加布里埃尔•莱斯特《洛克西》, 民生现代美术馆 November 26, 2012 – March 1, 2013, Minsheng Museum, Shanghai Similar to my previous “re-discovery” of Shinro Ohtake at Artsonje Seoul, Gabriel Lester was another of the artists exhibiting in the Karlsaue Park at Documenta 13 (2012) in Kassel. As mentioned in my post on the Documenta 13, I was not that excited about…
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_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
Xiao Ming & Xiao Hong “Cygnus”
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小明和小红《天鹅》 am art space 上午艺术空间 www.amspacesh.com 50B Fengxianlu, Shanghai, China March 1 – March 31 At first sight the space of the gallery seemed almost empty. When I came the performance of the two artists has already finished, and only the artists and a late guest remained in the space having a conversation. As I…
_Writing about, Berlin, Europe, Exhibitions, Germany
Naomi Hennig “Vast Schemes”
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Quiet Cue, Flughafenstrasse 38, Berlin, January 25 – 27, 2013 http://quietcue.blogspot.de Quiet Cue is a small independent art and work space in Berlin’s Neuköln district where art shows or concerts take place from time to time. If it were not by chance and personal connections, I would not have stumbled across this space, but as…
_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
Lee Kit “Every Breath You Take”
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李杰 “每一口气” Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, 民生现代美术馆, November 2012 – January 2013 Lee Kit’s work deals with the intimacy established between us and the products we use, especially in relation to our body. The bathroom towels, hand creams, tooth brushes, shower gels…
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Daejeon Pavilion at Shanghai Biennale 2012
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(Nanjing East Road, Shanghai, September 2012 – March 2013) The Daejeon City Pavilion featured the works of three Korean artists. I found it remarkable how the curator managed to put together three artists with a completely different background an still create a very coherent impression. Choi Taeyoon is a US-Korean artist, who presented his anti-manifesto…
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Sydney Pavilion at Shanghai Biennale 2012
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The Sydney pavilion of the Shanghai Biennale 2012 was one of the better places to visit. At first sight, it struck the visitor by the strong ‘op-art’ visual identity created by translucent foils pasted on the windows. The same op-art element was repeated on and in the booklet accompanying the exhibition. The booklet credited a…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Nam June Paik Art Centre
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10 Paiknamjune-ro, Sanggal-dong, Giheung-gu, yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-905 Korea; http://www.njpartcenter.kr/en/ Nam June Paik Art Centre (NJP Centre) is located in proximity to Suwon. It is a museum dedicated to the video art pioneer Nam June Paik. There seem to be rotating exhibitions, which are centered on the work of Nam June Paik. It was my second…
_Writing about, Asia, Lecture/Performance/Event, Seoul, South Korea
19 Minute Performance Relay at Seogyo Art Space
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Seogyo Art Space, Hongdae, Seoul, http://eng.seoulartspace.or.kr/space_seogyo/introduce.asp December 28, 2012, 18:30 Seogyo Art Space is located in Hongdae area of Seoul, close to Hongik university. On December 28th an art performance relay took place there, and as I was in Seoul and a friend invited me, I decided to give it a try and get a…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Seoul, South Korea
“Artificial Garden” at Nam Seoul Museum of Art
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Seoul Museum of Art – Nam Seoul Branch, Seoul, http://seoulmoa.seoul.go.kr December 2012 The ‘south side’ branch of the Seoul Museum of Art had an exhibition on show that featured a well-balanced mix of media art. There was a multi-channel video projection showing a surreal spatial stop-motion situation (Sophie Clements), generative computer graphics (Lab[au]), a projection…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Seoul, South Korea
“(Im)Possible Landscape” at PLATEAU, Seoul
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PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, http://www.plateau.or.kr November 2012 – February 2013 The show brought together a number of Korean artists by selecting artworks that have a relation to the central topic of “landscape”. In the entrance space of the gallery the visitor was greeted by a sound installation of bird and animal sounds accompanied…