Pearl Lam Gallery,Shanghai April 15 – May 12, 2013 With Michael Wilkinson’s show at the Pearl Lam Gallery in Shanghai, I felt for the first time that the artworks on display positively interacted with the space they were displayed in. In previous shows, I often felt that there was a kind of competition for attention…
Category: Asia
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Seoul, South Korea
“New Visions New Voices” at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
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March 12, 2013 – June 23, 2013 This show at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul is a yearly event showcasing a small group of ‘best’ emerging artists in Korea. It was a nice occasion to get acquainted with some names that we may be hearing more often in the upcoming years. A…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Seoul, South Korea
Gimhongsok “Good Labor Bad Art”
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Plateau (Samsung), Seoul, March 7 – May 23, 2013 The main thing that stuck in my mind from seeing this show were the seemingly simple ‘arte-povera’-like sculptures (assemblages of cardboard boxes, trash bags, mattresses, wooden sticks) , which, after a close examination, revealed themselves as meticulously crafted ‘copies’ executed in bronze, resin etc. In the…
_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
Duan Jianyu, Hu Xiaoyuan “A Potent Force”
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段建宇，胡晓媛《醍醐》 Rockbund Art Museum, January – March 2013, curator: Karen Smith Hu Xiaoyuan’s work was on the lower floors and thus was the first one the visitor encountered. Hu’s work is based on careful observation and questioning of what one sees. The results: Sculptural objects and videos. I found the objects most interesting, because they…
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Linda C.H. Lai at Shanghai Biennale 2012
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第九上海雙年展2012: 黎肖嫻《1906 – 1989 – 2012: 廣州-香港-上海-安吉》 Now that the Shanghai Biennale is getting close to its end (scheduled to finish in the end of March), I would like to conclude my previous posts related to the biennale (Shanghai Biennale 2012, Berlin Pavilion, Sydney Pavilion, Daejeon Pavilion) with one more post, this time about one…
_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
Gabriel Lester “Roxy”
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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…
_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, 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…
_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
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…
_Writing about, Asia, China, Exhibitions, Shanghai
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…