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Shanghai Artist Battle

2010-09-02T10:03:00.001+08:00

Dyce Productions is bringing the Artist Battle (cousin of Rap Battle and Yo Momma Battle) to Shanghai.

The artist battle is a competition in which visual artists of any medium and genre are welcome to participate. Artists compete against one another by fabricating art in a live performance for cash prizes. The attending audience judges the competition by voting for their favorite artist(s).

Come get involved! Fine art as entertainment!
Artists will have three(3) hours –AND ONLY 3 HOURS!!!- to complete their entire piece of artwork.

The Battle will be on Friday October 22, 2010 from 8-11pm (artists should arrive at least an hour early to get set up) The winners will be announced at midnight.

Thirty local artists will “battle” for a ¥2000 grand prize. Each artist has 3 hours to complete an original piece of artwork to be judged by audience votes.

What kind of artwork? Any medium the artist chooses to use. Ice sculpture, junk sculpture, painting, culinary arts, body painting, folk art, and more! The possibilities are only limited by the artists’ creativity.

This unique event is the first time that programming of this sort has been done in Shanghai. The placement within an urban neighborhood will showcase the raw potential of both the artists, and the success of The Bund redevelopment. With a little ‘out of the box’ thinking ‘Artist Battle’ works to promote The Bund as a vibrant place for creativity, community, and culture.

1st place prize is ¥2000rmb, 2nd is ¥750, and 3rd place is ¥250.
The entry cost for artists is ¥100rmb. This is what constitutes the prize money.

When: October 22, 8 to 11pm

Where: House of Roosevelt at No.27 on The Bund

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Xu Di's Seafood Philosophy

2010-09-01T16:03:00.000+08:00

Because the quality of seafood is difficult to maintain, its value is temporary. No matter how expensive it is, the next day it’s worth nothing when it’s gone bad. This characteristic piqued my interest. It’s like emotion, fame, or principles -- fleeting and fragile.

- from an interview with CityWeekend

Xu Di's Vivid as Fruit photography show is on exhibit at Vanguard Gallery from September 3 - October 10, 2010.

Address : Room 204, Bldg 4A, 50 Moganshan Lu
Email: vanguardg@gmail.com
Phone: 5252-2551, 6299-3523

ArtHub | Curatorial Presentations

2010-09-01T10:16:00.000+08:00

Please join us for a low-key curatorial session in about a month in Shanghai, on Friday September 17, from 10.00 until approx. 15.00, during which the de Appel Curatorial Programme participants will present themselves and their past exhibition work from their respective contexts. If you want see and respond to their work and share your curatorial past, present or upcoming work or ideas, please do let us know. The presentations do not have to be more than 10–15 minutes.

Six of the participants are from India, Canada, France, Argentina, Australia and the Netherlands. They will be traveling to South Korea (Gwangju, Seoul and Busan), Taiwan (Taipei) as well as China (Shanghai and Beijing) for their research trip. For many of them, it’s the first time visiting any of these countries.

It is pretty DIY affair with space limited for participants. Lunch will be provided. Arthub Directors Defne Ayas and Davide Quadrio will be on site.

davide@arthubasia.org
defne@arthubasia.org

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Person of Interest | Tod Volpe

2010-08-21T17:07:00.005+08:00

The article The Six-Figure Fish Tank Catches On appeared in yesterday's New York Times. The article quoted one aquarium owner describing a jellyfish tank as "living art" while Tod Volpe called his tank his "life force".

Tod Michael Volpe's room-dividing tank.
Photo courtesy of Robert Presutti for The New York Times

Tod Volpe is a name that most people probably haven't heard much of since 1997 when he was convicted for art fraud, stripping him of status and fortune in a dramatic turn of events. In the article, Jennifer A Kingson reports, "Mr Volpe was once a high-flier in Hollywood who bought artwork for celebrities like Barbra Streisand and Jack Nicholson, but in the late 1990s he pleaded guilty to defrauding them and served time in jail. Today, he said, the aquarium is part of his healing journey."

