EXHIBITIONS

Wang Gongxin video installation at Denver

Jan 28th – March 11, 2012
RedLine Art, Denver

In partnership with The Asian Art Coordinating Council, RedLine will present Wang Gongxin, the godfather of Chinese video art, will open his first U.S. solo show on January 28, 2012 in RedLine’s exhibition spaces. Curated by Julie Segraves, this exhibition will bring visitors through ancient to contemporary Chinese culture through four large-scale video installations. Seagraves explains: Read the full post »

EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, HEADLINES, ON THE GROUND

Nest Image: Chinese Ink Painting by Hao Liang at My Humble House

December 10, 2011

Dec 1 – 31, 2011
My Humble House
Taiwan

My Humble House Gallery is presenting young artist Hao Liang‘s solo exhibition ” Nest Image“. Hao Liang was born in 1983 and graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Insititute. The works of the young artist Hao Liang breathe an air of classical art. He deliberately looks back and reflects on the contemporary through the lens of tradition. In the past few years, he has drawn inspiration from the realism of the Song dynasty artists. He adopts a brush technique typical of the Song dynasty Xuanhe Period and uses Chinese ink and colour for his creations on silk. His new works consist of two layers in which he adopts a realistic approach to analyze his subjects. Because of the large discrepancies between China and the West, both cultures have also come to express things in a completely different way. However in all these artistic differences there is still room left for communication, contact and exchange.

BOOK REVIEWS

Art In America: Review of Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen at Chambers Fine Art New York

Art In America’s reviews Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen’s exhibition at Chambers Fine Art, this exhibition “The Way of  the Chopsticks III” is the project’s third iteration.

From Art In America(online here)

Article by Lilly Wei 12/01/11

Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen, a Beijing-based husband and wife team, are, as individual practitioners, among China’s leading contemporary artists. They have collaborated for the last 10 years on a single ongoing project. “The Way of the Chopsticks III,” the project’s third iteration, is currently on view at Chambers Fine Art in New York, after premiering at the gallery’s Beijing branch in June. To mark the tenth anniversary of “Chopsticks,” Chambers opened its doors on 11/11/11 at precisely 11:11:11 am. The number 11, as Song points out, resembles a pair of chopsticks.

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Article links: It Takes Two: Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen

EXHIBITIONS, HEADLINES

Zhan Wang Solo Exhibition “My Personal Universe” at UCCA

November 26th 2011-February 25th 2012
UCCA
798 Art District, Beijing

Every year, as art lovers, collectors, art consultants etc , they could have a lot of chances to see lots of art exhibitions. This month is the last of 2011, so we could recall which exhibition is the most interesting or best in your mind. As for me, maybe i will recommend Zhan Wang‘s new exhibition of “My Personal Universe” at UCCA.  Last sunday, my friend and i went to see this exhibition, we were awed by the thousands of stainless steel stones and six viedos. My friend told me that ” It’s a very powerful exhibition and i will never forget it”. Read the full post »

HEADLINES

RedBox Review Nominated for Russian Prize – Please vote!

It’s a great surprise and an honor that RedBox Review was nominated for the art-blogging section of the inaugural Petr Konchalovsky Art Criticism Prize, to be given at a conference in St. Petersburg Russia tomorrow.

Please vote for us by 11/27 at the link here and spread the word – it would be wonderful to help us represent for the Chinese art blogging community and bring more exchange and opportunities back to colleagues around China. Thank you for all your support!

(Note: voting is in Russian, but just click on the GREEN box next to the RedBox Review section as the picture indicates)

EXHIBITIONS

China Institute: Blooming in the Shadows, Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985

Until December 2011 The China Institute 125 East 65th St, between Lexington and Park Avenues Tucked away in New York’s upper east side is an exhibition whose subtle title and unpretentious gallery presentation belie its formidable influence in contemporary Chinese art today. The selection of oil paintings, ink paintings, and sculptures exhibited in two small galleries manifest an impressive range of themes and are evidence to an artistic practice in China that has more than just blossomed, but exploded into the world’s contemporary art scene and current market. Co-curated by Professors Shen Kuiyi and Julie Andrews, also well-respected scholars of modern and contemporary Chinese art, the scholarly exhibition presents an unprecedented simultaneous display works with strict academic rigor by three historically recognized avant-garde groups creating art during and following the Cultural Revolution.   Read the full post » HEADLINES

Gallery Hotel: A New Art Hotel at Worker Stadium

On Nov 19,2011, Gallery hotel hold the inaugural opening  and at the same time they presented the first Gallery Hotel Art Project.
They invited four curators to curated different exhibition and presented over 70 artists works, include oil painting, installation, photo, video and sculpture.This ambitious project surely offers a remarkable unveiling in it’s contemporary context, further creating a dialogue for contemporary art in private and public spaces.Gallery Hotel is a new art hotel and invested by famous Chinese contemporary collector Zhang Rui.

