tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341235622012-01-28T05:04:42.990+08:00A classroom blog on contemporary art &amp; new media in China, w focus on Shanghai. Run by students. Instructor: Defne Ayas (since &#39;06), Francesca Tarocco (since &#39;10). Past lecturers included: Yang Zhenzhong, Qiu Anxiong, Gu Wenda, Ding Yi, Hu Jieming, Birdhead, Zhao Chuan, Lynn Pan, Yang Fudong, Davide Quadrio, Jian Jun Zhang, Barbara Pollack, Lisa Movius, Phil Tinari, Li Zhenhua, Aaajiao, Shi Yong, Xu Zhen, Lorenz Helbling, Yan Pei Ming, ShuFu, Liu Ying Mei. Since Fall 2006. <br>cardinalenoreply@blogger.comBlogger8431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34123562.post-56906628263283893142011-06-05T17:08:00.001+08:002011-06-05T17:08:40.685+08:00

Adrian LoIntro to Contemporary ArtDefne Ayas, Francesca ToroccoThe Limits of Creativity The Chinese contemporary art industry has been in full bloom forthe past two decades. It attracts avid collectors and galleries to buyworks on art in bulk just to ride the wave of price inflation. But dothese collectors and galleries really fully appreciate and understandthe content and concept of every

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Bo Hershey May 30, 2011 The Relationships in the Shanghai Art Scene The contemporary art scene in China has grown in the last thirtyyears. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, the art has seen asort of modern day renaissance. Artists are more creative and seekthat new form that will make them money. This modern day movementelevated the level of art

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Taylor Williams6/2/2011Professor Ayas, Professor TaroccoContemporary Art & New Media in China We live in the age of the internet. There was no more importanttechnological innovation in the 20th century than the internet andvirtually all of modern society is connected to it in some form. Anypart of culture that wishes to be relevant in 2011 must take advantageof all that the internet offers.

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Barry KramerJune 2, 2011Contemporary Art and New Media in ChinaThe Politics of Art Art is an incredible way to take a closer look at the human side ofhistory. No amount of written documents can as efficiently expressthe emotions of the people at a given time as a work of art can.Especially with works in which the artist was emotionally invested, heor she will express their individuality and

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Caroline LiaoWhat is Contemporary Art's Relationship with Society?"Contemporary art, at the end of the day, is about addressing the timewe live in. […] I think everyone [contemporary artists] is looking toexpress something about the human condition. That is a general theme." Arthur Solway, the director of the James Cohan Gallery.An interesting phenomenon in China is demonstrated by the

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The growth of the Taiwan art scene is expertly detailed in Hai-Ming Huang's article "The Shaping of the Contemporary Taiwanese Art World: A Review of the Contemporary Taiwanese Art Events From the 1980s to the Present," published in the March 2003 Spring Issue of Yishu. Over the past few decades, certain political and socioeconomic factors contributed to an increased focus on art in Taiwan. In

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This article is actually a transcription of a panel which took place in 2004 in San Diego about new Chinese video and photography. Britta Erickson, the moderator, first starts the discussion with a brief history of Chinese photography and video. Early Chinese photography was mainly used for propaganda during the Cultural Revolution. In the 1980s is when China’s avant-garde gained popularity is

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The town of Zunyi was chosen for the Long March Project because of its historical significance. In 1935, there was a meeting held in Zunyi which put an end to the Leftist line dominance in the Communist Party. The Long March Project used Zunyi to determine the significance of the native experience and native forms. The Zunyi symposium, titled “International Symposium—Curating in Chinese Context'”

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Interview with Chen ZhenWhen reading the interview with Chen Zhen, the reader can get lost in the language of the interviewer and the interviewee. Chen Zhen's interview should be commended for it's a piece of artistic genius. The interview itself is a piece of artwork. The interviewer is not a real person, the reader finds out in the end. Also the questions and answers are an example of Chen

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In Zhu Xian's interview with his alter ego, Chen Zhen, he explains his complicated and often confusing  philosophical definition of transexperiences.  In its most basic form Chen Zhen describes transexperiences as "complex life experiences of leaving one's native place and going from one place to another in one's life". Xian's alter-ego quickly expands this idea to the artistic world, saying

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Contemporary Art and New Media in China Professor Defne Ayas and Francesca Tarocco 05/05/2011 Blog Entry Yena Lee Transexperience: Contextual Placement Although the concept of 'transexperience' seem distant and rare initally, after Chen Zhen's further explanation on the essence of the experience, I came to realize, that I too, is a student of a 'transexperience'. Especially brought to the

