People crowd the raft of empty Coke cans and Pepsi bottles. Tourists, clubbers, musicians, students, sun bathers. Protestors are matched with actors, mendicants with diners, a photographer and his model with a mugger and his victim. The flag is red, the sky is grey, but unlike Delacroix’s "original", there is no ship on the horizon, blind or otherwise. >> Read more
"In No Hurry - Qi Lan Solo Exhibition" is going to be held at Museum of Contemporary Art Chengdu (MOCA) at 3:00 pm on June 11th, 2016. This exhibition, which is organized by MOCA and curated by the critic Azure Wu, will exhibit Qi Lan's paintings in recent years. >> Read more
He painted not only one, but four versions of “Liberty leading the people”. Zeng Fanzhi’s “Louvre Project” throws out a big hook that I can neither swallow nor spit out again. So many questions: Why four versions? Why has Lady Liberty become a statue... >> Read more
ShanghART Beijing is pleased to present ZENG FANZHI THE LOUVRE PROJECT, the first exhibition of ShanghART Beijing in 2015, from March 9th to March 22nd, 2015. >> Read more
This exhibition project of Zeng Fanzhi in Louvre Museum in 2014 came from a meeting in Hong Kong between Zeng and Henri Loyretee-then the curator of Louvre Museum. >> Read more
Part I – A Thousand Smiles
Now for a few necessary words about a smile, specifically a man’s smile...the smile of the scholars who had accepted Diotima’s invitation and were listening to the famous artists. Although they were smiling, they were absolutely not to be suspected of doing so ironically. (The Man without Qualities by Robert Musil) >> Read more