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Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Event: 2 exhibits at Eli Klein Fine Art
Eli Klein Fine Art showcases two contemporary Chinese artists. The exhibitions are on view in the gallery from March 22, 2008 until June 17, 2008.
Zhang Hui
Beijing Wawa
2007
Oil on Canvas
Zhang Hui's solo exhibition "Beijing Wawa" includes 15 paintings and three sculptures.
Liu Bolin
China Report 2007 #5
2007
Oil on Canvas
Also on view is "China Report 2007" which features ten new paintings by Liu Bolin.
Eli Klein Fine Art is located at 462 West Broadway.
Zhang HuiBeijing Wawa
2007
Oil on Canvas
“Beijing Wawa” signifies clichéd young girls searching for identity within a society driven by the commodification of culture. The subject of childhoods lost under Mao is a common one in China, but Zhang Hui is looking at her own generation and at a new loss of innocence stolen by new ideals and vacant dreams. “Beijing Wawa” has particular characteristics that exaggerate her personality such as a heart-shaped upper lip, a peach-shaped baby face, a tiny nose that is slightly upturned, and hair like an angel’s wings. She also often has scar on her forehead, like Zhang Hui herself. “Beijing Wawa” reflects a complex, emotional landscape within the portraits of young girls, there is a presence of power balanced with vulnerability, beauty with scars, and youth with maturity.Read more from the press release.
Liu BolinChina Report 2007 #5
2007
Oil on Canvas
Liu Bolin chose ten significant photographs from the two official news agencies with the largest circulation in China, “The People’s Daily” and “The Beijing News.”... Liu Bolin took the photographs and transformed them into large photorealistic oil paintings.... He uses his voice to transform the imagery by re- creating these images of real events that have already been edited, framed and approved by the official media.Read more from the press release.
Eli Klein Fine Art is located at 462 West Broadway.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
I Want to Believe
This weekend I went to Cai Guo Qiang's retrospective at the Guggenheim. Photography was not allowed, but I was able to sneak a snapshot of the rotunda installation.The Guggenheim Museum is located at 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street.
$18 general admission
$15 students and seniors
free for members and children under 12
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Some Interesting News: Forbes
Article in Forbes today, "Pump and Dump," investigates the ways in which artists, buyers and dealers are working the contemporary Chinese art market.
"It is no secret that the Chinese contemporary art market is blistering hot, but outsiders have little idea of the murky ways the market's players have been cashing in for the last few years. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, China's high-earning artists, speculators, middlemen and critics have come up with some creative ways to manufacture demand. Artists are mass-producing paintings, auction houses are working with artists and dealers to juice up prices, and artists are paying for praise and exhibitions to build up their brands. If it were penny stocks being peddled, all this would go under the label of market manipulation. In the art world it's business as usual. Is there any law to stop a painter from bidding on his own artwork in order to create feverish demand? There isn't."
Read the entire article, it's interesting!
"It is no secret that the Chinese contemporary art market is blistering hot, but outsiders have little idea of the murky ways the market's players have been cashing in for the last few years. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, China's high-earning artists, speculators, middlemen and critics have come up with some creative ways to manufacture demand. Artists are mass-producing paintings, auction houses are working with artists and dealers to juice up prices, and artists are paying for praise and exhibitions to build up their brands. If it were penny stocks being peddled, all this would go under the label of market manipulation. In the art world it's business as usual. Is there any law to stop a painter from bidding on his own artwork in order to create feverish demand? There isn't."
Read the entire article, it's interesting!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Event: Asia Week 2008
There is a lot to do and see in New York during this year's Asia Week.
At the top of my list is Asian Contemporary Art Week.
Saturday March 15, 2008 - Monday March 24, 2008
Saturday March 15, 2008 - Wednesday March 19, 2008
Friday March 21, 2008 - Monday March 24, 2008
Monday March 17, 2008 - Friday March 21, 2008
At the top of my list is Asian Contemporary Art Week.
Saturday March 15, 2008 - Monday March 24, 2008
Museums exhibitions, gallery shows, receptions, symposiums, film screenings, talks with artists, talks with professionals, you can catch it all during Asian Contemporary Art Week.13th Annual International Asian Art Fair
Saturday March 15, 2008 - Wednesday March 19, 2008
Galleries from all over the world convene at 583 Park Avenue. This is your chance to view (and maybe buy) Asian artworks ranging from relics to contemporary paintings.17th Annual New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show
Friday March 21, 2008 - Monday March 24, 2008
Located at the Gramercy Park Armory at Lexington Avenue and 26th Street, this Asian antiquities fair features over 70 international Asian art galleries. Admission is $20 and includes and illustrated color catalogue!Asian Works of Art Auctions
Monday March 17, 2008 - Friday March 21, 2008
Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams & Butterfields, and Doyle New York are all having Asian Art sales this week. Auction previews are open to the public .
