Asia-Pacific area Opening this week Chen Wei Meng and Wong Perng Fey: “Heartland” 7.5 – 31 Wei-Ling Gallery (Kuala Lumpur) Dileep Sharma, Jayanta Roy, Jaya Ganguly 7.5 – 31 Gallery Nature Morte (New Delhi) Corinne de San Jose: “Some DieView More >
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Das Kapital of the Senses
By Hu Fang They leave the cinema, dark and dejected. This is not the movie of their dreams. This is not that perfect, all-encompassing film unspooling in every person’s mind that can never be completed. This is not the movieView More >
Xu Zhen
The Path to Appearance is Always… By Andrew Maerkle The path to appearance is always accessible and traveled but one can go around it. (2010), installation with baseball bat and golf ball. Courtesy the artist and Long March Space,View More >
Roni Horn at Kunsthaus Bregenz
Who I am or what I do By Aveek Sen Installation view, 1st floor, of “Roni Horn: Well and Truly” at Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2010. Photo Stefan Altenburger, © Kunsthaus Bregenz, Roni Horn. On an “unspeakably quiet” summer afternoonView More >
(AH, SLOWLY!) TOWARD THE LIGHT:-
Issue 2: CHINA With its extraordinary transformation over the past decade, China’s contemporary art scene has become the focus of intense international scrutiny, featured in numerous publications and surveyed by a multitude of large-scale exhibitions in cities worldwide. Corresponding toView More >
Das Kapital of the Senses
A speculative essay on the relations between viewers and cinema in China today. They leave the cinema, dark and dejected. This is not the movie of their dreams. This is not that perfect, all-encompassing film unspooling in every person’s mindView More >
No. 2: Bosozoku
Pimping Rides the Bosozoku Way The Saturday night silence of a sleepy suburban neighborhood is shattered by a sudden, exploding chorus of exhaust pipes. Engines rev with a deafening vroom and horns perform an endless looping melody, in a call-and-responseView More >
Isaac Julien: Part I
Born in London in 1960 to parents who immigrated to the UK from the Caribbean island of St Lucia, Isaac Julien is known for making multichannel media installations, feature-length films and television documentaries that address issues related to identity,View More >
No. 16
INTIMATE BUT PUBLIC A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Sun Xun – Stills from The New China (2008), animation video, 15 min 19 sec. Courtesy the artist and ShanghArt. Dear HUO, Nice to read yourView More >
Isaac Julien: Part II
II. The World and the Home Isaac Julien discusses working across multiple localities, the goddess Mazu and Angels of History. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to HighView More >
Isaac Julien: Part III
III. A Good Judge of Character Isaac Julien addresses the stakes of Orientalism and his use of politicized aesthetics. Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition,View More >
Isaac Julien: Essay
Inextricable Entanglements: On Isaac Julien’s Ten Thousand Waves By Gao Shiming Installation view of TEN THOUSAND WAVES (2010) at ShanghArt Gallery, Shanghai, 2010. Nine-screen installation, 35mm film transferred to High Definition, 9.2 surround sound, 49 min 41 sec. PhotoView More >