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} Overall, I thought this reading was a bit difficult to comprehend, because a lot of what transexperience is, is intangible and is really very hard to describe. The most basic definition that Chen Zhen uses is “the complex life experiences of leaving one’s native place and going from one place

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/business/global/01neocha.html?_r=1&pagewanted=allApril 30, 2011In China, Art Is Making a Commercial StatementBy HANNAH SELIGSONIT isn't the familiar Adidas look — that bold and basic three-stripelogo. Instead, it's a design meant to evoke blowing wind, flowingwater and flapping wings.The tricked-out design for new T-shirts in China was created by ChenLeiying, a

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Hu JiemingHu Jieming, born in Shanghai in 1957, is a pioneer in his use of digital media and video installation art. In 1984 he graduated from the Fine Art Department of the Shanghai Light Industry College. His works have been exhibited around the world. One of his most famous pieces is his “Raft of the Medusa” (2002) “Raft of the Medusa” is a pastiche or homage of sorts of Theodore Gericault

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Song Dong (1966) is a Beijing based artist whose focus is on creating conceptual art through his installations, performances, photography, and videos. Most of his works are made from inexpensive materials, consist of small scale constructions, and try to capture the rapidly changing state of society. One of his more notable work is entitled, “Eating the City” and is about the rapid development

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The Minsheng Art Museum is quaintly located in the depths of the Shanghai Sculpture Garden—just look past the legs and Albert Einstein. The exterior is sleek and the interior has vast ceilings and stark walls. Liu Wei’s exhibit, Trilogy, is divided into three parts: Golden Section, Merely a Mistake and Open the Door. The Golden Section holds oversized wood furniture (think armoires, dressers,

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M50 on Moganshan Lu is an impressive collection of a wide variety of galleries and exhibitions. The location has a very industrial, minimalist feel, with most areas consisting of exposed concrete and metal. The galleries themselves are similarly bare, with paintings and statues scattered about drab, bleak environment. In a way, this helps the works of art pop out from their surroundings, but

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A visit to Minsheng Art Museum Jane Jin LuI visited Minsheng Art Museum on 6th, April. Minsheng Art Museum islocated in the Red Town in West Huaihai Road. It is the firstcontemporary art institution in Shanghai which is funded by a privatebank: Minsheng Bank. Now the ongoing exbihition is Trilogy: Liu WeiSolo Show. Guo Xiaoyan is the curator of the show. The young artistLiu Wei is one of

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Within the artistic space of Red Town is a field of sculptures, including a car made of bricks, distorted figurines of people, and several monuments in the form of a human leg. Towards the left of this field is a large building that used to be the former location of No.10 Steel Plant of Shanghai Steel Company. However, today, it is the location of the Shanghai Sculpture Space. Within the white

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50 Moganshan Lu in many ways is an artistic colony hidden in the greaturban landscape that is Shanghai. When visiting the galleries at M50,one notices that each has its own unique style to which it exhibits.No gallery is the same. Each has its own theme that forces the viewerto think about the deeper aspects of artist's presentation. One of the exhibits I visited was the Yun Lang

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Anne Lykes—Artists InfoShen FanShen Fan was born in Shanghai in 1952 and moved to the countryside asa young child. He moved back to Shanghai to go to school, but uponcompleting his education he returned to the country for six yearswhere he worked as a farmer. Painting every evening after work, ShenFan began his artistic career here. He moved back to Shanghai andnever stopped painting.Shen

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The Artists of the Post Cultural Revolution and 1989 era: Trendsettersin Chinese Contemporary ArtThe Art of the Post Cultural Revolution has defined the very fabric ofmodern China. The world of the post Mao years has seen China emerge asforce in many industries. This is especially seen in the artwork thatcame after 1976. When examining the art from this period one mustunderstand that works

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The artwork of Gu Dexin in my opinion is best described as grotesquely fascinating. Having grown up in the rigid Communist period under Mao, Gu Dexin perhaps uses his art as a response to the regulation and fallacies of society, though no one can be sure for he says nothing about his pieces. Yet, this silence frees the viewer’s minds to interpret at will. Though the message may be blurry, the

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Taylor WilliamsM50 Visit3/24/2011 Blog EntryThis past saturday, March 19th, I visited the "M50"( 50 Moganshan Lu)art district in Shanghai. There are tens of art galleries, enough toeasily spend the afternoon exploring all of them. For a saturdayafternoon the galleries were emptier than expected as I had mostgalleries to myself. One of the most abstract exhibits at M50 is ondisplay The Clown's

