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Talkover/Handover 2.0 at 1a Space / “Canton Express: Art of the Pearl River Delta” at M+ Pavilion / Fereydoun Ave's “Shah Abbas and His Page Boy” at Rossi & Rossi / Wong Chung-Yu's “Centrifugal Force” at Hanart TZ gallery / Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon's “Catchy” at Empty Gallery / R. Streitmatter-Tran's “Departures: Intersecting Vietnamese Modern Art with R. Streitmatter-Tran” at de Sarthe gallery >> Read more

“The last vehicle” was a complex reflection on future and present scenarios. >> Read more

Nadim Abbas (b. 1980, Hong Kong) constructs complex set pieces that examine the technohistorical properties of images and their precarious relationship to reality. >> Read more

The cramped, labyrinthine tunnels witness an eclectica of scenes. Dancers in the dark and dimly lit drinks constitute its standard fare. One Sunday last fall, that took the form of Junky Cao, a sound artist, concealed behind a Mexican wrestling mask... >> Read more

While the minimum and average quality of art displayed was noticeably higher than last year (better galleries, minimal kitsch) the art displayed was generally conservative—innovation was seldom seen... >> Read more

Abbas’s work does not always travel well, and one could hardly imagine inserting a piece like this one in a different context; he works to architecture and environment to a fault.
 
 
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