randian | 燃点

Sometimes, taking the extreme route is taking a shortcut. At other times, no reason is needed; extreme behavior can be dictated by irrational, emotional influences: utter despair when all hopes are dashed, tears of joy, a dip into extreme grief following a moment of profound happiness... >> Read more

Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong is pleased to present Sophie Calle’s first solo exhibition in China, from November 26, 2014 to January 10, 2015. >> Read more

Leading Australian conceptual artist Scott Redford muses on the place of Anselm Reyle in current postmodern discourse. Reyle, born 1970, retired this year despite being one of the most prominent German artists. >> Read more

Equator Art Projects is pleased to present Ivan Sagita’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Featuring a new body of work encompassing painting, photography and sculpture, the show is a timely evaluation of the artist’s versatile and diverse practice. >> Read more

Credit must be given to the Met, as the exhibition’s wide selection of works allows many unfamiliar Chinese names exposure on an institutional level in the West. Nonetheless, this raises a side issue as well—some of the works exhibited have little relevance to the themes they serve and thus the exhibition sometimes wanders off topic. >> Read more

As a complex and prolific artist, Kusama marks her days plotting bold dots in the trajectory of Japanese contemporary art. Her installations of floating world constructed with flickering lights have few precedents in their lasting three dimensional transformation of space.
 
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Much as the Beijing winter has been very mild this year, overall, the art of the past year has also felt rather milder and more sentimental from previous years. Let us then explore the production and exhibition of this “old” contemporary art in the contemporary Chinese art world. >> Read more

While not as radical in scope or production as the historical show, Yangjiang Group’s stance remains just as resolute in their obdurate disregard for artistic as well as social mandates.While Beijing and Shanghai may stand as the geographical centers of artistic influence, artists such as the Yangjiang Group are successfully asserting their peripheral locale as the site of critical consideration. >> Read more

Based in Miami, the Rubell Family Collection is one of the world’s largest private art collections. Here, Iona Whittaker speaks to the founders Don and Mera Rubell about their collection and the keenly anticipated exhibition"28 Chinese Artists", which opens next week... >> Read more

Surprising even the most hardened skeptics, the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award exhibition in Shanghai presented a number of challenging and edgy works with the Hong Kong artist Kwan Sheung Chi taking home the generous sum of 300,000 RMB and the accolades... >> Read more