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Li Ming is a sophisticated type of contemporary flâneur. He takes possession of the space that is in turn defined by a human presence (i.e., by the bodily-physical presence of an aware human being), roaming in it and throughout it. He enjoys chasing spaces, but also words and concepts. >> Read more

In July 2015, the London-based artist Shen Xin staged her project “Shoulders of Giants” as a symposium extended through animation, performance, and projection. >> Read more

Forests and jungles have been seen as anything from bastions of harmonious tranquility to wolf-haunted wastelands or tracts of resources to be cataloged and exploited. >> Read more

The sculptures in Valerie Snobeck’s Reservoirs series, shown recently at Essex Street in New York and Simon Lee Gallery in Hong Kong, were displayed less like fine art objects than artifacts or specimens for study. >> Read more

It is not what you do, but how you do it that makes it either a good deed or good art. In the case of “About the War in Northern Myanmar”, Zhang Yue and Bao Xiaowei succeeded in both, making this the most memorable show in Beijing in 2015. >> Read more

The strength of "Bentu" lies in the way it chooses to focus on a few strong, individual artworks.
 
 
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Conrad Shawcross makes large-scale sculptures, some mechanical and involving light. But he is conceptually a draftsman. >> Read more

As a tall man hailing from Datong in Shanxi province, Zhang Shengquan had, in the customary Chinese manner, the nickname of “Da Zhang” (lit. “Big Zhang”), and thus ended up being known as “Datong Dazhang”. He started making art in the 1980s. >> Read more

Good Scott/Bad Scott appraisals of the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial.
 
 
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