Chen Hangfeng’s practice is one which never strays far from the issues affecting modern China. All these works however, are linked by a central theme which ties which is the idea of adaptation—how we adjust to changing environments and the role tradition plays in the face of the juggernaut of modernity.
Jumping and whooping, men swept by in costumes covered in fabric petals, their bodies thawed into fluttering colors. It took Andy a moment to realize that their swollen, red features and black, hollowed eyes belonged to wooden masks. >> Read more
A4 seems to grasp the concept of a museum in a holistic way. They see the museum not as merely an exhibition hall, a landing strip for some exhibition created elsewhere, shipped in like a travelling circus. >> Read more
The three artists from the exhibition in Times Art Museum Beijing combine similar qualities of thought in a mysterious way. They focus on simple interplay between biological elements and on physical reactions. >> Read more
A Thousand Plateaus Art Space is pleased to announce the opening of the four-year local art practice project Parallel Suspension by the artist group Chen Jianjun + Cao Minghao, as well as the first edition of annual group exhibition project Summer Discovery 2014 on August 9th. >> Read more
The new exhibition at Jiali Gallery presents photographs by Ma Yongfeng. The assembled images do not grasp one’s attention, but manage steadily to secure it. >> Read more
Dong Bingfeng has been announced as the winning critic for 2013—his entry being the proposal for a book entitled Cinema of Exhibition: Film in Contemporary Chinese Art.>> Read more