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Topic Archives: Gallery shows
ART HK 12: What to do outside of the fair? Essential extra event list
Posted on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
ART HK 12 kicks off this Thursday, 17 May 2012, and will run through Sunday. Art Radar has rounded up some of the best concurrent art events happening around the city.
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.
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.
Sowing Seeds residency art leaves India for first time international airing
Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
In 2012, organiser and curator Vagaram Choudhary will bring Sowing Seeds’ latest artistic outcomes to an international audience.
Lado Sarai’s Art Nite: one night, 9 New Delhi art galleries – event alert
Posted on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Lado Sarai, one of India’s newest gallery districts, is holding nine exhibition openings in one night on 5 April 2012, an event certain to attract art professionals and enthusiasts alike.
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
Indonesian contemporary art in Italy: Primo Marella maps emerging Asian art regions
Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The last half of a two part series on Indonesian art in Italy. We talk to Primo Marella, owner and director of the Milan-based Primo Marella Gallery about mapping Asia for European audiences.
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.
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.
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.
Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam’s first UK retrospective – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The first UK retrospective of works by internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam is on at London’s Wilmotte Gallery until December 2011.
Yoko Ono to exhibit solo in India for first time – Times of India
Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Yoko Ono is to hold her first Indian solo in January 2012 at Vadehra Gallery in New Delhi, The Times of India reported on 3 December 2011.
“Morning Glory” adorns Tyler Rollins: second solo for Cambodian Sopheap Pich
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Cambodian sculptor Sopheap Pich presents a poignant statement on daily life in his homeland through large-scale sculptures of a humble, hardy flower, the morning glory.
Unravelling history in “Japanese House” – Tomoko Yoneda at ShugoArts
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Japanese-style houses built in Taiwan at the turn of the century are the subject in a new series by photographer Tomoko Yoneda, called “Japanese House”.
5 Indonesian painters in Hong Kong group show – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Work by five Indonesian painters was on show at Hong Kong gallery iPRECIATION. The selection included work by artists like Alfi Jumaldi and Budi Ubrux.
Multiplicity of media in :mentalKLINIK Istanbul survey show
Posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
“That’s Fucking Awesome”, an exhibition of Turkish artist duo, :mentalKLINIK, was on view at the Haskoy Yarn Factory through October 2011.
Modernity through eyes of 8 South Korean photographers
Posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Work by eight contemporary Korean photographers is on show at the Galerie Paris-Beijing in France. We take a closer look at the artists.
Australian street artists are ‘Young & Free’ in San Francisco
Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
The rise in popularity of street art in Australia is signalled by a large exhibition of the art form and its Australian artists in San Francisco, America entitled “Young & Free”
4 emerging Hong Kong artists naturals at portraying nature
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Hong Kong artists Nimchi Yuen, Silvia Chan, Flora Fok and Jessica Cheung are featured in a September 2011 group show at Karin Weber Gallery that explores the natural world.
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.
Sand-covered Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang’s Phnom Penh lake performance
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang questions urban development in his home country through performance photography and video, on show at local gallery SA SA BASSAC.
Japanese artist Hirotoshi Iwasaki draws time with video – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Thirty-year-old Japanese artist Hirotoshi Iwasaki combines drawing and animation to create flip book-like artworks and video pieces that explore time, memory and space.



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