Notes on The Man, The Legend

Volpe was raised in poverty with an abusive father.
Pioneered the American Arts & Crafts movement by rescuing Mission pieces from flea markets, restoring them, and selling them in New York.
Obtained a Mission-style desk designed by Charles Rohlfs by telling the owners it was fake, though he believed otherwise. Then sold the desk to a wealthy client by fabricating a romantic tale about how the desk remained in an old mansion for generations. He clinched the sale by informing the would-be buyers that the desk would appear in a book -- a book which Volpe co-authored. The desk is now part of the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum.
At the height of his career as an art dealer, his clients included Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Willis & Demi Moore, Arnold Shwarzenneger & Maria Shriver, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, Richard Gere, Harvey Keitel, Terry & Jane Semel, Robert & Nancy Daly, Carole Bayer Sager, Don Simpson, Barry Manilow, Tim Curry, Francine Le Frak, Joe Weider, Marry Ellen & Robert Zemeckis, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, Renny Harlin & Geena Davis, Andy Warhol, Harold Becker, Linda & Jerry Bruckheimer, Patsy & Steve Tisch, Rowland Perkins, Jack Rapke, John Hughes, Max Palevsky.
According to Volpe's website, he has been involved with the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The British Museum, The Musee Dorsay, The St. Louis Art Museum, The New Jersey State Museum, The Delaware Art Museum, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The National Academy of Design, The Corcoran Museum, The Smithsonian, The Clarke Institute, The Boston Museum of Art, The Newark Museum, The Copper Hewitt, The Phillips Collection, The Oakland Museum, The Museum of the City of New York, The Richmond Museum of Fine Art, The High Museum, and The Chicago Art Institute.
Instead of standing trial, which would have revealed the unscrupulous, secret world of art dealing, Volpe pled guilty to 37 counts of art fraud and served two years in a federal U.S. prison. When he came out of prison, he published Framed, which reveals the unscrupulous, secret world of art dealing.
The first post of his short-lived blog is dated July 15, 2008. The second -- and last -- post is dated January 11, 2009.
Used to live in Hollywood and drive a Porsche Cabriolet. Today lives in a studio apartment in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood.

"I’d like to do what Frank Abagnale did with Catch Me If You Can." November 2003

"I always gravitated towards breaking new ground with art since my former partner and I opened the Jordan Volpe Gallery in New York in 76 and broke gound in the American art world,, pioneering a style of collecting that has become an international phenomenon." July 2008

"The days of getting 100 million for a painting by telling this billionaire and that one that someone else is going to steal that piece from them if they don't bid on it are over." January 2009

"My work is not about dealing art its about helping people in the art world and in the business world find their way through the maze. And to help people learn how to love art again and enjoy it for its own sake not because it is an item of luxury how I started at flea markets restoring things I loved and helping others see the beauty in things." January 2009

It is being whispered that Tod Volpe's next chapter may involve Shanghai...

Artist Residency near Shanghai | The Pottery Workshop

2010-08-19T18:10:00.005+08:00

The Pottery Workshop welcomes international artists to experience life in Jingdezhen, one hour's flight from Shanghai. We’ll give you the chance to explore traditional Chinese methods of ceramics production in a comfortable studio with modern facilities.

The residential studio program includes:
* 24-hour access to our air-conditioned studio
* Excellent facilities, including a glaze laboratory, use of electric wheel, work table, tools, bats, and boards
* Studio assistants who help with introducing you to Jingdezhen, translating, and solving technical problems.
* Full room and board. Lunch and dinner are served every day except Sundays.
* Accommodation includes flush toilets, hot shower, air-conditioned rooms, regular cleaning service, and free wireless broadband Internet.

Fees and Other Costs

The cost of the residential studio program is Rmb2400/week. You should prepare for other costs such as firing fees and materials.

When to Come

The studio is busiest in the Spring and Fall, when the weather is fair. Summer is hot, but our air-conditioned studios are quite comfortable. Winter is our slowest season. Learn more about Jingdezhen’s average and current weather.

The studio is open all year except for one month during the Chinese New Year (around the month of February).

The Pottery Workshop
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9:00AM-5:00PM CST to answer your questions.
Telephone: (86798) 8440582 (86798) 8440628
Fax: (86798) 8440585
Email: infojdz@potteryworkshop.com.cn
Address: 139 East Xinchang Lu, Jingdezhen, China 333001

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Artist Residency in Shanghai | Andrew James Art & JIA Hotel

2010-08-19T17:08:00.011+08:00

Basics of the Program

Application Age: Artists over 21 years of age.
Period of Stay: 4 Weeks

JIA Hotel Shanghai Provides: One hotel room and one studio (approx. 30sqm or 300sqf) free of charge.
Residency artist is provided with free breakfast, free afternoon tea and free wifi throughout the hotel.
Andrew James Art gallery provides local technical support to the artists.