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by Elizabeth WuAlex Katz: Recent Paintings and Selected Prints opened with areception at the James Cohan Gallery on Friday evening. The intimateopening was attended by a handful of Shanghai art enthusiasts, mostlyAmericans who showed up to support the congenial Brooklynborn-and-bred pop artist.The small exhibit of about five large paintings and eight small printsis tucked away in an exquisite

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On Friday, I visited the galleries at 50 Moganshan Lu. After leaving Ibegan to understand why the Chinese art market is so hot right now.What is great about this section of Shanghai is that each gallery hasits own unique style. Each gallery has its own artistic mode giving asense of diversity. One particular gallery caught my eye while at 50Monganshan called Outstanding Art. While exploring the

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     by Anne Lykes      Friday, March 18 saw the opening of a show of Alex Katz's recentworks at the James Cohan Gallery.  I was meeting a friend there for theFriday evening opening, and after getting a cab to Yueyang Lu and Jianguo XiLu, which the gallery was supposed to be near, I wandered around the FrenchConcession for a while quite lost until I turned down the empty lane thatlead to the

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Anne Lykes      On our March 10 class trip we visited the Jade Buddha Temple, 玉佛禅寺.  This site is important to China both historically and culturally, butwhat stood out most to me, is how it embodies many of the cultural paradoxesthat run throughout Shanghai’s society.  The juxtaposition of old and new, between sacred and commercial is inescapable in this city, and the JadeBuddha Temple is no

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Of the exhibitions I visited, the one I chose to discuss during in this blog is “Trilogy.”The opening night of Trilogy, Liu Wei’s solo show, comprised of artistically dressed people deep in conversation grouped around enormous statues consisting of wood and metal bars. Large paintings decorated the walls of the gallery, of which four in particular are uniquely titled Meditation 1 through 4. My

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My favorite show at the Moganshan galleries was the “Alex Katz: Recent Paintings and Selected Prints” show at the James Cohan Gallery. His portraits have a strong pop-art, Andy Warhol-esqu influence, which I suppose isn’t too surprising since Katz is from New York City. His paintings aren’t nearly as commercial as Warhol’s silkscreens, but they share a few common traits. Both utilize a brightly

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Bo Hershey               Last week my class went to the Jade Buddha Temple inShanghai. This Buddhist institution is the oldest temple in the city.Orignally built during the Ming Dynasty. Today this structure looksWhen visiting the temple one becomes consumed by the grand nature ofeach of the temples features. The Buddhist Statues found in varioussections of the temple illustrate the tradition

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Entering the Jade Buddha Temple serves as a brief respite from the stresses modern Shanghai presents. Within the temple grounds, monks patrol in groups and chant with the assistance of instrumentation. The monks aren't too loud, but one feels as though they could be heard from anywhere on the temple grounds. The temple itself is resplendent in shades of red and gold, striking the eye but never

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There was one quote from last night’s “Shanghai Art Histories: cracked open” that really enforced this week’s reading. Unfortunately, I don’t remember it exactly, but it was Xhingyu Chen who was speaking and she said something along the lines of China and Shanghai is relatively new to the avant-garde art scene, so the artists are trying to catch up with the rest of the world. As a result, their

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The Jade Buddha Temple appeared like an anachronism in the midst of the Shanghai skyscrapers. Outside the temple walls on the bustling street, cars are crammed on the two-lane street with bikes weaving in between them. Beggars are lined up near the entrance making full use of the simple English that they know. Inside, the world is a much quieter place. Replacing the sound of horns and

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Taylor Williams Buddha Jade Temple This past Thursday afternoon we took a trip to the Buddha Jade Temple in Shanghai. The temple effectively blocks out the constant bustle of Shanghai with a calmer, more relaxed atmosphere. The temple was painted mainly with bold red and gold. There were lay people as well as monks milling about the courtyard. In the inside of the temple there were enormous

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http://leapleapleap.com/2010/12/alternative-space-yellow-pages/1A SPACEwww.oneaspace.org.hkFounded in 1998 in Hong Kong, 1a Space is a non-profit visual artsorganization. It is operated by a program committee and governed by aboard of directors. For operating capital, it relies on donations andother financial aid, whereas part of the administrative fees arefunded by the Hong Kong Arts Development

