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Topic Archives: Chinese
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chinese artists Wang Qiang and Zhu Zi at White Space Beijing – picture feast
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Work by two Chinese artists, Wang Qiang and his younger countryman Zhu Zi, are showing at White Space Beijing until 15 January 2012.
Christie’s ‘Faces of New China’ Private Collection Sale underperforms amidst art market slowdown
Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Christie’s Hong Kong November 26 Private Collection Sale provides a dramatic example of single-owner sales’ susceptibility to the faltering Asian art market.
One World Exposition: ambitious Chinese media art symposium in Hong Kong – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
“One World Exposition”, a project curated by Videotage, aims to “re-engage contemporary Chinese art from regional, national and global perspectives.”
Cao Fei’s unsung factory heroes explained – art:21 video
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Chinese artist Cao Fei discusses the anti-hero characteristics she gave factory workers from the Pearl River Delta region in China in a recent theatrical work.
Swiss collector opens Art Supermarket in Hong Kong… but is it?
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
A rainy night in November 2011 saw the Hong Kong opening of Art Supermarket. We popped in to investigate this new concept store and nabbed an interview with the director.
Higher level of international exposure for Southeast Asian art at Christie’s
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Christie’s includes Southeast Asian art in their Hong Kong autumn 2011 Asian 20th century and contemporary art sales along with art from China and other parts of East Asia.
Will Ai Weiwei rebuild Shanghai studio in Ghent?
Posted on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Flemish artist Wim Delvoye has offered Ai Weiwei the chance to rebuild his demolished Shanghai studio in his planned sculpture park in the grounds of his house in Ghent.
10 Xu Bing prints among auctionable items in Bonhams 2011 autumn sale – event alert
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Bonhams Fine Chinese Paintings and Modern Asian Art Autumn Auction features work by contemporary artist Xu Bing and living artists Zhu Ming and Liu Kuo-sun.
Chinese collectors no longer follow cues from West, says Wall Street Journal
Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
A report published in The Wall Street Journal in October 2011 identifies new trends set by Chinese collectors and reveals how the auction market is responding to new demand.
Sotheby’s Ullens Collection: private collection sales stay strong
Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
HONG KONG CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART AUCTIONS Art Radar was present in the auction room for the second instalment of Sotheby’s Ullens Collection Sale on October 2, 2011 in Hong Kong. Composed of 90 lots, this highly anticipated sale achieved sales of 93% … Continue reading
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sale 2011: Contemporary Asian Art
Posted on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Art Radar reports from the auction room of Sotheby’s evening sale of Contemporary Asian Art on October 3, 2011. The 176-lot sale featured two ‘premium’ works, and revealed lagging enthusiasm in the contemporary Asian art market
Graduate artist Liu Xinyi’s playfully political Chinese Art Centre installation
Posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Young Chinese artist Liu Xinyi’s commentary on international politics, an installation made up of exercise grippers, is on display at the Chinese Art Centre in Manchester.
Photographic duo RongRong and inri get first Hong Kong retrospective
Posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
More than sixty works by Chinese artist RongRong and his Japanese companion in art, inri, are on show at Blindspot Gallery for the first time.
Judging Venice Biennale: How is the Golden Lion selected? Panellist interview
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Part 2 of Art Radar’s interview with Liu Ding and Carol Yinghau Lu in which we ask Lu about her experience as judge of the Golden Lion Awards for the Venice Biennale in 2011.



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