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Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan present some remarkably fresh and exciting pieces in this show at the Rockbund Art Museum. However, their pairing appears to create an awkward conversation.
 
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Ran Dian 燃点 magazine is owned and run by its editors. It was launched in 2010 in Shanghai by Chris Moore, Daniel Szehin Ho and Rebecca Catching. Publishing in Chinese and English we promote independent cultural debate in China and foster intellectual exchange between China and the rest of the world. This means independent commentary […] >> Read more

The Westerners are skilled in geometry, and consequently there is no the slightest mistake in their way of rendering light and shade [yang-yin] and distance (near and far). When they paint houses on a wall people are tempted to walk into them . . . Students of painting may well take over one or two points from them to make their own paintings more attractive to the eye. >> Read more