Lars Nittve, mapping, maps, Pala Pothupitiye, pen, pencil, private banking group, Sinhala Lions, South Asian artists, Sovereign Art Foundation, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan art, Sri Lankan artists, Sri Lankan city, Sri Lankan contemporary art, Sri Lankan contemporary artists, Swiss private banking group, Tamil Tigers, Tan Boon Hui, Xu Bing | 1 Comment

Get clued-up on Taiwanese art: Art Island profiles 200+ artists

Posted on March 16, 2011

Interested in Taiwanese art but struggle to find information? Art Island is a new publication that holds 200+ artist biographies.

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Posted in Books, East Asian, Overviews, Promoting art, Resources, Taiwanese | Tagged Aki Gallery, art books, art education, art fairs, Art Island, Art Island: An Archive of Taiwan Contemporary Artists, Art Link, art resources, book publication process, book publishing, Chen Chieh-Jen, Chen Hsing-Wan, Chen Shun-Chu, Chen Tai-Sung, Chinese art market, contemporary art books, contemporary art education, contemporary art resources, Council for Cultural Affairs, Der Horng Art Gallery, Diingwuu Wu, Dynasty Art Gallery, Emerging artists, emerging contemporary artists, emerging Taiwanese artists, Frank Liu, Galerie Grand Siecle, global art market, Globalisation, globalisation of art, globalisation of art market, globalised art market, hotel art fairs, Hu Yung-Fen, international art fairs, international art market, international art promotion, Japanese hotel art fairs, Kate Nicholson, Ku Shih-Yung, Li Jiun-Yang, Photo Taipei, Ping Lin, senior contemporary artists, Shen Chao-Liang, Sophie McIntyre, Taiwan Contemporary Art Link, Taiwanese art collectors, Taiwanese art fairs, Taiwanese art market, Taiwanese contemporary art, Taiwanese contemporary art collectors, Taiwanese contemporary artists, Taiwanese hotel art fairs, TCAL, Walis Labai, Wu Chieh-Hsiang, Wu Chieh-Shiang, YAT, YAT 2011, Young Art Taipei, Young Art Taipei 2011, young contemporary artists, young contemporary Taiwanese artists, young Taiwanese art collectors, young Taiwanese artists | 3 Comments

Startlets born? Hong Kong portrait exhibit spotlights 6 top artists

Posted on March 16, 2011

Is the line between artists and celebrities blurring? A portrait photography exhibition in Hong Kong shows top artists as a subject.

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Posted in Artists as celebrities, China, Gallery shows, Hong Kong, Photography | Tagged 2P Contemporary Art Gallery, artists as celebrities, celebrity artists, Chinese artists, Collective Subconscious, contemporary art trends, Damien Hirst, French photographers, Hiram To, Ho Siu Kee, Hong Kong artists, Hong Kong ArtWalk, Hong Kong ArtWalk 2011, Hong Kong contemporary art exhibitions, Hong Kong photographers, Hong Kong photography, Hong Kong photography exhibitions, I'll Be Your Mirror, Kacey Wong, Liu Ye, photography exhibitions, portrait photography, portraiture, startlets, Virgile Simon Bertrand, Yin Xiu Zhen, Zhu Wei | 1 Comment

Was Nam June Paik’s Tate Liverpool show information overload? Critics report

Posted on March 16, 2011

Nam June Paik, a Tate Liverpool retrospective celebrating the late artist’s career, wound up in March 2011. We’ve picked out a few of the best critic quotes.

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