Event: International Asian Art Fair
Coinciding with New York's Asian Contemporary Art Week 2008 is the 13th Annual International Asian Art Fair starting on Saturday March 15th, 2008.
"The International Asian Art Fair presents museums and private collectors with a rare and very special opportunity to view and buy from among the finest Asian art currently on the market. There is a wide range of these art works on view, from antiquity up to contemporary."
For more information, visit their website.
The International Asian Art Fair is located at 583 Park Avenue at 63rd Street.
Admission is $20
If, however, you have a lot of money and cannot wait until tomorrow, Asia Society is holding a preview tonight.
"The International Asian Art Fair presents museums and private collectors with a rare and very special opportunity to view and buy from among the finest Asian art currently on the market. There is a wide range of these art works on view, from antiquity up to contemporary."
For more information, visit their website.
The International Asian Art Fair is located at 583 Park Avenue at 63rd Street.
Admission is $20
If, however, you have a lot of money and cannot wait until tomorrow, Asia Society is holding a preview tonight.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Artist: So Yeun Lee
Biography
1971 - Born in South Korea
Lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany
the style files state that "according to So Yeun Lee, she gets to know herself better by creating self-portraits."
Mit Saewookkang Chips2007
Oil on Canvas
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Event: Whitney Biennial 2008
The Whitney Biennial 2008 opens on March 6, 2008 and will show until June 1, 2008. But for the first three weeks the Biennial extends to the Seventh Regiment Armory, also known as the Park Avenue Armory for its location.
$15 for adults
$10 for students and seniors
Free for children under 12, NYC public high school students, members
Whitney Museum of American Art is located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street.
Seventh Regiment Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets.
$15 for adults
$10 for students and seniors
Free for children under 12, NYC public high school students, members
Whitney Museum of American Art is located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street.
Seventh Regiment Armory is located at 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
like video art?
visit art.mofile.com
Shanghaiist describes this site as a video art youtube."The coolest part is one can become a resident artist of the site, meaning you have your own page so people can view your videos without searching or looking through other people's videos. To do so, you just have to upload five videos and fill out an application form. Artmofile also has offline events as well as their online exhibitions."
Really, ARTmofile is a great site. Be ready to spend some time perusing awesome art videos and short films by both Asian and foreign artists. The site is in both English and Chinese.
Check out this most viewed and most discussed video "Sickroom #14," a splicing of live performance footage.
Shanghaiist describes this site as a video art youtube."The coolest part is one can become a resident artist of the site, meaning you have your own page so people can view your videos without searching or looking through other people's videos. To do so, you just have to upload five videos and fill out an application form. Artmofile also has offline events as well as their online exhibitions."
Really, ARTmofile is a great site. Be ready to spend some time perusing awesome art videos and short films by both Asian and foreign artists. The site is in both English and Chinese.
Check out this most viewed and most discussed video "Sickroom #14," a splicing of live performance footage.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Event: Architecture in China
Catch two exhibitions on contemporary Chinese architecture at the Center for Architecture.
Co-Evolution: Danish/Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China
"The exhibition confronts the environmental challenges related to rapid and extensive urbanization in China and illustrates the value of international and interdisciplinary collaboration. CO-EVOLUTION displays four visionary projects – the results of collaborations between Danish architects and professors and students from leading Chinese universities."
On view from February 15, 2008 to April 12, 2008
Building China: Five Projects, Five Stories
The exhibition "features five unique architectural case studies that were conceived, designed, and recently completed by Chinese architects."
The projects are:
• Dafen Art Museum, Dafen Village, Shenzhen
Architect: Urbanus architectural and design, completed 2007
• Desheng Noble Town, Beijing
Architect: Cui Kai Studio, China Architecture Design & Research Group, completed 2007
• New Campus for the New Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Architect: Amateur Architecture Studio, completed 2007
• Timepiece Museum, Jian Chuan Museum Town, An Ren, Sichuan
Architect: Jiakun Architects, completed 2007
• Brick House, Gao Chun County, Nanjing
Architect: Atelier Zhanglei, completed 2007
"These case studies of contemporary architecture introduce critical voices from the People’s Republic of China, challenging the West’s stereotypical interpretation of China as a homogeneous society."
On view from February 26, 2008 to May 31, 2008
Center for Architecture is located at 536 LaGuardia Place.