Weekend Round-up

Beijing Weekend Round-up（Nov 2011）

There are a lot of openings of exhibition in this month, especially on Nov 19, it will be the last exhibition for each gallery or art center. We will look forward to 2012.

798 Art District:

UCCA: Zhan Wang‘s ” My Personal Universe”, “Curated by…” series’s Tang Yuhan‘s” Interior Divination”, Apitchatpong Weerasethakul‘s ” For Tomorrow For Tonight” and Kolkoz‘s “Parallax” (Nov 19,2011 – Feb 25,2012)

Soka Art Gallery: Runis-Face of Contemporary Northeast China (Nov 19, 2011 – Jan 15 2012)

Pace Beijing Gallery: Beijing Voice: LEAVING REALISM BEHIND(Nov 19,2011 – Feb 12, 2012)

Being 3 Gallery: Wei Ligang solo exhibition (Nov 19,2011 – Dec 18,2011) Read the full post »

EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS

Four displays at UCCA: Zhan Wang/Tang Yuhan/Apitchatpong Weerasethakul/Kolkoz

November 26, 2011

Nov 26, 2011 -  Feb 25,2012
UCCA
798 Art District, Beijing

UCCA presents four varied displays: Zhan Wang‘s ” My Personal Universe”, “Curated by…” series’s Tang Yuhan‘s” Interior Divination”, Apitchatpong Weerasethakul‘s ” For Tomorrow For Tonight” and Kolkoz‘s “Parallax”

Zhan Wang has displayed his series of stainless-steel rock casts at an impressive resume of venues, even hauling one to the top of Mt. Everest. For his exhibit My Personal Universe at UCCA, Zhan Wang began the extensive production process for the project by exploding a gigantic boulder in the mountains of Shandong Province while recording the event on hi-definition video from six different angles at 2000 frames per second. Read the full post »

HEADLINES

WSJ.COM/Art Market: The China Factor

Ocotber 7,2011
Art Market: The China Factor, WSJ.COM
By KELLY CROW

With the fall auctions under way, Chinese collectors are bidding up their cultural heritage, setting new records nearly every week. ‘Soon a Chinese ink painting is going to outsell Picasso.’

Xu Qiming, the son of a farmer in Cixi, near Shanghai, has made a fortune exporting frozen eel. Now, he spends millions of dollars on his collection of Chinese ceramics. Yang Bin, one of Beijing’s biggest car sellers, is a major collector of Chinese contemporary art, as is Guan Yi, the son of a chemical engineer from coastal city Qingdao, who keeps over $50 million worth of art in a warehouse museum on the outskirts of Beijing. Read the full post »

HEADLINES

Npr.org / China’s auction market

October 11,2011 NPR
In China’s Red-Hot Art Market, Fraud Abounds
by Louisa Lim

As the global economy teeters, one market is still reaching stratospheric highs: Chinese art.

A Hong Kong auction of fine Chinese paintings earlier this month raised $94.8 million, three times pre-sale estimates. In fact, China is now the world’s biggest art market, according to the art information agency Artprice.

Yet all is not what it seems in the murky world of Chinese art auctions, including a painting that sold last year for more than $11 million, but appears not to be what was advertised. Read the full post »

HEADLINES

ArtHK acquired by Art Basel owner MCH Group

ArtHK, Hong Kong’s premier annual contemporary art fair is acquired by MCH Group, organizers of the ArtBasel art fairs. The Hong Kong International Art Fair will become the third platform of the ArtBasel brand, recognized as two of the most premier international contemporary art expositions worldwide.

May 6, 2011: Reuters [Press Release]:
MCH Group takes a majority share in Hong Kong International Art Fair

On 1 July 2011, MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., a company which belongs to the MCH Group Ltd., is acquiring 60% of the shares in Asian Art Fairs Limited in Hong Kong, which organises the Hong Kong International Art Fair. The MCH Group has the option of acquiring the remaining 40% of the shares in Asian Art Fairs Limited in 2014. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price for the share packages.

The Hong Kong International Art Fair has been held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on an annual basis since 2008 and, within a short time, has developed into a key international art fair for eminent gallery owners and collectors. Its success reflects the increasing importance of the Asian art market and the fact that Hong Kong is now the world’s third most important art market. Read the full post »