Top Shanghai based curator on CNNGO
Jan 20th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended ReadingWeihai 696 resident Kenta interviewed on CNNGO.
Some great quotes, and a photo of I think the best performance ever at Weihai 696, the Japanese artist dustbin robot. When that guy walked out onto the street I wasn’t sure he would make it back alive…
Quote:
CNNGo: Are there any popular artists among the Japanese community in Shanghai?
Kenta Torimoto:
Unlike many Western communities here, the Japanese people in Shanghai still don’t have an appreciation of contemporary art. The community as a whole is just not there now, so you won’t see many Japanese people at exhibitions or gallery openings in Shanghai — yet. So I guess the answer to your question is, none.
Read more: Kenta Torimoto: Championing Japanese art in Shanghai | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/kenta-torimoto-eye-chinese-art-745879#ixzz0dAFbL5Eu
Ps Kenta mentioned today he is doubling the size of his 696 space to open a kind of experimental art space…
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