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.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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
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