Asia Art Archive Chen Shuxia: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Greater China Curatorial Residency Programme 2014 Grantee Awarded curatorial proposal: From Socialist Realism to Social Reality: April Photo Society, 1976-1989 www.aaa.org.hk
UCCA to Show Major Retrospective of "Gu Dexin ~ The Important Thing is Not the Meat"
Beijing.- The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) will present a major retrospective of work by Gu Dexin featuring more than 280 artworks and spanning three decades of the artist’s vast output. Entitled “Gu Dexin: The Important Thing is Not…
Chinese Sculptor Moulds Memory of Mao
YAN’AN, CHINA (REUTERS).- Sculptor Wang Wenhai has dedicated his life to one man – China’s controversial former paramount leader Mao Zedong. Since Mao’s death in 1976, Wang has made well over 2,000 sculptures of the “Great Helmsman,” most of them from…
‘Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs’ Exhibition Opens at the Asia Society Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Society Museum presents an exhibition of 227 photographs taken by Ai Weiwei, capturing the history, culture, and atmosphere of 1980s New York from his unique perspective. The exhibition marks the first time Ai Weiwei’s New York…
Chinese Sculptor Moulds Memory of Mao
YAN’AN, CHINA (REUTERS).- Sculptor Wang Wenhai has dedicated his life to one man – China’s controversial former paramount leader Mao Zedong. Since Mao’s death in 1976, Wang has made well over 2,000 sculptures of the “Great Helmsman,” most of them from…
Outspoken Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: Free in Body, Said Little in First Day Out of Detention
BEIJING (AP).- Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday but said little else in his first day out of detention, living under a gag order that underscores concerns about China’s growing use of extr…
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei: Free in Body, Not Voice
BEIJING (AP).- Outspoken artist and government critic Ai Weiwei talked about giving himself a haircut Thursday but said little else in his first day out of detention, living under a gag order that underscores concerns about China’s growing use of extr…
‘Outspoken’ Chinese Artist/Activist’ ~ Ai Weiwei ~ Released On Bail
BEIJING – One of the first words that always came to mind for anyone trying to describe Ai Weiwei – the avant-garde Chinese artist and pro-democracy dissident – was “outspoken.” This is, after all, a man whose portfolio includes a portrait o…
The James Cohan Gallery Presents Emerging Chinese Artists
New York City.- The James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition, “Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists”, running until July 29th. Over the past decade, while the West consumed new art from China, a young gen…
The La Lanta Gallery Presents Lu Jun’s Digital Ink & Wash Photographs
Bangkok.- The La Lanta Gallery is proud to present “How Far From Us” and exhibition by leading Chinese Arist, Lu Jun. With his name praised in several important art publications including Britain’s Genuis list of top 100 International Artists, Chin…