The presentation of Chen Xiaoyun’s bronze sculptures and other works reveals heavy traces of Modernism, and seemingly transports the viewer to an art historical display in a small European museum. Taking Lenin’s tongue and his own age, Chen Xiaoyun transplants his contemporary utopian fable into these 21 works. >> Read more
WeChat / Weixin is a mobile app in China that has taken off like wildfire since it was first released in 2011. Now, it is being used to hold independent art auctions. >> Read more
“The 8 of Paths: Art in Beijing” exhibition is opening on April 29, 2014 in Berlin’s Uferhallen venue. The show and accompanying program—including a symposium with prominent experts, guided tours and a film series—showcase works by young artists living and working in Beijing and highlight the diverse artistic practices in that city today. >> Read more
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
Roland Barthes once wrote: “The Photograph is an extended, loaded evidence—as if it caricatured not the figure of what it represents (quite the converse) but its very existence…The Photograph then becomes a bizarre medium, a new form of hallucination.... &nbps; >> Read more
From calligraphy evolved laws and rules for formative arts or visual arts, and it went hand in hand with Chinese characters that are considered a time-honored and vigorous fruit of the Chinese civilization. >> Read more