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Topic Archives: Photography
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Art practice and the camera lens – 3 artists discuss at Asia Art Archive
Posted on Sunday, May 20th, 2012
“Artists Through the Lens” was a series of conversations between curators and artists organised by AAA for ART HK 12. Art Radar watched via video stream and live-tweeted the talk.
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.
Phnom Penh artists respond to vanishing lake, rapidly changing lifestyle – curator Erin Gleeson
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
In April 2011, Voice of America reported local curator Erin Gleeson as stating that nearly 80 percent of Cambodian artists are currently making work in response to urbanisation.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph display and archiving, which plastic is best? Resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Archival Methods News has published a few top tips to help collectors, gallerists and artists hone in on that perfect solution within the range of options available.
Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong recreate urban spaces – ARCO interview with Marisa Gonzalez
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Spanish artist Marisa González’s 2010 project, “Female (Open) Space Invaders” documents the lives of Filipino migrants in Hong Kong.
How to preserve photographs – resource alert
Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2012
The Archival Methods website is full of tips for avid image collectors, including, among other ideas, information on the kind of gloves, glass and board to use.
Migrant Ecologies: Innovative Southeast Asian science-art collaboration
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Art Radar talks to Lucy Davis about Migrant Ecologies, a project that explores the relationships that exist between both science and art, and nature and humanity.
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.
Southeast Asian photography: Langgeng Art Foundation holds rare group showing
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Langgeng Art Foundation has brought together works by Southeast Asia’s top photographers in a rare exhibition that is running until 21 January 2012.
Shahidul Alam’s ‘My Journey as a Witness’: book excerpt and giveaway
Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
A retrospective publication dedicated to the work of renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist and social activist Shahidul Alam has been published by Skira. Win a copy.
Shirin Neshat’s inspiration from home – TED video
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
In a TED Talks video posted in May 2011, Shirin Neshat tells the audience how, as an artist in exile, she was inspired by her home country and people there.
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.
Palestinian artists use documentary tactics to sustain and subvert – ArtAsiaPacific
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
An article published in the Issue 74 of ArtAsiaPacific explores the adoption of documentary-based techniques by contemporary Palestinian artists.
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”.
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.
2 Indian photographers shortlisted for Canada’s 2011 Grange Prize
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Indian photographers Gauri Gill and Nandini Valli make up one half of the 2011 finalist selection for the Canadian-based, internationally focused The Grange Prize.
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.
Asian artists bring cross-disciplinary work to New York’s Performa 11
Posted on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Introducing the Asian artists performing at New York’s Performa 2011 performance art biennale.
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.
Photobook prices are soaring: Will monographs follow?
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Are you new to collecting art? Do you have a limited budget? Perhaps you should take a look at the photobook market.
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Final day sales figures
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Art practice and the camera lens – 3 artists discuss at Asia Art Archive
ART HK 12: Sales figures days 1 and 2
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ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
Adequate professional talent for China’s expanding arts infrastructure? The New York Times