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March 17, 2011 / Thursday"My Projection is Focusing," solo exhibition by Huang Kui.ShanghART H-Space (50 Moganshan Lu, Building 16, Shanghai). March 17to May 7, 2011. Opening: March 17, 5-7 pm.Who am I? What am I? Is that "I" only a part, or all of my body? Woulda person still be a whole when he got some replacement organ? What'sthe difference in entity, between the "I" just given birth and

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The Shanghai Museum provides viewers with a look back in time with afocus on classical and pre-Communist era works. Specifically, onefinds that the collection of paintings found are what make theShanghai Museum so intriguing. The exhibit on the classical paintingsof China show how art has changed overtime. If one follows thechronological aspects of the collection one sees that Chinesepaintings

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Response #1: Propaganda Gallery Adrian LoVisiting the propaganda gallery was truly inspiring. It helps meattempt to understand the intentions of the government and the peopleduring a time of extreme censorship. It was fascinating to see howdrastically the posters changed, in terms of style, artistic value andmessage, through the many decades. What particularly struck was the style in which

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Anne LykesOn Tuesday afternoon, March 3, our Contemporary Modern Chinese Artclass visited the painting galleries of the Shanghai Museum.  This wasmy first visit to the well-know museum in People's Square, and uponapproaching the building I was immediately struck by the imposing andsomewhat intimidating façade.  Ancient-looking stone sculpturessurround the building, which was designed to look like

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The Shanghai Museum showcased scroll paintings from different periodsof China's many dynasties. The paintings were displayed in a uniquestyle that I had never seen in traditional western art. The paintingswere on long rectangular scrolls. The scrolls all seemed to be aroundthe same height but some of the scrolls stretched out for at least 15feet. This enabled the artists to paint a truly

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 20.0px; font: 15.0px Arial; color: #333333} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} The first thing you notice about the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre is that it's not your typical museum or gallery, of course propaganda isn’t typical of every day life as Americans know it. PPAC is located in the basement of an apartment building near

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} The first thing we, as a class, noticed about the Shanghai Museum was its very “un-Chinese” architecture. Some hated it, others were indifferent, I happened to like it. I think the architecture of a building is very telling of it’s contents. Not so for the Shanghai Museum, or at least the

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Located on the third floor of the Shanghai Museum in People’s Square is the Chinese Painting Gallery. The gallery is dimly lit to protect the ink paintings; however, motion sensors detect people approaching the paintings and turn on brighter lights accordingly. As the class roams through the gallery, the paintings grow more modern in date but continue with the general style of the ancient

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Hidden away in the basement of some residential high rises, the Propaganda Poster Museum, featuring posters from the time of Chairman Mao and the Communist Party of China, is located near the intersection of Hua Shan Lu and Wu Kang Lu. During the Anti-Rightist Movement under the leadership of Mao, scholars, students, artists and other “Rightists” were persecuted. While the art featured in here

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Elizabeth WuContemporary Art and New MediaResponse #1A man, muscles bulging, face cemented into a firm grimace.  Cast-ironchains shackle his hands, but that doesn't stop him from cocking hisrifle and lurching forward to battle with the rest of the massivecrowd of the defiant and oppressed.The Chinese Communist propaganda of the late 1960's and early 1970'sreflected the international upheaval

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Bo Hershey The Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre provides viewers with a place of historical reference. When viewing the various forms of Chinese propaganda one sees that each period had its unique style. When looking even deeper one finds that every poster tells a different story. When observing the propaganda posters of the Cultural Revolution the viewer is provided with primary source of

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  Visiting the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Museum is a bit like finding yourself in the basement of an old friend, albeit one who happens to be an extensive poster and print collector.  Entered through a somewhat shabby side door and rickety staircase, the museum is housed in a nondescript apartment building, one that I certainly never would have found on my own, and upon our arrival Yang Pei Ming

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The 2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival begins on March 4, kicking off three weeks of readings, discussions, debates, workshops, literarylunches. Mandatory for the students, 10 RMB each, they will be reimbursed by NYU.  *Shanghai Art Histories *– Cracked Open. Xhingyu Chen, Biljana Ciric, and Zhao Chuan, organized and moderated by Defne Ayas. A look back at the recenthistory of

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Stephanie HsuVideo Documentary Project: Censorship in Chinese Contemporary Art Joon, Minji, Zach, and I collaborated on a video documentary projectthat explores the role of government regulation and censorship incontemporary art in China, with a focus on the contemporary art scenein Shanghai. As a collaborator in the project, I organized theinterviews, planning the logistics of our meetings and

