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If we really need to find it out, we may best say that as long as there is the individual, oppressed by reality and the difficulty in expressing their emotions, this passive way of resistance will inevitably reappear.

by Alice Gee Sifang Art Museum Shanghai pop-up (Jing’An District) 8 Nov.-8 Dec. 2019 I stand beside three large rings mounted on white platforms at equidistant intervals. Nik Kosmas is talking about 13 years ago and being 20 someplace else. ‘I’m 21!’ I blurt out. I edge back and hope one of Li Jingxiong’s tarpaulins […]

Legendary British artist Sara Lucas has come to China. A part of the Young British Artists generation, Lucas still maintains the spontaneous drive of that era in her work today.

(中文) 它们在繁华与寂寥、权力与规训、国家与个人的两极穿梭，不间断地继续着比赛，而这正是“比赛继续，舞台留下”的意义。

Three and A Half Performances……

对于“性别的暴力”的审视，总是在未进入真正讨论之时已经陷入一种无法讨论的境地——任何试图对性别产生作用的评述，经由身体和文化的建构，都会反作用于评论者自身，成为一种自诘式话语的变体。

(中文) 大多数情况下，在当今商业化程度甚高的艺术界，一个画家没有找到个人符号并固定下来，有可能是他眼界有限，接触时代的面儿太窄，加之不善归纳、不够博闻强记；还有一种可能恰恰相反：接触的东西太多，入时代之戏太深，而忽略了“艺术家”的职业角色。倪军显然属于后者。

Being said, in comparison to her predecessors, JY purposely steps back from being an “artist as a creator” to “artist as an observer,” deploying a meticulous and reserved manner to scrutinise the system.