The most popular posts on the art-world Internet this month circulated around the escalating demolition of art districts in suburban Beijing,a topic that was eventually banned by the end of February.Although many thre...The most popular posts on the art-world Internet this month circulated around the escalating demolition of art districts in suburban Beijing,a topic that was eventually banned by the end of February.Although many threads and images were deleted,a trail of evidence remains:installation shots of impromptu exhibitions supporting evicted artists;a photo essay on the last remaining artist in the Dongying area(an unimpressive painter who earned the comment:"She paints so badly展开更多
An excerpt from the recently published Fang Lijun memoir,Live Like a Wild Dog,contains an excerpt that has been shared widely across various online platforms in which the commercially successful but critically panned ...An excerpt from the recently published Fang Lijun memoir,Live Like a Wild Dog,contains an excerpt that has been shared widely across various online platforms in which the commercially successful but critically panned artist details his thoughts on Vincent van Gogh：＂As a person,he was a failure.People think of him more as an animal.＂Writing on van Gogh＇s art,Fang continues to describe how the former thinks like a dog,painting based on momentary inspiration,whereas he himself＂wants to work like a person,＂taking his time and contemplating each aspect of his work.展开更多
FAREWELL(AGAIN) TO POST-COLONIALISM,HELLO TO 798 ENTRANCE FEES,HOMAGE TO WU GUANZHONG. Discussion of the always-controversial Farewell to Post-Colonialism topic was recently reignited on the blogs,particularly via Gao...FAREWELL(AGAIN) TO POST-COLONIALISM,HELLO TO 798 ENTRANCE FEES,HOMAGE TO WU GUANZHONG. Discussion of the always-controversial Farewell to Post-Colonialism topic was recently reignited on the blogs,particularly via Gao Shiming’s much-circulated review of Isaac Julien’s"Ten Thousand Waves"exhibition at ShanghART.Gao is uncomfortable with the implicit framing of China within a post-展开更多
文摘The most popular posts on the art-world Internet this month circulated around the escalating demolition of art districts in suburban Beijing,a topic that was eventually banned by the end of February.Although many threads and images were deleted,a trail of evidence remains:installation shots of impromptu exhibitions supporting evicted artists;a photo essay on the last remaining artist in the Dongying area(an unimpressive painter who earned the comment:"She paints so badly
文摘An excerpt from the recently published Fang Lijun memoir,Live Like a Wild Dog,contains an excerpt that has been shared widely across various online platforms in which the commercially successful but critically panned artist details his thoughts on Vincent van Gogh：＂As a person,he was a failure.People think of him more as an animal.＂Writing on van Gogh＇s art,Fang continues to describe how the former thinks like a dog,painting based on momentary inspiration,whereas he himself＂wants to work like a person,＂taking his time and contemplating each aspect of his work.
文摘FAREWELL(AGAIN) TO POST-COLONIALISM,HELLO TO 798 ENTRANCE FEES,HOMAGE TO WU GUANZHONG. Discussion of the always-controversial Farewell to Post-Colonialism topic was recently reignited on the blogs,particularly via Gao Shiming’s much-circulated review of Isaac Julien’s"Ten Thousand Waves"exhibition at ShanghART.Gao is uncomfortable with the implicit framing of China within a post-
