Bad Land 不毛之地 Participating artists: Xu Xiangyu 徐翔宇 Guo Bo 郭波Xia Yunfei 夏云飞 Yu Shuhang俞书航 Zhou Junru周俊汝Li Wenqian 李文倩 Zhang Chen张琛Hu Yikuan 胡亦宽 Wang Qiang王强Wang Man 王满 Houyu Group后语小组Ceng Duo 曾铎Fan Shisan 范石三 Han Siyuan韩思园 Han Yi韩一 Wang Ziyue王子月 Yuan Hui袁辉Hu Weiyi 胡为一 Chen Jie陈杰 Romain Baujard Laure Ledoux; Curator: Hu Weiyi 胡为一 2012/9/04, 18…
2012/09/07 – 2012/09/09 Shanghai Exhibition Centre SH Contemporary 2012 made a quite well rounded impression on me, by Chinese standards, which means there were some glitches. By that I mean that it was more interesting than an average visit to Moganshanlu 50. I saw some good art and some bad art, but that can be…
Soundpocket: Around 聽在 Earlier this year, I have spent a few months in Hong Kong. One of the things I brought back was a “catalogue” of the “Around / 聽在” sound art festival that took place in Hong Kong in 2009. I recently finished reading and listening through it (it contains a CD). I was…
Yang Zhenzhong 杨振中: Passage 过道 Building 11, Shanghai TOP,18 Wuwei Road,Shanghai / Sept 4 –Oct 20, 2012 In his artworks Yang Zhengzhong observes and comments on contemporary life as he sees it around him, often referencing the life and changes in Chinese cities. Also the new exhibition titled “Passage” follows in this line.
Colin Siyuan Chinnery 秦思源: It Might Also Be 也可以是 Art-Ba-Ba Mobile Space, 1/F. Bldg 10,18 Wuwei Road,Shanghai, Sept 4 –Oct 7, 2012 Colin Siyuan Chinnery is an artist and curator based in Beijing. He was Director in 2009 and 2010 of ShContemporary Art Fair in Shanghai, and before that he was Chief Curator / Deputy…
Paola Pivi 波拉•彼薇: Share but it’s not fair 分享，但不公平 7 July 2012–9 September 2012,Rockbund Museum Shanghai The selection of works and materials in this exhibition is quite eclectic, ranging from glass chandeliers to textile pillow-like object suspended from the ceiling, as well as fake plastic pearls and bear skins, a multiple-billboard-sized print of a drawing…
Mutadis Mutandis (Babak Afrassiabi, Edgar Arceneaux, Hany Armanious, Louidgu Beltrame, Elisabetta Benassi, Andrea Branzi, Luke Fowler, Suzanne Treister) 29 June 2012–2 September 2012, Secession,Vienna; curated by Cathrine David During my trips to Vienna, the Secession was one of my recent discoveries. After seeing David Claerbout, Stephan Dillemuth and Slavs and Tartars in June, I returned…
Kassel, Germany, June – September 2012 Documenta is one of the largest art shows in the world, and takes place every five years. I ventured to Kassel to get an impression myself. It was a crowded place, which impacted the possibility to enjoy some of the artworks, but at this size of an event, one…
Generali Foundation Vienna, 2. March – 29. July 2012 Morgan Fisher has spent most of his life working for the film industry in technical positions – editing and processing films. At the same time while working, he developed a love for the physical medium of film and his personal artwork is based around this topic.…
Presentation at Goethe Institute Shanghai, July 5, 2012 Raumlabor, an experimental architecture studio from Berlin has been selected to participate in the Shanghai Biennale 2012. On this occasion, two of its members, Benjamin Förster-Baldenius und Florian Stirnemann, came toShanghai. In the presentation they mostly showed their previous projects. They started off by pointing out some…