First published on ArtSlant China. Text by Robin Peckham. Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art Minsheng Art Museum 570 West Huaihai Rd., Bldg. F, Red Town International Art Community, 200050 Shanghai, China, China April 19, 2010 – July 18, 2010 Last week saw the grand opening of the Minsheng Art Museum, an institution owned by [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The recent Chen Wenbo exhibition at the Shanghai Gallery of Art, bearing the odd title ABIO-View, presents new work on canvas by the painter. As with most of his recent exhibitions, there are few new stylistic developments to be found; nevertheless, it is gratifying to see this solid and expansive presentation during a year that [...]
Text by Robin Peckham Inter Art, a deservedly obscure photography space on the south side of 798 in Beijing, recently hosted the exhibition Remix and Share, organized by Creative Commons China and the web portal Artintern. The issue of copyright and open systems for alternative licensing is not an altogether immaterial one within the Chinese [...]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Jiang Zhi’s landmark solo exhibition Attitude has now completed two of its three manifestations: Osage Shanghai opened the project during the art fairs there in fall 2009, Osage Kwun Tong enlarged the presentation in scale and scope for Hong Kong this past month, and Osage Beijing, a gallery that has been devoid of exhibitions for [...]
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wormhole: A Wang Yuyang Solo Exhibition Runs through 13 December 2009 Boers-Li Gallery (No. A-8 Caochangdi, Beijing) Text by Robin Peckham Wang Yuyang is probably best known for his projects within the new media community and its exhibition framework, a reputation that has allowed him to emerge internationally as a leading new artist from China [...]
Monday, November 23, 2009
Text by Robin Peckham Exhibition runs through 5 December 2009 Tang Contemporary (Gate No. 2, 798 Art District, Beijing) As usual with such group shows in Beijing, it is unclear what exactly Tang Contemporary and curator Wei Xing attempt to do with their new exhibition “The New Attitude of Image” The incoherent but indubitably grandiose [...]