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--- LAYERCAKE ---AN ARTISTIC POSITION ON THE EVOLUTION OF SHANGHAI’S HISTORIC CITYSCAPENoor Chadha & Mikael LarssonContemporary Art & New MediaFall 2010It Snows in ShanghaiIt is currently zero degrees Celsius outside and delicate flakes of white are floating down to the earth, frosting Shanghai over in a soft layer of white – a sight one would never have fathomed in the unbearable heat of

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Meredith Rankin Contemporary Chinese Art 15 December 2010Many Chinese contemporary artists represent traditional Chinese culture in their work.This has led to their characterization as distinctly Chinese, rather than merely contemporary artists, implying that Western collectors only so desire their work for Chinese aspects, not for its ability to stand alone. Many people criticize a dual reliance

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Moon Life in ShanghaiALICIA FRAMIS TO PRESENT MOON LIFE CONCEPT STORE FEATURING 21 PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS THAT WILL REPRESENT FUTURE HUMAN LIFE IN SPACE. 艾丽西娅·弗莱米斯即将隆重推出月球生活概念店，各种代表未来人类太空生活的21世纪商品以及概念应有尽有。December 11, 2010 – January 9, 2011 2010年12月11日——2011年1月9日Public program: December 12, 2-5 PM 公众项目：12月12日，下午2点至5点Opening Reception: December 10th, 2010Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 – 19 PM

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FindingsCase StudiesReferencesAbstractWith over 400 million internet users, China's population of netizens is the largest of any country in the world, and the number continues to grow as internet access and services improve. Regarding contemporary art, the internet has facilitated artists and art appreciators in documenting, discussing, and spreading awareness about contemporary art in China;

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Nina BoysContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaFinal ProjectArtist Statement12.16.2010“The Path of Mystery Leads Inwards:”#A Personal Response to the Interconnectedness of Art and Philosophy The interview on “transexperiences” between Zhu Xian and Chinese artist Chen Zhen put a lot of my own philosophies on art, travel and life into perspective. I related with much of what Chen Zhen

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Nina BoysArtist Spotlight: Yang ZhenzhongContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaClass Blog Response Yang Zhenzhong is a colorful example of what is happening in thecontemporary Shanghai art scene. As an implementer of multi-mediasuch as video and photography he plays with the notions of socialnorms and urban experiences and that he is obsessed with thecontradictions that play themselves out

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Nina BoysRockbund Art MuseumContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaClass Blog Response Upon entering the Rockbund Art Museum it was instantly apparentthat the exhibition "By Day By Night or Some (Special) Things a MuseumCan Do" was going to be a unique experience for me as a student ofart. Starting from the top floor and working our way down, we wereinitiated with an instillation by

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Shanghai born artist Chen Zhen's self interview, Chen Zhen has anintimate and soul-revealing dialogue his alter-ego Zhu Xian who's nameis actually the two characters that form Chen Zhen's first name. Inthe dialogue Zhu Xian interviews Chen Zhen with very personalquestions relating to both life and art, digging deep into Chen Zhen'spsyche. Employing several references to both his artworks, his

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Minji KimContemporary Art and New Media in China2 December 2010Blog Entry"Self-interview by Chen Zhen." That short phrase turns this interviewinto a very dramatic reversal. It made me look over the entireconversation all over again. Asking, answering the questions, andmaking conversations were all done by an individual, and I think thatthe concept of "Transexperiences" is well shown throughout

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Chen Zhen's interview with Zhu Xian (or rather, himself) focuses onthe idea of "transexperiences," as the artist refers to this idea ofcrossing through many places and the experiences they entail. I findit very interesting that many of the ideas Chen Zhen talks about, hedescribes using Chinese terms. For instance, at the very beginning ofthe interview he talks about his travels, referring to the

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Transexperience - the Life and Death of Chen ZhenIn his conversation of the coined term "transexperience", Chen Zhenexpressed the necessarity for artists to travel, to learn and toexperience. His idea is in accordence with an old Chinese saying, "读万卷书，行千里路" (Read and travel extensively), which can also beinterpreated as learning from experience. This notion is applicable toany occupation,

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Joon Nam After Reading the Self Interview of Chen Zhen In the dialogue with himself, Chen Zhen reveals his sources of inspiration to his work. Chen Zhen, a Chinese artist who moved to France in 1980's, says that his experiences of travelling and adjusting to the new life after his move to Paris have shaped him. He uses a Daoist term  "transexperience" to explain "the complex life experiences of

