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Topic Archives: East Asian
ART HK 12: Hong Kong artist Lee Kit wins ART FUTURES prize
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012
The 2012 ART FUTURES award was awarded to Hong Kong artist Lee Kit for his project Something in My Hands. The prize is given to an emerging artist represented by a young gallery.
Undiscovered Chinese photographers profiled in 88books’ hand-bound zines – resource alert
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Based in Vancouver, independent publisher 88books specialises in hand-bound zones profiling the work of up-and-coming young Chinese photographers.
Mongolian Mugi’s first Hong Kong solo: Rediscovering past lost to communism
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Mongolian artist Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav, also known as Mugi, recently concluded her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Her works commonly depict women and deal with the re-emergence of Mongolian heritage.
Ai Weiwei wins White Box award for “defending human rights against oppression”
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
During a benefit for New York non-profit art space White Box on 25 April 2012, dissident artist Ai Weiwei was awarded the first Richard J. Massey Award for Arts and Humanity.
Yeondoo Jung Prix Pictet prize photographs peer into Korean family homes
Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Shortlisted work by Yeondoo Jung, a leading Korean contemporary photographer, is part of a travelling exhibition for “Growth 2011″, the third theme for the Prix Pictet.
Stripping ‘Ophelia’ and more: 3 young Taiwanese new media artists in Hong Kong
Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Hong Kong-based gallery Input/Output (I/O) featured Taiwanese new media artists Yao Chung-Han, Lin Guan-Ming, and Chang Li-Ren in their show “Made in Taiwan”, which closed April 2012.
How Chinese performance artist Fang Lu uses food as artistic medium – Asia Art Archive interview
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
In an interview with Asia Art Archive (AAA) published in a recent newsletter, Chinese artist Fang Lu explains how she uses food as an artistic medium in her performance art.
Surreal Zhang Xiao photographs document changing Chinese coastline – picture feast
Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
“Coastline”, the award-winning photography series by Chinese emerging artist Zhang Xiao, examines the rapid changes occurring in the coastal cities of China.
Emerging Korean artist Rim Lee exhibits new surrealist works in Chicago
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Young Korean artist Rim Lee’s first solo exhibition, “Retrospective”, recently opened at Kasia Kay Art Projects gallery in Chicago.
Shanghai’s Birdhead combines poetry and photography for first London exhibition
Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART URBAN LIFE Paradise Row gallery in London is currently running a show of new work by Shanghai-based photography duo Birdhead. The exhibition, entitled, “Welcome to Birdhead World Again, London” will feature a site specific installation. It runs … Continue reading
Russian contemporary photography features at FotoFest 2012, Houston
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Now in its fourteenth edition, the FotoFest 2012 biennial “Contemporary Russian Photography” will run from 16 March to 29 April, 2012 in Houston, Texas.
Japanese Paramodel artists combine Vietnamese, Japanese toys in new work
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Japanese “art unit” Paramodel recently wrapped up their exhibition at the Japanese Foundation Centre in Hanoi, entitled “the plastic model of paramodel is paramodel”.
Valerie Doran curates STIGMATICS: cross-disciplinary project exploring body modification – event alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Valerie Doran’s interdisciplinary project STIGMATICS, aims to show the varied facets of body modification as it exists in our society and incorporates two exhibitions and a discussion forum.
Dafen Art Village, part II: Original art struggles in Shenzhen copy town – artist interview
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012
In the second part of our series on Dafen Art Village, we speak to Wang Zeng Chun to find out what it’s like for an original artist in an art district dedicated to copy-art.
Japanese artist Katsumi Hayakawa’s European debut at Micheko Gallery
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Japanese paper artist and sculptor Katsumi Hayakawa wrap up his first European solo exhibition, “Paper Works: New Horizons”, at the Micheko Galerie in Munich in February 2012.
Dafen Art Village, part I: From copy to creative in Shenzhen?
Posted on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In this first post in a two-part series reporting on the contemporary art scene in southern China, Art Radar takes a look at the art copy village of Dafen.
Art Radar’s 16 most-searched contemporary Asian artists, July to December 2011
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Art Radar‘s most-searched artists from June to December 2011. Ai Weiwei takes the number one spot and South Korean artists see a spike in popularity.
Louis Vuitton gets Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dots
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Marc Jacobs of Louis Vuitton continues to push fashion and art collaboration to the cutting edge as his partnership with the contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama proves.
Political spectre looms over Ai Weiwei Taiwan exhibition – round up
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
“Ai Weiwei absent” wrapped up at TFAM on 29 January 2012 after a three-month-long run. Art Radar takes a look at its reception and the political questions surrounding the show.
A look back at 1980s China-US art relationship – The Washington Post
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012
In an article published in The Washington Post in December 2011, Meredith Palmer talks about one of the first surveys of historical and American abstract paintings to head to China.
Leung Chi Wo’s identity art: words, buildings, bullet holes
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo’s first solo exhibition in London presents the artist’s reflections on how history is represented and interpreted.
First China solo exhibition for cut paper artist Bovey Lee – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
“Bloom: Cut Paper by Bovey Lee” was on display at the International Finance Centre in Shanghai and contained a dozen of the artist’s recent works, showcasing her stunning mastery of the traditional form.
Taipei Arts Awards 2011 win for mechanical installation artist Han-chih Liu
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A focus on machines and narrative drive has bagged Taiwanese artist Han-chih Liu (劉瀚之) the Grand Prize in the coveted Taipei Arts Awards for 2011.
New works by Xu Zhen’s MadeIn Company all about action
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
MadeIn artist collective held a solo exhibition of its new works titled Action of Consciousness which explored the concept of action.
Yang Fudong’s video installations a contemporary form of Chinese hand scrolls
Posted on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Yang Fudong sheds some light on his unique aesthetic through on explanation of the video works now on show at Spring Workshop and Osage in Hong Kong.
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