Co-Evolution: Danish/Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Development in China
"The exhibition confronts the environmental challenges related to rapid and extensive urbanization in China and illustrates the value of international and interdisciplinary collaboration. CO-EVOLUTION displays four visionary projects – the results of collaborations between Danish architects and professors and students from leading Chinese universities."
On view from February 15, 2008 to April 12, 2008
Building China: Five Projects, Five Stories
The exhibition "features five unique architectural case studies that were conceived, designed, and recently completed by Chinese architects."
The projects are:
• Dafen Art Museum, Dafen Village, Shenzhen
Architect: Urbanus architectural and design, completed 2007
• Desheng Noble Town, Beijing
Architect: Cui Kai Studio, China Architecture Design & Research Group, completed 2007
• New Campus for the New Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Architect: Amateur Architecture Studio, completed 2007
• Timepiece Museum, Jian Chuan Museum Town, An Ren, Sichuan
Architect: Jiakun Architects, completed 2007
• Brick House, Gao Chun County, Nanjing
Architect: Atelier Zhanglei, completed 2007
"These case studies of contemporary architecture introduce critical voices from the People’s Republic of China, challenging the West’s stereotypical interpretation of China as a homogeneous society."
On view from February 26, 2008 to May 31, 2008
Center for Architecture is located at 536 LaGuardia Place.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Event: Courses from China Institute
Learn more about the beginnings of contemporary Chinese art at the China Institute from their course U-Turn: Contemporary Chinese Art, 1978-1992.
There will be three courses, each focusing on a five-year period in the development of contemporary Chinese art.
Stirrings, 1978-1982
A look at the artist groups which populate the earliest phase of contemporary art in post-Cultural Revolution China, including the No Name Painting Society, the April Photographic Society, the trend toward "Scar Art" and the Stars Group.
This course will be on February 26, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ferment, 1983-1987
The mid-80s were a major moment for the development of artistic thought in China, as artists entered into serious dialogues with Chinese tradition and foreign ideas. This session focuses on art movements around the country that exemplify these trends: Wang Guangyi’s "Northern Art Group," Huang Yong Ping’s "Xiamen Dada," the Pool Society of Hangzhou, and the New Image painters of the Southwest.
This course will be on February 28, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Clash, 1988-1992
The 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition (from whose logo U-TURN takes its name) was a watershed moment for art and culture in China as the tensions which built up throughout the 1980s came to a head. The years that followed set the stage for the rebirth of the avant-garde in a newly consumerist society and marked the entry of art from China into the international art world. This session explores the major exhibitions that marked this transformation.
This course will be held on March 2, 2008 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
To register for one or all three of the courses please call (212) 744-8181 or email ralaimo@chinainstitute.org
China Institute is located at 125 East 65th Street.
There will be three courses, each focusing on a five-year period in the development of contemporary Chinese art.
Stirrings, 1978-1982
A look at the artist groups which populate the earliest phase of contemporary art in post-Cultural Revolution China, including the No Name Painting Society, the April Photographic Society, the trend toward "Scar Art" and the Stars Group.
This course will be on February 26, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ferment, 1983-1987
The mid-80s were a major moment for the development of artistic thought in China, as artists entered into serious dialogues with Chinese tradition and foreign ideas. This session focuses on art movements around the country that exemplify these trends: Wang Guangyi’s "Northern Art Group," Huang Yong Ping’s "Xiamen Dada," the Pool Society of Hangzhou, and the New Image painters of the Southwest.
This course will be on February 28, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Clash, 1988-1992
The 1989 China/Avant-Garde exhibition (from whose logo U-TURN takes its name) was a watershed moment for art and culture in China as the tensions which built up throughout the 1980s came to a head. The years that followed set the stage for the rebirth of the avant-garde in a newly consumerist society and marked the entry of art from China into the international art world. This session explores the major exhibitions that marked this transformation.
This course will be held on March 2, 2008 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
To register for one or all three of the courses please call (212) 744-8181 or email ralaimo@chinainstitute.org
China Institute is located at 125 East 65th Street.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Event: Cai Guo Qiang in person
Hear Cai Guo-Qiang speak on opening day. There will also be a book signing, ($75 Hardcover, $45 Softcover).
Peter B. Lewis Theater
5th Avenue at 89th Street
February 22, 2008
7:00 pm
$10 general
$7 members, students, seniors
Peter B. Lewis Theater
5th Avenue at 89th Street
February 22, 2008
7:00 pm
$10 general
$7 members, students, seniors
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Event: Cai-Guo-Qiang at Guggenheim preview
Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, opens at the Guggenheim on Friday February 22, 2008.
