Taipei Biennial 2012 台北雙年展2012 / Death and Life of Fiction 想像的死而復生 Curator: Anselm Franke / September 2012 – January 2013 The Taipei Biennial is heavy in meaning. It is almost like entering someone’s brain, or like opening a large encyclopedia of everything. The central topic is history. What is a document and what is fiction? When…
Time Traveller 时光旅行者: Huang Yongping 黄永砅, Liu Jianhua 刘建华, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu 孙原&彭禹, Yan Lei 颜磊, Curator: Ella Liao 廖薇 RockbundArt Museum,20 Huqiu Rd,Shanghai / September 20 –December 9, 2012 Rockbund Art Museum likes to show work that is large and spectacular, yet simple and direct at the same time. The latest show…
Feng Mengbo 冯梦波: My Private Museum 私人博物馆 Shanghai Gallery of Art, 3F,3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road,Shanghai September 4 -October 25, 2012 Feng Mengbo went on a tour to the Shanghai Natural History Museum, and took some photos of its display. Now we can see the photos which Feng took on display at the Shanghai Gallery…
Fictional Recoveries 虚构的复得: Li Ming 李明, Ng Joon Kiat, Shang Yixin 尚一心, Wang Zhibo 王之博, Morgan Wong Curated by David Ho Yeung Chan Pear Lam Galleries,181 Middle Jiangxi Road,Shanghai 9 September –20 October, 2012 Five young artists from the Greater China region are on display. Each artist has a designated space for his works, and…
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…