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when artists translate philosophical ideas into visual icons and then claim them as ink art without due reflection, the so-called “Eastern spirit”—embodying Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist ideas and what not—would inevitably become a mere means to an end... >> Read more

In essence, Zheng Chongbin has fought an unwinnable but fertile battle to deconstruct and meld traditions.
 
 
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Shanghai—Pearl Lam Galleries is pleased to present Theatre of Paper, a group exhibition that showcases a prime selection of painting, installation, and video works by six Chinese contemporary artists: Ni Haifeng b. 1964, Qin Feng b. 1961, Qin Yufen b. 1954, Qiu Deshu b. 1948, Shen Chen b. 1955, and Lan Zhanghui b. 1959. >> Read more

Chambers Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening on November 7, 2015 of both LaoZhu’s own namesake exhibition, and the exhibition The Third Abstraction focusing on art by Shang Yang, Tan Ping, Wang Huaiqing and Yan Shanchun. >> Read more

In this exhibition, “Highly Prized Flowers” (Tan Hua)1, the two artists continue their earlier re-imagining and re-creation of the tradition of classical Chinese painting. >> Read more

In contemporary society, the phenomenon of Shanzhai – “copycat” – pervades every sphere, and plagiarism never ends. >> Read more

AIKE-DELLARCO is pleased to announce “Oh no!” – Baimiaole Solo Exhibition, A Project by Chen Jie, on view from June 7 until July 12. >> Read more

This is the meticulously cared for realm of Liu Chuanhong’s imagination – an ambiguous and elastic liberated space, an in-between place existing beyond the jurisdiction of contemporary realities. To him, this is high art... >> Read more

A more fundamental question is that any “decline” of painting in China is any more than a moment’s fancy, when in actual fact, painting is actually gaining strength and flourishing in the market. Moreover, art in a frame is still the format which most easily resonates with the wider public audience for art in China... >> Read more

From the serious to humorous, the voyeuristic to observed, the real to the imagined, “Haze and Fog” (2013) presents another collective identity of China today by commenting on the rapid construction of the contemporary metropolis... >> Read more