Artists are responsible for the following expenses:
Any fee incurred outside the room charge, e.g. phone charge, mini bar and room service, etc.
Visa fees, air tickets and local travel expenses.
Artists’ living expenses and personal expenditures during the stay.
Material and other cost for production of the works.
Artists’ medical expenditure.
Any other expenses.

Residency Room

A suite room is provided, with a small kitchen (including stove and cooking utensils), TV, DVD, private bathroom and free wifi throughout the hotel.

Artist’s Studio

One unfurnished room in the hotel, approx. 30sqm (300sqf) with private toilet facility.

Andrew James Art
39 North Maoming Road, Shanghai
China 200041
Telephone: +86 21 5228 7550
Fax:+86 21 5228 6289
Opening Hours: Tue-Sun 11am-7pm; Other Times By Appointment
Email: andrew@andrewjamesart.com

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Artist Residency in Shanghai | island6

2010-08-19T16:43:00.009+08:00

Applications

island6 is open for all applicants, there are no application deadlines.

Selection of Participants

The applicants are selected by island6 Arts Center.
All applications should be sent to contact@island6.org
Each application should include:
• CV of the applicant
• Project proposal
• Intended period of stay
• Digital portfolio

island6 Arts Center studio provides artists with following conveniences:
The studio covers a surface of 200 sqm.
The studio is self-contained with: phone, heating, Internet connection (you have to bring your own laptop), furnishings and kitchen.

island6 Arts Center helps you with translation, research and communication and will keep you in touch with events occurring in the art world of Shanghai.

island6 Arts Center provides occasional technical consultancy to help with the creation of the work and can potentially help you to find an appropriate collaborator from your field of work or complimentary field.

island6 Arts Center from participants of residence program expects:
• Professional attitude towards the space, facilities and people involved.
• Hard work - from 10 – 19.00; from the first day you arrive till the end of the residency.
• Collaboration with one or more local artist(s).
• Completion of at least one new artwork (of any media).

Accommodation

Fully furnished service apartment with Internet access.

island6 Arts Center
50 Moganshan Lu (near Changhua Lu and Xi Suzhou Lu, behind Aomen Lu)
六岛艺术中心, 莫干山路50号6号楼2楼 (近昌化路和西苏州路)
EXHIBITION HOURS: DAILY 10:00 TO 19:00 OR BY APPOINTMENT
Telephone: +86 (0)21 6227 7856
Email: contact@island6.org

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VENICE PAVILION : Open Wall Installation

2010-08-18T11:50:00.005+08:00

Open Wall by artist Sheng Shan Shan

CityWeekend writes:

Coming straight from the 53rd Venice Biennale, Sheng Shan Shan’s “Open Wall” is a 20m long glass installation that recreates the Great Wall. The transparency of Sheng’s chosen medium reinterprets the iconic monument—each of the 2208 glass bricks delivers a powerful message on contemporary China’s newfound openness. Temporality, permeability and the question of outsider / insider status are themes especially pertinent in the context of the Expo.

VENUE:
Expo Zone E, UBPA Joint Pavilion B1, Venice Pavilion, Shanghai
上海世博园，E区，城市最佳实践区，B1 威尼斯馆
PHONE: +86 1347 2733 226

Expansions

2010-08-15T10:03:00.010+08:00

The Shanghai gallery system has experienced a fair share of expansion and economy this year -- galleries have closed, some have moved, and others have added more space. Last week Global Times asked whether the new crop of gallery spaces were related to the Expo. Besides the Dutch Cultural Center at 800 Changde Lu, I don't know if there is any correlation.

Recent Expansions :

Art Labor 2.0

Location : 570 Yongjia Lu, Bldg. 4 near Yueyang Lu
Telephone : +86 21 3460 5331
www.artlaborgallery.com

G ArtSPACE
Location : N.694 Huai'an Lu near Changhua Lu

Telephone : +86 21 62769100
www.1918artspace.com

ifa²

Location : 57 Yongkang Lu near Xiangyang Nan Lu

Telephone : +86 21 6256 0835

www.ifa-gallery.com

Leo Gallery 374

Location : 374 Wukang Lu, near Tai'an Lu (inside Ferguson Lane complex)

Telephone : +86 21 5465 8785

www.leogallery.com.cn

Office 339
Location : 106, Building No.1, Weihai Lu No.696
Telephone : +86 21 6267 0176
www.office339.com

Studio Rouge

Location : 17 Fuzhou Lu near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu

Telephone : +86 21 6323 0833

www.studiorouge.cn

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On the Road : Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

2010-08-10T01:09:00.001+08:00

Opened in July 2008, an article from C Arts Magazine describes Bangkok's first public art space:

The new visual art space is Bangkok's first large international-standard public art museum. Located in one of the city's busiest commercial districts known as Siam Square, BACC is effectively integrated into a cluster of up-market shopping malls (including Siam Discovery and Paragon), all connected by the National Stadium BTS skytrain station. Designed by Bangkok architectural firm Robert Boughey & Associates, the new Centre is housed in a twelve-floor atrium-style edifice.

