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…
Category: Exhibitions
_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, 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…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Para Site: “Golden Heights Estate”
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1 March – 20 April 2014, Para Site, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Para Site is one of the longest-standing art spaces in Hong Kong and as such it does not need much introduction. I have written about Para Site previously and most recently I was slightly complaining about the well made…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Dances with the Green- An Art Exhibition on the Northeastern New Territories
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City University of Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, 1/11 – 2/23/2014, http://hknent.com/ I was quite excited when I heard about this exhibition as it seemed to be the first larger exhibition at RRS CMC since my arrival in September. In addition to that I myself live in the Northeastern New Territories (NENT) which…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Mobile M+: Building M+: the Museum and Architecture Collection
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ArtisTree, 2014/01/10-02/09, www.westkowloon.hk An exhibition that was part of the image-building activities of the West Kowloon Culture District’s (WKCD) future Museum. This time, the main aim was to present the outcomes of the architectural competition for the M+ building, and a selection of the future museum’s collection of architecture-related artefacts. The exhibition took place at…
_Writing about, Asia, Exhibitions, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Centre: “A Journey through Art and Technology in Asia Contemporary Art”
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(11/12/2013-1/12/2014) 2 Harbour Rd, Wanchai, Hong Kong A group exhibition with a grand yet little saying title. In terms of content, it was quite well done – a selection of 9 artists, spanning styles and generations – Wang Ningde, teamLab, Shilpa Gupta, Lee Yongbaek, Cang Yung Ta, Takashi Ishida, Wong Chung Yu, Nam June Paik,…