This best selling contemporary Chinese artist's mid-career retrospective looks like its going big. Cai Guo-Qiang's theatrical artworks adapts well to the Guggenheim's unique architecture. I saw bits of the show as it was being installed and cannot wait for the actual opening. As I walked into the mueusem's central atrium, Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune: Stage One—an installation depicting a car bomb sequence—literally exploded in front of me. The nine Ford Tauruses suspended in the rotunda led my eye straight up, where I saw Inopportune: Stage Two and Head On circling the museum's galleries. How could I not get excited? Cars stuck with dazzling light tubes, a pack of dire wolves crashing against a glass wall, and tigers covered with arrows somersaulting through the air.
If my description of the show sounds a bit campy to you, let me tell you that it's certainly in-tents.
Watch the museum install Inopportune: Stage One.
Don't go now, wait for the show to open to get your money's worth.
The Guggenheim Museum is located at 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street.
$18 general admission
$15 students and seniors
free for members and children under 12
This best selling contemporary Chinese artist's mid-career retrospective looks like its going big. Cai Guo-Qiang's theatrical artworks adapts well to the Guggenheim's unique architecture. I saw bits of the show as it was being installed and cannot wait for the actual opening. As I walked into the mueusem's central atrium, Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune: Stage One—an installation depicting a car bomb sequence—literally exploded in front of me. The nine Ford Tauruses suspended in the rotunda led my eye straight up, where I saw Inopportune: Stage Two and Head On circling the museum's galleries. How could I not get excited? Cars stuck with dazzling light tubes, a pack of dire wolves crashing against a glass wall, and tigers covered with arrows somersaulting through the air.
If my description of the show sounds a bit campy to you, let me tell you that it's certainly in-tents.
Watch the museum install Inopportune: Stage One.
Don't go now, wait for the show to open to get your money's worth.
The Guggenheim Museum is located at 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street.
$18 general admission
$15 students and seniors
free for members and children under 12
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Artist: Natalie Lo Lai Lai
Biography
Oil on Canvas
Coke Light Lemon IV
2006
Oil on Canvas
1983 - Born in Hong Kong
2006 - BA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
She love puzzles, as seen in her 2005 tangram art.
Keep Racing
2005
Keep Dancing
2005
In 2006, Natalie Lo Lai Lai devoted an entire series to her favorite drink, Coke Light Lemon.
Coke Light Lemon I
20062006 - BA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lives and works in Hong Kong
She love puzzles, as seen in her 2005 tangram art.
Keep Racing2005
Keep Dancing2005
"The proverb originally meant to comfort Hong Kong people before the handover of Hong Kong to the Mainland. However, the proverb created an illusion that Hong Kong people may just tend to have stable and enjoyable life." - Natalie Lo Lai Lai explaining the title of her work, Keep Racing, Keep Dancing.
Coke Light Lemon IOil on Canvas
Coke Light Lemon IV2006
Oil on Canvas
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Chinese New Year
There's still a chance to catch the Chinese New Year celebrations in Manhattan Chinatown. Parades will be marching through Mott, Canal and Bayard Streets today from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Happy Year of the Rat!
If your house isn't clean, don't bother on New Year's. The superstition is, if you dust or sweep then your good fortune will be swept away with the dirt. Haha! A day off! Go out and celebrate!
I know I am.
Photos of festivities to come!
I know I am.
Photos of festivities to come!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Event: Chinese Lunar New Year
Tomorrow is the start of the New Year on the Lunar calendar!
Check out these fun events around New York:
Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival
Thursday February 7, 2008
from 11:00 am - 3:oo pm at Chatham Square
Celebrate Lunar New Year!
Thursday February 7, 2008
from 5:00 pm - 7:oo pm at the Empire State Building
Lunar New Year Parade
Saturday, February 9, 2008
from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in the streets of Flushing Chinatown
Chinatown Walking Tour
Saturday, Saturday, February 9, 2008
from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, meet at MOCA
9th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
Sunday, February 10, 2008
from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm in the streets of Manhattan Chinatown
Check out these fun events around New York:
Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival
Thursday February 7, 2008
from 11:00 am - 3:oo pm at Chatham Square
Don't miss the festivities! According to betterchinatown.com, the day will kick off with "600,000 rounds of colorful firecrackers...a traditional Lunar New Year practice believed to scare away evil spirits," followed by Lion and Dragon dances weaving through the streets.
Celebrate Lunar New Year!
