Archive for January 2010

Presser: HK art competition vote

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
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Presser: HK art competition vote

If you want to vote for the finalists click here, Voting will close on the 23rd January. presser follows:
THE 2009 SOVEREIGN ASIAN ART PRIZE FINALISTS’ EXHIBITION

REMINDER:
2009 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists’ Exhib...


Presser: New book on art and celeb culture

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Presser: New book on art and celeb culture

Book Launch and Talk
Between Isabelle Graw and Thomas Crow
Isabelle Graw: High Price
Art Between the Market and Celebrity Culture
January 21, 2010
7 p.m. (free admission)
Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building
5 Ea...


Paintings 2006-2007

Jan 16th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Paintings 2006-2007

Not sure I haven’t done this before, anyhow here are paintings from 2006-2007, soon to be transported to the gallery section once I’ve figured out how to do it

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Expat single moms in Shanghai

Jan 16th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...

Shanghai Quest latest episode- looks at a Russian girl’s trials finding out she is pregnant…
Here’s a tudou vid by one of the show’s staffers -bit more edgy, experimental…

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Presser…on the eastern front

Jan 16th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: International

Presser
…on the eastern front
video art from central and eastern europe 1989–2009
22 January – 7 March, 2010
Ludwig Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ludwig Múzeum–Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum


News round up- money, money, and photoshopping history with AK47

Jan 15th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
News round up- money, money, and photoshopping history with AK47

An audiocast on the chap behind Plastered T shirts here.
A couple of shorts on auctions by yours truly online here and here.
Chinese people buying everything at Christie’s London too…like…And their favourite brands…...


UPDATED-Brick event in Beijing

Jan 14th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
UPDATED-Brick event in Beijing

more struggles against demolition of artists houses and work places

UPDATE:
here is the presser
冬天里的第二把火:
008艺术区在“暖冬”里求“解决”
The Second Fire in Winter
008 Art Zone Seeks...


A new approach to gallery openings?

Jan 14th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
A new approach to gallery openings?

Osage Gallery has announced it will charge entry to the opening below, not sure if this is a new trend or a one off for cash strapped galleries…Cover of $120/$80 gets ‘one drink beer/water’
Hmmm…I’m thinking maybe b...


Year of the tiger growls

Jan 13th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Year of the tiger growls

Google have been taking advantage of Baidu’s mp3 search engine
Public enemy nice song here

google’s statement here. Goodbye gmail
UN-GFW-d on Shanghaiist here.

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Mini news round up- Ai Weiwei on Outlook, expat artists, etc..

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff...
Mini news round up- Ai Weiwei on Outlook, expat artists, etc..

A BBC interview with Ai Weiwei available here (un-GFW-ed)
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The NYT looks at expat artists in Beijing here.

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A round up of Chinese cultural relics overseas
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