High Mountain–Xu Longsen’s Landscape Paintings
Xu Longsen respects traditional culture and his landscapes remind people of the integration, freedom and emptiness in Chinese traditional landscapes. However, his mountains are not the mountains where people live.
Art Diaries on “Green Wall: The Study No.1” by Zhang Xiaogang
I don't even know if this “shadow” really exists? Perhaps this is merely a certain kind of hint brought by the collective knowledge of human nature? It is fused together with our bodies, which can never be separated. It influences our thoughts, judgement and action, flickering, and unstable.
Art Diaries on “Green Wall: Rest Room” by Zhang Xiaogang
What then is a genuine life? Or what is the life we all desire? In today's world, perhaps we don't need to search anymore. That is not to say the meaning of life is not important, it's just that we should do a good job living as we are as we are already in the...
When Brush and Ink Speak–Peng Xiancheng talks about Chinese Painting
The destiny of painting is the contamination and interchange between the artist and the materials, but there remains an element of chance. A careful plan cannot necessarily control fresh rice paper...
Art Diaries on “A Jotter” by Zhang Xiaogang
Maybe life itself is unordered, waiting for various results? Perhaps time is a container of souls, designed by people to mock life, exaggerate reality? Anyhow, in our country, reality and fantasy, time and life have been random and are frequently misplaced from the beginning...
Frameworks of Xiao Yu
In Xiao's own interpretation, visual art is the incarnation of the abstract notion of 'art.' Thus, "sculptures to me contain not only three dimensions, but four, including time. The frame artworks represent 20 years ago, yet they are still modern for being displayed in a group exhibition."
At the Speed of Bamboo–Review on “Qiu Zhijie: Cell” at Pace Beijing
Beijing's Pace Gallery Cell exhibition displays 40 bamboo embroidery artworks by Qiu Zhijie, 43, who claims the simple medium reflects the quintessential characteristics of Chinese people.
“The Photographic Articulation of the City” by Rut Blees Luxemburg
Rut Blees Luxemburg is a German photographer from RCA. She is well known for her investigations into the urban landscape. Through her work she explores how the cityscape both reflects and affects the human condition.
Photography and Research: Towards a Visual Scholarship Presented by Darren Newbury
This is the initial part of the presentation made by Darren Newbury at the “Yingxiang Today”–the Fifth Annual Conference of CCVA.
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