Exhibition map and forum schedule now available as PDF here! “Writing off the Wall” Nadim Abbas, Bai Xiaoci, Lee Kit, Kitty Ko Sin Tung, MAP Office, João Vasco Paiva, Adrian Wong, Samson Young Curated by Venus Lau and Robin Peckham Organized by Kunsthalle Kowloon (S.E.C.P.) Opening 26 May 2011, 14:00 – 20:00 Forum 29 May [...]
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Text by Robin Peckham This is an experiment in exhibition-making. It begins with the situation of cultural production and circulation throughout the Pearl River Delta, a conurbation that forms a cyclical distribution structure through which goods travel more freely than people. Encompassing a near continuous metropolis that stretches from Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the [...]
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Also tagged Hou Hanru, Hu Xiangqian, Huang He, Jon Phillips, Laoban Soundsystem, Leung Chi Wo, Li Jinghu, MAP Office, Matt Hope, Nadim Abbas
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Published in Yishu, Vol. 10 No. 1, January-February 2011. Text by Robin Peckham. It has become a truism: Chinese art is big not only in terms of physical scale, but also in the impressions it imparts to the observer. Chinese art, and not just that of the big, red, and shiny variety, tends toward the [...]
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Also tagged Cao Fei, Chu Yun, Douglas Young, Gary Chang, Lee Kit, Lin Yilin, Liu Chuang, Liu Wei, MAP Office, Nadim Abbas, Xu Zhen, Zheng Guogu
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Monday, December 27, 2010
The Border Show Nadim Abbas, Matt Hope + Jon Phillips, Hu Xiangqian, Huang He, Jin Jiangbo, Leung Chi Wo, Li Jinghu, Adrian Wong Curated by Venus Lau and Robin Peckham Organized by the Society for Experimental Cultural Production Opening 8 January 2011, 17:00 – 21:00 And running through 28 January 2011 Open weekends 12:00 – [...]
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Published in the Hong Kong Gallery Guide. Text by Robin Peckham. The place of spirituality in the Western art of our time is more or less clear: innovative art has consistently defined itself in relationship to mainstream religion, and the heritage of symbols and sensations of affect from the Christian tradition remains steady across the [...]
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First published in LEAP Volume 1 Issue 5. Text by Robin Peckham. Characterized by a reflective architecture of glass and steel and culturally dominated by a visually rich cinematic tradition that merges seamlessly with tourism marketing, Hong Kong does not lack for specular images of its urban core. In the now classic films of Wong [...]
Saturday, September 11, 2010
First published in Randian. Text by Robin Peckham. During a recent debate over sound art that seemed to grip several quarters of the Hong Kong art world for the better part of the summer of 2010, one of the recurring topics of discussion was the relationship between art and music. Dominated by figures emerging from [...]
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Also tagged Ai Weiwei, B6, Cedric Maridet, Dead J, Exit A, Liman, Maya Kóvskaya, Nadim Abbas, Qiu Xiaofei, Sulumi, Wang Guangle, Yan Jun, Yao Dajuin, Zuoxiao Zuzhou
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“Resonant if Unsound: Concept, Style, Execution” First published in Hong Kong Gallery Guide. This text describes a general critical framework. Text by Robin Peckham, with thanks to Venus Lau and Rachel Connelly. Marcel Duchamp inaugurated one of the manifold lineages of experimental art in the twentieth century with a push towards what he termed “non-retinal [...]
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Also tagged Ai Weiwei, Brosi Groys, Bruce Nauman, Cedric Maridet, Derek JArman, Feng Jiangzhou, György Ligeti, John Cage, Kazimir Malevich, Marcel Duchamp, Samson Young, Seth Kim-Cohen, Stephen Vitiello, Vito Acconci, Yan Jun, Yang Yeung, Yao Chung-Han, Yao Dajuin
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First published by Para/Site Art Space in a catalogue for the exhibition This is Hong Kong. Text by Robin Peckham. Download the original attachment Kingsley Ng, “Record: Light,” 2008, 3’06″ “Record: Light” presents a seemingly tranquil view of Central district in Hong Kong at night, including several of the landmark architectural features that characterize the [...]