Monthly Archives: May 2011

Taiwanese digital photographer Wu Tien-chang’s figures are limbless and costumed

Posted on May 11, 2011

Formerly an oil painter, Taiwanese-born Wu Tien-chang’s fascination with reincarnation, karma and national identity has lead him to create unsettling “digital paintings.”

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Posted in Death, East Asian, Historical art, Identity art, Nationalism, New media, Oil, Photography, Political, Social, Spiritual, Taiwanese, Wu Tien-chang | Tagged contemporary Taiwanese art, contemporary Taiwanese artists, digital manipulation, digital painting, digital paintings, digital photography, digital print, Identity art, image manipulation, Joan Lebold Cohen, Juan I-jong, karma, Kate Nicholson, nationalistic art, Never Relax Morning and Night, painting-photographs, photographic paintings, political art, Reincarnation, Religious art, Shock Shot, social art, Soho Photo Gallery, Taiwan Culture Portal, Taiwanese art, Taiwanese artists, Taiwanese contemporary art, Taiwanese contemporary artists, Taiwanese identity, Taiwanese search for identity, The History of Chinese Photography, Wu Tien-chang, Wu Tien-chang's digital artworks seek the essence of Taiwan's soul, Yali Chen | Leave a comment

How to exhibit, collect and preserve new media art – resource alert

Posted on May 11, 2011

New media art collection is on the rise. But how do you look after it? We delve into EAI’s “Online Resource Guide for Exhibiting, Collecting & Preserving Media Art” to find out.

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Posted in Electronic art, New media, Preservation, Resources, Video | Tagged Alice Nava, art preservation, Art Radar, art resource, artist intent, Betacam, collecting, collecting art, collecting contemporary art, collecting digital art, collecting electronic art, collecting new media art, collecting video art, date storage, DVCAM, dvd, EAI, Electronic art, environmental factors, exhibiting, galleries, Independent Media Arts Preservation, installation, iPod, limited editions, MOMA, Museums, New Art Trust, New media, playback device, preserving, preserving digital art, preserving new media art, preserving video art, programming, SFMOMA, single channel video, suneditioned, Tate, time based installation, Video, video art collectors, video tape | Leave a comment

Art Basel has continents covered with ART HK buy-out – press release

Posted on May 11, 2011

We publish the press release announcing the sale of ART HK to MCH Group, the company that manages both Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach.

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Posted in Fairs, Globalisation | Tagged Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, art fair buy-outs, art fairs, Art HK, art world buy-outs, art world company buy-outs, art world company takeovers, Asian art fairs, Asian Art Fairs Ltd, Asian contemporary art fairs, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Magnus Renfrew, market watch, MCH Group, MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., press release, René Kamm, Tim Etchells | 1 Comment

Art Radar journalism certificate course teaches you to write about art

Posted on May 4, 2011

As a student of the Art Radar Certificate in Art Journalism and Writing, you will learn the ins and outs of the writing about contemporary art.

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Posted in From Art Radar, Resources | Tagged art course, art education, art school, art writing, art writing school, become a journalist, Certificate in Art Journalism and Writing, editing training, from Art Radar, how to copy edit, how to edit, how to get published, how to write, journalism course, journalist training, learn journalism, learn to write about art, online journalism, online writing education, online writing school, writing certification, writing course, writing for the Internet, writing online, writing school | Leave a comment

National Art Gallery Singapore offers tantalising tidbits on Southeast Asian master artists

Posted on May 4, 2011

Learn more about Southeast Asian master artists with little effort. Find out how, with the click of your mouse, you can delve into National Art Gallery, Singapore’s collection.

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Posted in Art and the Internet, Promoting art, Resources, Southeast Asian, Website | Tagged art and the Internet, art collector resources, art education, art gallery education, art museum education, art resources, art websites, Artwork of the moment, collector resources, Internet art education, Kate Nicholson, online art education, online art education games, online art games, online art resources, public art education, Resources, Southeast Asian art, Southeast Asian art masters, Southeast Asian artists, Southeast Asian master artists, The National Art Gallery Singapore | Leave a comment

Good fences make good artists – short thought

Posted on May 4, 2011

Art Radar founder Kate Cary Evans explores how art creation and ingenuity is affected by cultural boundaries in the first of our ongoing series of “short thoughts”.

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Posted in From Art Radar, Short thought | Tagged community and culture, culture, evolution of art, evolution of culture, Kate Cary Evans, protect culture | 5 Comments

Can’t buy North Korean art outside DPRK? Mansudae branch in Beijing – Leap magazine

Posted on May 4, 2011

A North Korea has set up shop in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone. Mansudae Art Studio Museum is critiqued in an article by China-based Leap magazine, which we summarise.

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Posted in Asia expands, Beijing, China, East Asian, Korean, Socialist realism | Tagged 798 Art Zone, Art Room, Beijing art galleries, Beijing galleries, Daedong River in February, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, DPRK-Italy 1-0 World Cup 1966, embroidery, Frontier, Ham Yong Hyok, Han Song Gyu, Kate Nicholson, Kim Hyon Myong, Kim Jong-il, Korean Art Gallery, Korean jewel painting, Korean painting, Leap, Leap magazine, Long Live Mansudae, MAK Museum, Mansudae Art Studio, Mansudae Art Studio Museum, Mansudae Creation Company, North Korean art, North Korean art galleries, North Korean artists, North Korean embroidery, North Korean propaganda, North Korean propaganda art, oil painting, Painting, Pyongyang, Song Jae Chol, state-approved art, watercolour painting, Winzavod Gallery, woodcut | 2 Comments

Contemporary Art in the Middle East – a first book survey

Posted on May 4, 2011

Between its well-designed covers, Contemporary Art in the Middle East presents a comprehensive survey of West Asian art and artists. Art Radar reviews.

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