...

Whereas Western art institutions of the 1950s still adhered to a purist vision of art - the museum functioning exclusively as a temple of high culture - public state-sponsored visual art spaces built nowadays in Southeast Asia pursue an altogether different agenda. In order to survive financially and secure a steady stream of visitors, they often operate simultaneously as meeting place, cultural venue and retail destination. Thus BACC, with its mall-land location, shopping centre architecture, underground multi-storey car park, and several dozen food and commercial outlets occupying the building's lower and more accessible floors (still untenanted at the time of writing), epitomizes Southeast Asia's current taste for hybrid, entertainment-oriented public spaces.

outside

inside

Mask 2 (detail), Oil on Aluminum, by Therdkiat Wangwatcharakul

coffee shop

ice cream shop

frame shop

Bangkok Art and Culture Center
Address: 939 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Telephone: +66 02 214 6630-1
Fax: +66 02 214 6632
E-mail: bkkart@yahoo.com
www.bacc.or.th

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AROUND SPACE: Better than Disney World

2009-05-02T23:10:00.008+08:00

Some galleries still adhere to the white cube convention of exhibiting art. Around Space gallery embraces the beat-up walls, chipped tiles, and dilapidated ceilings of the two spaces that house their art within the 696 Weihai Lu enclave. At #108, Building 11, they've hammered together shapes made of unfinished drywall to use as display units, while the walls are literally falling down at #202, Building 9. This gallery doesn't take themselves too seriously and is a place run by art lovers, for art lovers.

I heart Around Space.

Tilt-a-Whirl at #108, Building 11
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Geometric display units at #108, Building 11
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Work shown on crumbled external walls at #202, Building 9
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New Residency Program : Art Plant in Tokyo

2009-05-02T17:31:00.008+08:00

Art Plant: Guidelines for Applicants
(artists from overseas)

PLACE

Sayama ‘green island’ (a nature protected park located in SAYAMA Hills, HIGASHIYAMATO city, Tokyo)

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TORIYAMA restaurant (Japanese Restaurant )

TERM

24th Sept. – 13th Oct. 2009

ORGANIZER

SOZO-engine(NPO)

PROGRAM

Art exhibition in the woods or in some buildings around Higashiyamato city.
Making artworks in the style of Workshop with resident around there, especially with children.

PURPOSE

Through the mixture of art and natural objects, we describe the importance of harmony in our daily lives.

Given the chance to create some art with a professional, foreign artist among children, parents, and young Japanese artists, we hope to bring to our neighborhood a new way to communicate with each other and bring new understandings into the lives of all the people involved in the project.

REQUIREMENTS

a) Be involved with contemporary art, or other art making.
b) Be able to produce one artwork during working period.

TO APPLY

a) be able to lead community life with the other invited artists.
b) be able communicate with the people living in this area.
c) be able to speak and understand either English or Japanese daily conversation.
d) be able to correspond to the schedule: the execution, the exchange events and so on.
e) be in good health.

NUMBER OF ARTISTS TO BE ACCEPTED

5 artists

OBLIGATIONS FOR ARTISTS

Travel expenses: Artist will pay the Airfare and transportation between Narita and Tamagawajosui St.(Seibu Shinjuku line)
We arrange the transportation between Tamagawajosui St. and the place where you stay.
Living allowance: The organizer will provide the accommodation, and local transportation during the stay. The meal will be provided for 10days (the days stated for work)
If Artist require something especially, he/she will pay it.
Material expenses: Artist will pay. (We will provide some bamboos, which grow in Sayama ‘green island’, if it is needed.)
Insurance: The artist should be covered by one’s own travel insurance (for injury and sickness) for the duration of residence. The organizer will have nothing to do with insurance for the Artist
　　　　　
About Working, Exhibition, and the Exchange program
a) Fire in the park is not permitted. If the process of your work involves fire, please consult with one of the organizers.
b) Artist must not give severe damage to the plants of Sayama ‘green island’.
c) Artist must not cover the walkways by your artwork.
d)Artists will have some co-working staffs to help you when you are making work.
(The residents will join and experience your work, so please explain clearly how they can help in your planning.)
e) Artist must not make the artwork which is against public order, standards of decency, and injures the audience.
f) Artist must not make the artwork remarkably political and religious.

