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.…
Adrian Wong 王浩然: Troglodyte See the Light February 2012, at Osage Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Wong created a number of speaking mechatronic puppets for this show. The voice was his, exploring untypical and absurd uses of language. The works were ‘packaged’ as funny shaped creatures, which was a good way to engage the visitors. If…
Thomas Lin 練錦順x Liu Yichang劉以鬯 + George Ho左治x Tats Lau劉以達: Intersection 對倒 JCCAC Hong Kong, February 2012 Located in the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, the exhibition had a touch of nostalgia. A video of a smiling face cut into two halves, superimposed by a text/poem, and accompanied by dream-like film music. A three-dimensional ‘model’…
MadeIn 没顶公司Company: Turbulent April 27th to May 26th, 11:00-16:00 MadeIn Company Exhibition Space 1F, Bldg 8 , 18 Wuwei Road, Shanghai, PRC MadeIn is an artist collective initiated by Xu Zhen. It poses as an ‘art factory’, a brand, behind which a group of artists are working on projects. The “Turbulent” exhibition consisted of three…
Zhang Ding 张鼎: Buddha Jumps over the Wall Jun 02- Jul 01, 2012. Shanghart, Top Contemporary Art Centre, Room 101, Bldg. 5, 18 Wuwei Rd., Shanghai At the heart of Zhang Ding’s newest solo exhibition is a set of ‘exploding’ plaster sculptures of animals. The sculptures are filled up with red paint inside, and pierced…