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Tag Archives: Video art
India Art Fair 2012: For international galleries, India focus among emerging economies
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012
A round-up of the India Art Fair which ended on 29 January 2012. Art Radar finds out what the overall reception of the fair was this time around.
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.
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.”
Filipino artist Rodel Tapaya named Signature Art Prize 2011 grand prize winner
Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Five artists from across the Asian region have been named as winners in the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011. Filipino Rodel Tapaya took home the Grand Prize.
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.
Fourth Moscow Biennale all about new media art – review round up
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Art Radar presents key ideas from commentators and critics at The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, which was themed “Rewriting Worlds”.
Venice Biennale model outdated? Cultural citizenship an alternative – curator Ranjit Hoskote
Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Curator Ranjit Hoskote shares his views on the Venice Biennale model and his image of the event as a shift from spectacle to search engine, nationality to cultural citizenship.
Shezad Dawood artist or feature film producer? Asian Art Newspaper interview
Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Shezad Dawood discusses the nature of his work and the artistic process involved in his upcoming feature film with the Asian Art Newspaper.
Chin Chih Yang’s roving projections challenge Art Taipei audience: video and interview
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Art Radar interviews Chin Chih Yang on the multidisciplinary work be brought to Art Taipei 2011
What sold at Art Taipei 2011? Day 2 in pictures
Posted on Monday, August 29th, 2011
Art Taipei opened Saturday 28 August and closed two days later. Art Radar was in attendance on Sunday and we bring you works that we noticed had earned the red dot.
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.
Disappearing art: Glass magazine reviews Art Fair Tokyo 2011
Posted on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Glass magazine has published a series of snappy yet in-depth reviews of what selected booths had to offer at Art Fair Tokyo 2011. Five galleries are highlighted.
Copyright-safe video resource for artists – New York Times
Posted on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
VIDEO ART RESOURCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Over 10,000 Creative Commons-licensed videos are soon to appear on a new section of YouTube’s free online video editor, The New York Times reported in June 2011. Debates over copyright on YouTube are the drivers … Continue reading
Artist Silas Fong’s daring Hong Kong video solo – soundslide
Posted on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Listen to up-and-coming Hong Kong video artist Silas Fong talk on his latest solo in the city, “Memory Disorder” while images of his work slide by.
Indian art season in France: installation dominates 2 major museum shows
Posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Work by a plethora of Indian artists is on show at two French museums: “Paris-Delhi-Bombay” at the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and “Indian Highway IV” at MAC (Lyons).
Asian pavilions at the 54th Venice Biennale – first critic response
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
ART HK 11 is over and as art world attention moves back to Europe, we take a look at what pavilions from the Asian region are offering viewers at the 54th Venice Biennale.
Words in Art: Wenda Gu on rewriting and retranslating traditional Chinese culture
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
As we near the end of our “Words in Art” series we look at how seminal Chinese artist Wenda Gu manipulates and reinvents the traditional calligraphy of his home country.
Thai artist combines Japanese cartoons with traditional Thai motifs – Bangkok Post
Posted on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Design becomes contemporary visual art at the hands of emerging Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai, who is inspired by Japanese manga and traditional Thai motifs.
The fences are down so look inside: Singapore Biennale 2011′s Old Kallang Airport – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Singapore Biennale 2011 has turned the city’s Kallang Airport into a venue for art, one that houses more work by artists in the event than any other biennale space.
Video artist Chen Chieh Jen’s diary for Taiwan society – Studio Banana TV interview
Posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Most people in countries around the world move silently through their lives. Taiwanese video artist Chen Chieh Jen attempts to gives a voice to those less-represented.
Artists turn to video art: Will collectors follow suit? The Art Newspaper examines
Posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
More and more artists are turning to video art to present their ideas and opinions. As new technology makes the medium more accessible, will collectors show interest?
Islamic tradition reworked by 10 Jameel Prize finalists – artwork and artists
Posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
The 10 finalists for the 2011 Jameel Prize have been announced. To qualify for this V&A-administered prize, all artists must seek influence from Islamic art.
Indian Reena Kallat first solo at Nature Morte in 6 years – picture feast
Posted on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
After a six year absence, Reena Kallat was back at Nature Morte in early 2011 with a new solo showing brand new work. Take a peak at the installation, painting and video work.
Specially curated 3D art category in Sotheby’s 2011 spring sale
Posted on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
Does the addition of a new three-dimensional art catalogue category to Sotheby’s Spring 2011 Asian Contemporary Art sales mean the art form is becoming more collectable?
Flash Reward: Love South Korean contemporary art? Museum and gallery guide giveaway
MoMA collects numerous drawings by Hajra Waheed
Kazakhstani art festival ArtBatFest calls for public arts submissions
ART HK repositions ASIA ONE section for 2012, now “heart” of fair
Museums in the age of the mega-collector: Can public institutions compete? – WSJ Blogs
Meet us at ARCOmadrid 2012! Art Radar participant in Asian Maps IX
Art Radar’s 16 most-searched contemporary Asian artists, July to December 2011
Migrant Ecologies: Innovative Southeast Asian science-art collaboration
Indian art collective WALA wins FICA Public Art Grant 2011 with performance art
Qatar Cézanne purchase points to building of art “museum empire”?