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Zhu Xian’s interview with Chen Zhen, or rather, Chen Zhen’s interview with himself (thus the two will be referred to as separate individuals to respect the artist’s intention) reveals Chen’s concept of transexperience. As Chen Zhen has put it, Transexperience is “a kind of fusion-transcendence experience…which summarizes vividly and profoundly the complex life experiences of leaving one’s native

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Stephanie HsuContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaMidterm paper10/28/10Shanghai's Contemporary Art Scene: Looking Inward and Outward Widely argued to be China's most global and cosmopolitan city, Shanghai has become an important international platform for Chinese contemporary art. Shanghai is a young city with a multi-layered history, having within the past century served as a major

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___________________________________________________________________________________________1. In "40+4", Li Lei defines the role of critics to be translating theideas of artists for the audiences because the audiences cannotinterpret the art by themselves. Gong Yan remarks that critics oftenview Chinese art in the context of the international art environment,which causes their critique of Chinese

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The Shanghai Rockbund Museum, located at the Bund and funded by the Rockefeller family, is an excellent place for contemporary art exhibition. Its mission, on its website, is “the spread of humanistic values and the promotion of art, the Rockbund Art Museum dedicates its efforts to the study, exchange and promotion of contemporary visual arts. Through diverse exhibitions and educational

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Cori HuangThe Rockbund Art Museum: "By Day, By Night, some (special) things amuseum can do"As we came down the narrow street towards the Rockbund Museum, I wasalready fascinated by the museum's surroundings. Off of the streetbeside the museum stretches a cobblestone pedestrian street with oldEuropean-style street lamps. Near the intersection a security officerstands stone-faced. The buildings

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The Rockbund Art Museum's current exhibition "By Day By night, or Some(Special) Things a Museum Can Do" is a reflection of the purpose andgoals of the museum within the greater context of Shanghai. CuratorHou Hanru created a concept of artists coming to Shanghai for a shortperiod of time and responding to the urban environment. Nedko Solakovwas one such artist, creating the installation "I Want

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Joon NamRockbund Art Museum"By Day and By Night"November 18, 2010A visit to Rockbund Art Museum proved to be quite a nice fieldtrip.The exhibition currently held there called "By Day and By Night" hasbrought numerous artists from in and out of China, displayingphotography works, installations, and videos. Starting from the topfloor, the installation by Nedko Solakov's "I Want back Home (Said

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Stephanie HsuContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaBlog Post #711/19/10Yin XiuzhenI first became introduced to Yin Xiuzhen at the Projects space of theMoMA in New York City last spring, where her sculptural installationCollective Subconscious was being exhibited. Collective Subconsciouswas composed of a bisected minivan that was connected to a long steeltube covered with a colorful patchwork

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The 8th Shanghai Biennale 2010       The focus of the 2010 Shanghai Biennale is rehearsal, theconcept that the final product of an artistic process is notnecessarily the most important – that within every stage there issubstance and in some cases, the "rehearsal" stages may be even moreessential than the final artwork. Spanning over the three floors ofthe Shanghai Art Museum, the exhibition

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I went to Shanghai Biennale 2008 and it was not interesting to me atall, whereas Shanghai Biennale 2010 is way better than 2008 in termsof the sheer number and quality of art works presented. Part of thereason why I think 2010 is better than 2008 is that I am taking"Contemporary art and new media in China", which gives me a lot ofinsights into the life and thinking of contemporary artists and

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by Grace Cori HuangShanghai Biennale 2010       For the eighth Shanghai Biennale at the Shanghai Art Museum, curatorsFan Di'an, Li Lei, Hua Yi and Gao Shiming created a show with thetheme of "Rehearsal." From this title, I was looking forward to seeingworks centering around the art-making process rather than only thefinished piece that we usually see at shows, however the way thepieces dealt with

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----------------------------------------------Shanghai BiennaleShanghai Art Museum until JanuaryShanghai is bustling with art the week I go to the 8th ShanghaiBiennale and I am already full of other impressions from differentgalleries and shows.The Shanghai Biannual displays a variety of artistic expressions, notonly from China and Asia but from around the world, and that this isthe center of

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Nina BoysContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaBlog Entry11.4.2010 In doing research for my midterm paper I had the opportunity tovisit the "Get It Louder 2010" exhibit which explored the theme of"Sharism." According to its promotional information, "Sharismexamines the increasingly convoluted relationship between public andprivate realms and touches upon issues of collaboration,

