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The Chinese model of contemporary art

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
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The Chinese model of contemporary art

Oops, I missed this in the midst of the New Year’s activities- Redbox have kindly posted up some of my thoughts on Chinese art here.

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New Shanghai sound walks available

Feb 13th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
New Shanghai sound walks available

Shanghai based sound artist Terence Lloren has announced his new sound art project is now up and running.
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“I have just completed a 6 month long soundwalk project called ‘Growing Up With
Shanghai’ where I recor...


Minsheng Art Museum show ‘worth a visit during the holidays’

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Minsheng Art Museum show ‘worth a visit during the holidays’

The exhibition of the British Council Collection at Minsheng Art Museum in Shanghai is definitely worth a visit if you are in town during the holidays. Here are the official details. In fact, it would be shame to miss it.
The show is the bigges...


Paintblog- work in progress report Jan 2010

Jan 27th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Paintblog- work in progress report Jan 2010

Some photos of the World Expo site, 100 days to go ceremony, some pics from the opening at OV gallery, and some work in progress shots from the Shanghai Eye studio. I’ll be off to the provinces while the paint dries, so no updates on this blog f...


Ai Weiwei interview (Dec. 2009)- full text

Jan 24th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

Here is the full text of latest published Ai Weiwei interview, published in the latest edition (Jan 2010) of the Art Newspaper
Ai Weiwei Feature
The Art Newspaper visited Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on a cold Saturday afternoon this November,...


Top Shanghai based curator on CNNGO

Jan 20th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Top Shanghai based curator on CNNGO

Weihai 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 b...


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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Shanghai Eye on local Shanghai tv

Jan 11th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Published work, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
Shanghai Eye on local Shanghai tv

Erm, OK, here it is, my moment of fame on local TV.

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UPDATED: “British avant-garde” to come to Shanghai this month

Jan 6th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading
UPDATED: “British avant-garde” to come to Shanghai this month

Well, maybe not the artists themselves, who knows, but the Minsheng Art Museum in Red Town is holding an exhibition of senior British artists, such as Gilbert and George, Damien Hirst, et al, on Jan 28th Feb 9th.
Details here (in Chinese)


Paintblog- Jan.4 2010

Jan 4th, 2010 | By Chris | Category: Paintblog, Random Shanghai stuff..., Recommended Reading

Some photos from the studio and around Shanghai.

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