As part of China’s standard art education, drawing or painting from life is considered practice - it is mere preparation for a final ‘meaningful’ creation. Yet, Wang Zhibo’s works purposely linger, or rather, continuously return to this condition of practice.
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Time Can Space is Marius Bercea’s (b.1979, Cluj, Romania) first exhibition at Blain|Southern Berlin, in which he presents new work and demonstrates recent changes in his approach to painting. >> Read more
HUGO BOSS ASIA ART: Award for Emerging Asian Artists opened early today at Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai, presenting artworks by the four finalist artists: Li Ming (China), Tao Hui (China), Yu Ji (China), Robert Zhao Renhui (Singapore). >> Read more
An a thousand-metre sea of blue tape stretches across the entrance to the gallery: tensely pulled at one metre or so above the ground, the viewer is invited yet challenged to step in, actively marking their entrance as opposed to passive frequentation. >> Read more
HUGO BOSS ASIA ART: Award for Emerging Asian Artists opened early today at Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai, presenting artworks by the four finalist artists: Li Ming (China), Tao Hui (China), Yu Ji (China), Robert Zhao Renhui (Singapore). >> Read more
If but for a moment the inevitable fate of a point in time, or our perception of a thing, was seen, held. ‘one second ago’, a group exhibition at Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, evokes that tittering sense of balance regards a state of existence or actuality, whether represented by assemblages of the quotidian or […] >> Read more
Since opening ShanghART in the lobby of a hotel in Shanghai in 1996, Lorenz has been friend and mentor to scores of artists, including Ding Yi, Zeng Fanzhi, Yu Youhan, Zhao Bandi, Xu Zhen, and Birdhead, among many others. Sardonic and understated, Helbling’s Swiss roots are routinely noted but as Zhou Tiehai comments, “Lorenz has long been one of us”. >> Read more
The Shanghai Project conference is a discursive response to the themes represented in the “2116” exhibition. The platform is a point of convergence for researchers from seemingly dissimilar fields; though artists, scholars, scientists, and humanitarians differ in method, they all seek to explore one aspect of the human condition. >> Read more