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Joon NamGet It Louder 2010Get It Louder  2010 was held from October 22 to November 7 at Shanghai800show this year. Based on the idea of Sharism, the goal of theexhibition was proclaimed to express today's online sharingcommunities and practices.Ok, ok, putting all the fancy introductions aside, the actualexhibition was not as impressive as I hoped it to be. With the daringtheme called "Sharism",

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Qiu Zhijie was born in Zhangzhou in1969, Fujian Province, China. In2992 he graduated from the Printmaking Department, Zhejiang Academy ofFine Arts (now China Academy of Art, CAA), Hangzhou. He now lives inBeijing and Hangzhou and holds two major titles: Associate Professor,Mixed Medial Art Department, CAA, and Co-Director, Visual CultureCenter, CAA. In his autography, Qiu says that he has been

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Born in An'hui in 1972, Chinese artist Kan Xuan originally studieddrawing and painting at the China Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou.There she met Zhang Peili, and video installation became her mainchoice of medium. She is a well-known, important female artist inChina. Her work is characterized by lightness, humor, and irony. Oneof her specific works that interested me, and also one of

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Joon NamOn Xu Tan and Gu DexinXu Tan, or the Big Tail Elephant Group, is an artist group fromGuangdong that mostly responds to the rapid urbanization of Guangzhou.It was founded by Lin Yilin, Chen Shaoxiong, and Liang Juhui. Xu Tan,Zheng Guogu, Zhang Haier, and Hou Hanru later joined the group, andeach of the members creates a distinct work of art to address theissues of urbanization drawn from

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Minji Kim18 November 2010"Wang Xingwei reminds me of those master workers in the old factoriesfrom times gone by, who were able to create something new byassembling pieces coming from different old machines, just dependingon the function they wanted the newly made tool to have;" this is howXie Nanxing, a painter, expresses the unique style of Wang Xingwei. AsNanxing states, Wang Xingwei is such a

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In 2000, The 3rd Annual Shanghai Biennial was a sign of the continualmovement of the city into the world art scene, as well as a transitionaway from the haunting realism of only thrity years prior into theavant garde. The translated titled of the show was "UncooperativeApproach," but the English title of the show, simply "Fuck Off." Thesecoarse titles were obviously made to shock the viewer as

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from Mikael LarssonHuang Kui, born in 1977 works and lives in Sichuan China.He had a solo show at his representing gallery Shanghart 2009,And was featured at the Venice Biennale with a performance calledDoes god exist? in 2007.Huang Kui started his career as a classical painter but has sincemoved in to creating more performance and installation based pieces.Just like for many other Chinese

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Minji KimIntroduction to Contemporary Art and New Media25 November 2010Blog EntryI dare to say that the "By Day, By Night" at Rockbund Art Museum wasthe most interesting exhibitions among those I've visited in Shanghaithis semester. Rockbund Art Museum shows off its uniqueness, being theonly contemporary art museum in the Bund area with a long history.Each floor of the museum was filled with very

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Stephanie Hsu"By Day, By Night" at the Rockbund Art MuseumThe Rockbund Art Museum is currently presenting "By Day, By Night, orSome (Special) Things a Museum Can Do" an exhibition curated by theinternationally acclaimed curator Hou Hanru. "By Day By Night"showcases the works of nine Chinese and international artists in theglobal art scene--Choi Jeong Hwa, Nedko Solakov, Perdo Cabrita Reis,Sam

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http://marclafia.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/art-and-its-guiding-light/Yesterday evening at Copper Union, I saw ‘A Guiding Light’ a 22 minute diptych video commissioned by Performa, for the Shanghai Biennal. What we see is 6, 7 attractive and well spoken artists speak to the role of the art exhibition, the artist and public. The setting is a sound stage and the format the self-examining, self

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Xu Zhen is a Shanghai-based artist who experiments with a wide variety of art forms, including installations, video performances, photography, and paintings. His works are also widely featured on the international stage, such as the Venice Biennale (2001, 2005), and the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2004). He has also curates many shows in his career. Xu Zhen was the head of the BIzArt, a

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The Shanghai Biennial (curators Fan Di'an, Li Lei, Hua Yi and Gao Shiming), carrying the theme of “Rehearsal,” showcases many artists’ work from both China and overseas. The first floor’s exhibitions are more strongly tied to the theme of Rehearsal (which aims to discuss and contemplate on the meaning of contemporary art). Featured works include those from Zhang Huan, Liu Xiaodong, The Long March

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October 25, 2010Lustful Opera, Censored, Befuddles ChineseBy ANDREW JACOBSBEIJING — As any artist or performer in China knows, it is impossibleto predict what will set off the mercurial culture censors who havesweeping power over the content of film, music, television and print.On Sunday, it was the depiction of a sexually aroused, anatomicallycorrect male donkey and references to capital

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Interview with ECNU Art Students on the Source of Inspiration of Contemporary Artists in China Date: 2010.10.18                                  Location: ECNU student's dormitory Interviewer: Yuwen Shane Li                        Videotape: Nina Boys   Interviewee: A.    Cheng Luyao, 21, art education B.    Yang Yi, 20, industrial design C.    Bian Congjuan, 22, public art D.   

