China art news
Here’s a round up of Chinese art news - in English- I daren’t look at the Chinese language press on Chinese art with all its doom and gloom…
Anecdotally, I have heard actually things are picking up a bit for the survivors of the great winter of discombobulation. Though various economists predict China is having a ‘W’ shaped recession, as opposed to their ‘V’ shaped one in other parts of the world. What does that mean? With the ‘W’ shape we go down, up, down again, then up again. Cool, better than say a ‘Z’ shape, or ‘N’ or even ‘A’ which would be like a log flume ride.
Anyhow, on to the news that matters:
In Paris, France, whose leaders are famously annoying China this week, painters are complaining on the import of Chinese factory art (read here). To quote:
“Mass produced Chinese oil paintings are anti-art and any artist or art lover that supports them should hang their head in shame. Go buy an art poster if you must, but don’t encourage the abuse of featherless battery hens that pop out countless empty blobs of colored mud parading as art.”
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IHT looks at a Taiwanese installation artist here.
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The Bloomborg report a Hunrun report that Zhang Xiaogang is China’s most valuable artist (from a monetary standpoint obviously?)
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Chinese officials are furiously canceling appointments with Christie’s staffers
No linkage.
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Andrew James has written his own China Art Power 100, in reaction a similar list created by local Chinese media. Yes, read it here. OK, anyhow I’ll reproduce it below:
But go to the Andrew James site, as he has helpfully created a web link to the personal site, or something related to their work, for every name.
1
Ai Weiwei
Artist
2
Uli Sigg
Collector
3
Lorenz Helbling
Gallerist
4
Melissa Chiu
Curator
5
Eric Chang
Auction House
6
Li Xianting
Critic
7
Zeng Fanzhi
Artist
8
Ullens Family
Collector
9
Zhang Xiaogang
Artist
10
Liu Xiaodong
Artist
11
Evelyn Lin
Auction House
12
Charles Saatchi
Collector
13
Kim Chang-il
Gallerist
14
Zhang Huan
Artist
15
Zhu Qi
Critic
16
Wu Hung
Curator
17
Huang Yongping
Artist
18
Zhang Rui
Collector
19
Johnson Chang
Gallerist / Collector
20
Larry Warsh
Collector / Publisher
21
Yan Peiming
Artist
22
Urs Meile
Gallerist
23
Alexander Ochs
Gallerist
24
Cai Guoqiang
Artist
25
Xu Bing
Artist
26
Zhao Xu
Auction House
27
Ludovic Bois
Gallerist
28
Karen Smith
Critic
29
Cheng Xindong
Gallerist
30
Lv Peng
Critic
31
Fang Lijun
Artist
32
Huang Liaoyuan
Gallerist
33
Liu Ye
Artist
34
Phillip Tinari
Critic
35
Zhou Chunya
Artist
36
Art Seasons
Galleriest
37
Yang Shaobin
Artist
38
Kent & Vicki Logan
Collectors
39
Zhou Tiehai
Artist
40
Yang Bin
Gallerist / Collector
41
Miao Xiaochun
Artist
42
Pi Li
Gallerist
43
Wu Jin
Gallerist
44
Sui Jianguo
Artist
45
Zhang Wei
Gallerist
46
Dai Zhikang
Collector / Museum
47
Agnes Lin
Gallerist
48
Fabien Fryns
Gallerist
49
Fritz Kaiser
Collector
50
Meg Maggio
Gallerist
51
Victoria Lu
Curator
52
Yue Minjun
Artist
53
Yu Deyao
Collector
54
Wang Guangyi
Artist
55
Feng Boyi
Critic / Curator
56
Leng Lin
Gallerist
57
Primo Marella
Gallerist
58
Elaine W.Ng
Publisher
59
Lu Jie
Gallerist
60
Sun Ning
Gallerist
61
Wang Qingsong
Artist
62
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Curator
63
Xu Zhen
Artist
64
Pearl Lam
Gallerist
65
Ou Ning
Curator / Designer
66
Guan Yi
Collector
67
Rong Rong
Artist
68
Yukihito Tabata
Gallerist
69
Li Suqiao
Gallerist
70
Hou Hanrou
Critic
71
Ye Yongqing
Artist
72
Deng Chuanqin
Collector
73
Zhang Peili
Artist
74
Zheng Shengtian
Publisher
75
Michael Goedhuis
Gallerist
76
Cao Fei
Artist
77
Hua Yuzhou - Hwas Gallery
Gallerist
78
Asia Pacific Triennale
Museum
79
Levy Family DSL Collection
Collector
80
William Acquavella
Gallerist
81
Sheng Qi
Artist
82
Didier Hirsch
Collector
83
Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
Artists
84
Christopher Mao
Gallerist
85
Qui Zhijie
Artist
86
Britta Erickson,
Critic / Curator
87
Arnold Glimcher Pace
Galleriest
88
Max Protetch
Galleriest
89
Claire Hsu
Art Achieve
90
Ethan Cohen
Galleriest
91
Robert Bernell
Publisher
92
Zhang O
Artist
93
N12
Artists
94
Wang Ling
Critic
95
Brian Wallace
Galleriest
96
Feng Mengbo
Artist
97
Jerome Sans
Curator
98
Tian Kai
Dealer
99
Monique Burger
Collector
100
Gu Zhenqing
Publisher / Curator
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