randian | 燃点

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. >> Read more

Edouard Malingue Gallery Shanghai announces its new group exhibition, “Healthier, Simpler, Wiser.” The exhibition brings together three highly reputed mid-career Chinese artists: Hu Xiangqian from Guangdong, Lai Chih-Sheng from Taipei, and Kwan Sheung Chi from Hong Kong. Each will present a work newly commissioned by the gallery, together with a selection of recent works. While […] >> Read more

Magician Space is honored to present Fruit Cell, an art project by Chinese artist Yu Bogong this summer. In the mid-1990s, Yu Bogong arrived at the Yuanmingyuan artist village in Beijing. Yuanmingyuan, as a gathering place for avant-garde artists, directly contributed to the development of Chinese contemporary art during a time when such art had […] >> Read more

PIFO Gallery is delighted to present the distinguished German contemporary artist Franz Ackermann’s first solo exhibition in mainland China. >> Read more

The last two decades of precipitous change have provided much grist for recent exhibitions, artist talks, and essays. The pre-eminence of digital technologies in society, the unpredictable advances in biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence, and irreversible environmental degradation encapsulated under the banner of the Anthropocene all speak to a certain disquiet towards unproblematic notions of progress. >> Read more

The first appearance of the ouroboros—the mythological snake that eats its own tail—appears in an ancient funerary text discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen in 14th century BC. Across cultures, this act of autophagy has symbolized the cyclical processes of life and death, whose union can be seen formulating pre-modern conceptions of eternity. >> Read more

(中文) 前些年，中国的艺术研究只是体现在部分展览和艺术项目中，如今可以在不少艺术家的创作里嗅到，它伴随受欧美教育的一批年轻艺术工作者回归来势凶猛。“研究”受艺术生产者追捧，特别能代表今天艺术正在经历的，一场更大范围的整体转型。 >> Read more

Magician Space is very pleased to present its inaugural solo exhibition with artist Duan Zhengqu. >> Read more

Singapore—Pearl Lam Galleries is pleased to present Crossfades and Drawn Forms, a duo exhibition featuring a selection of works by Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi and Chinese artist Lan Zhenghui. Transforming the gallery interiorinto an echo chamber of lines and interventions, the exhibiting works include paintings, a series of lightboxes, and a video projection. >> Read more

(中文) “延伸的空间”由三个单元构成，分别是：具有实验性的当代雕塑装置单元——在全球化视野下讨论有关政治、社会、历史和文化等问题；城市公共对话单元——以互动性为主要特色；和学院与经典单元——在传统叙事语境下展示学院的传承和历史的经典。 >> Read more