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Author: EC
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Taiwan
Taipei Biennial 2014 – The Great Acceleration
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Taipei Fine Arts Museum, September 13, 2014 – January 4, 2015, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud. I am writing this a few months after my visit, so my memories are filtered through the time that passed, and supported by photos, but that shouldn’t matter. Even now a few month later I still find myself returning to…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Report, Taiwan
Taipei.Art.Summer.2014
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Table of Contents: Art Issue Projects 藝術計劃: Huang Yen-Ying, Jang Jongwan “Dual Exhibition” Asia Museum of Modern Art (Taichung): “Klimt and Jugendstil”, “Genesis: The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin and Henry Moore”, An Era of Abstraction: Chu Teh-chun, Richard Lin, Liu Kuo-Sung, Hsiao Chin”, “Magicians of Sculpture: The Imaginative Worlds of Philippe Hiquily and Arman” Eslite…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Taiwan
“Korean P.O.P.” at MOCA Taipei
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MOCA Taipei is showing an exhibition of Korean contemporary art. It is quite a comprehensive selection, ranging across media, from sculpture to video art to painting. This breadth means that there is a bit less depth. This on turn is made up by the thematic selection according to the P.O.P. acronym. The attempt to push…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Osage: “Market Forces: Erasure: From Conceptualism to Abstraction”
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05.16.2014 – 06.30.2014, Au Hoi Lam, Tang Kwok Hin, Yu Ji, Zhao Zhao, Ian Woo, Milenko Prvacki, Ng Joon Kiat, Jeremy Sharma, Grace Tan, Nilo Ilarde, Ringo Bunoan, Bernardo Pacquing, Maria Taniguchi, Masanori Handa, Kishio Suga, Young Rim Lee, Shin Il Kim, Mee Ai Om, Tintin Wulia, FX Harsono, Nipan Oranniwesna, It is worth visiting…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Para Site: Not Just Sex (in Hong Kong).
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Ten Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong. Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, 5/10-8/10/2014, & other locations (only ‘till 5/25/2014) The title of the show seemed a bit too schematic, but once visiting the show I have to concur I was mistaken. The show spread out of the Para Site space…
_Writing about, Asia, Hong Kong, Report
(Art Basel) Hong Kong 2014: Collectors, Warehouses and Blood
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The art fair is over. I want to record this event, but at the same time, don’t see much meaning in writing about the fair itself. A fair is a fair. Many artworks by many artists were on display for sale, many people came to town to buy, and many people followed those who buy…
Asia, Hong Kong, Lecture/Performance/Event
Ellen Fullman in Hong Kong: Over-Amplified
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Prior to Ellen Fullman’s concert in Hong Kong I downloaded some of her music. I enjoyed listening to the done-like tones of her long string instrument, and it made me look forward to her live performance. I wondered how the long string instrument will sound like live, and also how Ellen Fullman will perform on…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Leung Chi Wo: So I don’t really know sometimes if it’s because of the long title…
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Leung Chi Wo “So I don’t really know sometimes if it’s because of culture”, 25.4.-17.5.2014 CMC Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong Leung Chi Wo’s solo show contained 4 works, all video-based, some combined with photography. The first work to catch a visitor’s attention was “Sign” (2008) a single…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Lee Kit’s “You”: Angry Sausage, Anyone?
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Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 6 March – 13 April 2014 I already did not intent to write about this exhibition, but given the amount of publicity and importance attributed to this show, I want to record my impressions and add to the pile of…