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Much is happening this weekend in the art world, and we do not want you to miss any, as they will also be feeding the classroom and your midterm papers. Thursday October 21st:// Sun Xun solo show opens at Minsheng Bank Museum// Friday October 22ndGet Louder opens. Schedule of events:http://www.getitlouder.com/EnNewXQ.aspx?ID=85//Saturday October 23rd Shanghai Biennial opens from 3 pm onwards 

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"By Day, By Night, or Some (Special) Things a Museum Can Do"Rockbund Art Museum, 20 Huqiu Lu (close to Beijing Lu, near the Bund)Opens, October 24thTo help celebrate the 2010 Shanghai Biennale, Curator Hou Hanru hasbrought together nine Chinese and international artists known fortheir playful and offbeat style to interpret the city and its rapidtransformations. Through the exhibition, the

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nvitation From WEST HEAVENS PROJECTExhibition: Place·Time·Play: India-China Contemporary Art Exhibition(Site 1. Ground Floor, 128 West Nanjing Rd; Site 2. Ground Fl, 600East Yan'an Rd., Shanghai)Forum: West Heavens: India-China Summit on Social Thought (LectureHall, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 West Nanjing Rd. Shanghai)The "West Heavens" project includes a group exhibition of 17 artists(12 from

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A not-to-miss event for you all- a show featuring the youngest talentsacross fashion, music, and arts-  plus all the talks below. Yes, itwill be a very busy weekend, and you should all get ready!http://www.getitlouder.com/EnNewXQ.aspx?ID=85Get It Louder2010-10-22  FridaySharism ForumAM 10:00 – AM 10:20 | 800 Show TheaterIntroduction10:00 AM - 10:20 AMIntroduction and Framing, Ou NingSession 1:

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Invitation From WEST HEAVENS PROJECT Exhibition: Place·Time·Play: India-China Contemporary Art Exhibition (Site 1. Ground Floor, 128 West Nanjing Rd;  Site 2. Ground Fl, 600 East Yan'an Rd., Shanghai) Forum: West Heavens: India-China Summit on Social Thought (Lecture Hall, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 West Nanjing Rd. Shanghai)   The "West Heavens" project includes a group exhibition of 17

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Stephanie HsuContemporary Art and New Media in ChinaBlog Post #510/14/10MoCA Shanghai Envisage III Our Contemporary Art and New Media class had the opportunity to visit the MoCA Shanghai's Third Envisage Biennale, "Reflection of Minds," in the last few days before the exhibition's closure. "Reflection of Minds" was curated by Wang Weiwei and the renowned Ding Yi, a Shanghai-based abstract painter

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Minji KimBlog Entry 4On October 7th, our class went to MoCA Shanghai envisage III. Whilethere were some interesting works, I thought that it would have beenmuch better if everything had a concrete explanation next to the work,which might be difficult in reality since many works aim forabstraction. Looking at different installation artworks, one piececalled "Try hard to forget" stood out to me,

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai presented an exhibitionentitled "ReFlection of Minds" from September 12, 2010 to October 8,2010. According to the curators' statement, there is a new way toenjoy beauty in response to the conflicted and yet elevatedspirituality of today's young people. In modern times, the informationboom has created an emphasis on serious, somber world issues.

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Mikael Larsson to meshow details 12:57 PM (8 hours ago)THIS IS MY BLOG ENTRY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Duration: Sep. 12 , 2010 - Oct. 8 ,2010This was my first visit to the Museum of Contemporary art in Shanghai.Located in the heart of the Peoples park in the center of the city lies theFantastic building that is MoCA. Not

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The Reflection of Minds (Curator: Ding Ying and Wang Wei Wei) exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art is a fairly large exhibition featuring many different artists. The works displayed in the exhibition were all very diversed; ranging from oil and acrylic on canvas to sculptures to photographs to videos. All of these works showed large deviation from traditional art and ideals. For example,

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