Thursday February 7, 2008
from 5:00 pm - 7:oo pm at the Empire State Building
In association with the Asia Society, the Empire State Building will be lighting up red and yellow this New Year's to celebrate the Year of the Rat.
Lunar New Year Parade
Saturday, February 9, 2008
from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in the streets of Flushing Chinatown
Fireworks and parade! Check it out at Flushing Library, Main Street or the Flushing Mall as the celebrations wind through Flushing Chinatown.
Chinatown Walking Tour
Saturday, Saturday, February 9, 2008
from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, meet at MOCA
Museum of Chinese in America, located at 70 Mulberry Street, presents a walking tour of Chinatown. "Learn about the traditions and customs observed by Chinese households and discover the significance of red envelopes, foods and decorations. Enjoy the sights, smells, sounds and tastes of Chinatown in the most festive tour of the year!"
9th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
Sunday, February 10, 2008
from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm in the streets of Manhattan Chinatown
Gather around as floats, marching bands, acrobats, and Lion and Dragon dances march through Mott, Canal and Bayard Streets.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Artist: Ma Tse Lin
Biography1960 - Born in Guangdong, China
1983 - Graduated from Central Institute for Arts and Crafts, Beijing, China
1990 - Graduated from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, France
Lives and works in Paris, France
Buddha en Larmes2002
Oil on Canvas
Buddha is a key theme in Ma Tse Lin's paintings. After experiencing the Cultural Revolution, Ma Tse Lin probably intends for the image of Buddha to symbolize tranquility within a chaotic environment.
Buddha assis2006
Oil on Canvas
"Truth, simplicity, self control and serenity lie behind the mystery of Buddha. Regardless of the changes that our society undergoes, these feelings that the Buddha represents remain true and unaffected by time and space." - Ma Tse Lin
Buddha bleu2007
Oil on Canvas
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Artist: Feng Zhengjie
Biography
1968 - Born in Sichuan, China
1992 - BFA from the Fine Arts Department at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, China
1995 - MFA from the Oil Painting Department at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
A 224-page book about this artist by Eleonora Battiston.
ISBN-10: 8889431369
ISBN-13: 978-8889431368
"Feng Zhengjie, whose work appears on the cover of 2005's China: The New Contemporary Painting, represents international trends toward borrowing and riffing on bygone styles--and the return to painterly technique--as much as he does his country's blooming contemporary art scene. His sources include posters of Shanghai in the 1930s and contemporary wedding photography, and the bright, streamlined style with which he addresses their conventions has the look of polished fashion imagery, an airbrushed 1980s feeling that's gotten increasingly eerie in recent years as his subjects' irises and pupils have shrunk to little dots on largely white eyes, giving them a glassy, doll-like look." - Amazon
China 2005 No. 11
2005
Oil on Canvas
Bride
1997
Oil on canvas
This work sold for $50, 998 at Shanghai Hosane Auction on Sunday, December 23, 2007 - a record high price at auction for this artist.
1968 - Born in Sichuan, China
1992 - BFA from the Fine Arts Department at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, China
1995 - MFA from the Oil Painting Department at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, China
Lives and works in Beijing, China
A 224-page book about this artist by Eleonora Battiston.ISBN-10: 8889431369
ISBN-13: 978-8889431368
"Feng Zhengjie, whose work appears on the cover of 2005's China: The New Contemporary Painting, represents international trends toward borrowing and riffing on bygone styles--and the return to painterly technique--as much as he does his country's blooming contemporary art scene. His sources include posters of Shanghai in the 1930s and contemporary wedding photography, and the bright, streamlined style with which he addresses their conventions has the look of polished fashion imagery, an airbrushed 1980s feeling that's gotten increasingly eerie in recent years as his subjects' irises and pupils have shrunk to little dots on largely white eyes, giving them a glassy, doll-like look." - Amazon
China 2005 No. 112005
Oil on Canvas
Bride1997
Oil on canvas
This work sold for $50, 998 at Shanghai Hosane Auction on Sunday, December 23, 2007 - a record high price at auction for this artist.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Some Interesting News
From The Art Newspaper:
Samsung accused of $64m art fraud
The conglomerate’s former house attorney alleges that the chairman set up a slush fund which his wife used to buy art
Lucian Harris | 2.1.08 | Issue 187
According to the news (here and here), Samsung created a $225 million slush fund for purposes of bribery and art purchases. Alleged acquisitions include works by modern art superstars Roy Lichtenstein, Barnett Newman, Ed Ruscha, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, and Gerhard Richer. The Art Newspaper states that money from the Samsung slush fund paid for 30 artworks from five Christie's New York auctions between 2002 and 2003.
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