HOW TO APPLY

1. Please send a mail to Office 339 at info@office339.com.
2. We will send you an application form and a planning form.

Closing Date: 2009/06/30

OUYANG CHUN : Alter Ego

2009-05-02T16:56:00.005+08:00

An Unacknowledged Artist (2008), oil on canvas

130 x 110 cm

OUYANG CHUN : Alter Ego
On Exhibit Now

The Shanghai Gallery of Art is pleased to present Alter Ego, a solo exhibition by Ouyang Chun with a selection of nineteen oil paintings from 2007 to 2009. Alter Ego exhibits a series of oil paintings that speak of the daily frustrations, pain and delight of our existence. Delving into the psychological nuances of a creative individual becomes the subject matter for his self-portraits and depictions of imaginary episodes that are emblematic of the complexity and richness of a generation of young painters currently based in Beijing. For Ouyang Chun, “What I am trying to capture in my paintings are fragments of my life. The meaning does not lie within the artwork but its ability to say something from the heart. What is important is not the painting but an ability to feel one’s life.”

Ouyang Chun was born in 1974 in Beijing. He graduated from the Department of Art Education of Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an, in 1995. Considered as one of the most prominent artists of the young generation (the 1970s), Ouyang Chun currently lives and works in Beijing.

For more information, please contact the Shanghai Gallery of Art:

Address: 3rd Floor, No.3 on the Bund
By email: SGA@on-the-bund.com
By telephone: 86-21-63215757, 86-21-63233355 *, 86-21-63234549

Installation view
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Gallery of Art

Text from Shanghai Gallery of Art.

Grand Opening : Bamboo ArtSPACE

2009-05-01T14:07:00.005+08:00

Grand Opening May 9th from 6 to 9 pm

1918 ArtSPACE is opening Bamboo ArtSPACE, their second gallery located at Moganshan Road No. 20, Building 8. The 400 sqm space is on the lane just east of the M50 art district.

This new art space, dedicated to all types of contemporary art and culture-related events, exhibitions and performances, and located right next to the M50 Art District, will open its doors on May 9th, 2009 hosting the first solo show in Shanghai of New-pop Korean artist Kwon, Ki-Soo.

Untitled 1 (2008), acrylic on canvas
130 x 130 cm

For more info and for high-resolution pictures, please contact Bamboo ArtSPACE:

By e-mail: bambooartspace@gmail.com
By phone: + 86 13818789932 or + 86 21 62769100
www.bambooartspace.com

Installation Views | May Rain

2009-04-23T16:27:00.010+08:00

Photos courtesy of the artist

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Editorial : Extracting the Earth’s Essence

2009-04-23T13:21:00.007+08:00

Drifter No. 4 (2008), oil on canvas

150 x 110 cm

Today’s China is like an open valley to the influences of Western art where different voices from different sides contradict each other, which easily excites enthusiastic people but makes quiet individuals like this artist feel awkward. In a time filled with constant updates and developments, any introspective choice inevitably seems conservative. What motivates Du Saijin, apart from personal feelings, is strengthening a connection with the earth.

Since meeting him in 1998, I have known Du Saijin to paint portraits of the poor, a population often socially disengaged from general society. His subjects use meager incomes to buy liquor and meat in the dimming light of sunset, much like Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Though challenging to examine on a sociological and economic level, this population reveals to the artist the simple greatness and solidarity of the human spirit through the absurdity of predestination displayed by their real lives. This is what attracts the painter, inspiring humility toward his craft and a commitment to remain honest to the canvas. Du Saijin paints vagrants, scavengers and laborers as individuals instead of using them to represent emotional concepts or as boxes to hold ideas. His paintings show that without baring clothes, the artist can extract the essence of people standing firmly on the earth.

Sophie Pan holds a doctorate in Art History from Nanjing Normal University and is now a professor at Nanjing Art College.

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On the Road : Pingyao International Photography Festival 2008

2009-04-04T01:36:00.010+08:00

The Pingyao International Photography Festival is an annual event held in Pingyao, a small city in Shaanxi province. It's a great experience viewing photography in industrial exhibition spaces like a former cotton mill and needle factory. Some art in context from the 2008 festival...

Photos courtesy of bound*ed

Character Sketch : Huzi

2009-04-03T20:45:00.011+08:00

Huzi : untitled (2008), ink drawing
25 x 11 cm

I first met Huzi at his hybrid store/workshop/drinking hole across from Mesa/Manifesto on Julu Road. He was slumped on one of those wooden stools that barely exceed ground-level; so low that they're more qualified as squat supports than a proper seat. He wore a boxy Chinese jacket made with coarse material and matching trousers. The consummate Northerner, he was a friendly bargainer, a long-winded conversationalist, and an avid drinker -- he kept a stash of cheap liquor in the corner. His face wore a crooked smile and thick black glasses that showed off the quirky squint of his eyes.

Huzi : untitled detail (2008), ink drawing

When he offered me a business card I accepted, then waited while he produced it...literally. After making an ink illustration on a piece of scrap leather, he used clear nail polish to seal it. On it was his name in an outdated form of pinyin and the shop's phone number. No mention of an address or what I might call him about, though admittedly it's hard to forget someone with a leather calling card.

Huzi : leather calling card (2008)
7 x 4 cm

The last time I saw Huzi, he was huddled against the wall at a recent gallery reception, seemingly laughing at the jokes in his head.

All prices listed on this site are for reference only. All prices need to be confirmed with artists or their representatives.

Riding the Elevator of Tradition : Swoon and Bovey Lee

2009-04-03T18:13:00.019+08:00

Due to the decorative and delicate nature of the medium, paper cutting is commonly viewed as a feminine skill and traditionally taught to marriageable Chinese girls. Artists Bovey Lee and Swoon are two females whose works elevate a traditional art form to a dynamic, multi-dimensional medium capable of delivering powerful political and socio-economic messages.

Bovey Lee approaches the craft of paper-cutting from a painting and digital imaging background, thus her process includes developing digital templates before cutting the patterns by hand. In most mediums, negative and positive space can play upon a flirtatious tension with each other. But in paper cutting, the added pressure of forming each work with a single sheet results in a relationship that is both visually and practically co-dependent. In Bovey Lee's work, she uses a "wallpaper" of pattern (e.g. a storm of clouds, a chain link fence) that serves as a contextual backdrop upon which she directs scenes filled with un-precious characters such insects, pigeons, jellyfish, and lightning bolts. Yet, the work still manages to exude an elegant and composed demeanor.

Atomic Jellyfish
More information at www.boveylee.com

Atomic Jellyfish detail

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Little Crimes
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Little Crimes detail

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Like a street urchin, Swoon scavenges and collects mediums, treating paper cutting like the pushcart that contains all her finds. She began pasting life-sized paper cutouts in 1999, using the same canvases as the city's graffiti artists to leave work simple in form but detailed in the narratives printed on the paper bodies. These works would be left to decay on the street, incorporating yet another vehicle -- time-based art -- to express her concept of the city and the people who inhabit it. Her art has become increasingly three-dimensional and more heavily based in paper cutting until finally evolving into stunning and complete installations. Instead of treating paper like a medium that needs to be handled with care, she chooses to beat it to a pulp.

Friends and Family, Main Street in DUMBO Brooklyn. June 15, 2003.
Photo courtesy of GammaBlog

Installation view, Newton Building Miami Design District, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Jasmine Levett

Installation view, Newton Building Miami Design District, 2005.
Photo courtesy of Jasmine Levett

Installation view, The Luggage Store in San Francisco, 2008.
Photo courtesy of Super Touch Art

More art in residence...French Concession

2009-03-18T12:43:00.011+08:00

I love viewing art in repurposed spaces so expect more "Art in Context" posts in the following weeks.

James Cohan Gallery

140 sqm

ifa Gallery

Gallery Trend : Art in Context

2009-03-16T17:43:00.002+08:00

The French Concession is home to an increasing number of contemporary art galleries. Renovated residences provide an art deco setting for viewing art -- a uniquely Shanghai experience. The James Cohan Gallery is an excellent example of this. Below are images from their last exhibit, FOLKERT DE JONG : Thousand Years Business As Usual.

FENG FANGYU : May Rain

2009-03-16T00:54:00.001+08:00

Misguidance (2008), photography
60 x 60 cm (ed. 12) : 10,000 rmb
90 x 90 cm (ed. 10) : 14,000 rmb

FENG FANGYU : May Rain
curated by Leslie Kuo

May Rain's well-crafted images highlight the theatre of love -- its torment, sweetness, pleading, and capriciousness. The exhibit is on view from March 20th through April 17th at Fellini Gallery.

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