Tag: Shanghai art scene
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Loneliness and Alienation
During these times of social distancing, with the world suddenly changed and our normal routines and plans for 2020 all swept aside, there is a longing sense of unease and unexpectedness. If you happen to be living and working abroad this feeling can be accentuated. Living in China as a foreigner from a non-Asian country…
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Twenty-first Century Chinese Art
The increasing complexity and speed of contemporary technology is the cause of both euphoria and anxiety. In the world of contemporary art, a term was coined – new media art – that was used to describe the sophisticated new technologies that had become available to artists since the late 1980s, and which enabled the digital…
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Houtouwan Dream
A girl is lost in the depths of her own daydream in an abandoned seaside village; nature can no longer be viewed as an idyllic playground. She wrestles with her own narrative: her repression, her jealousy, her lust. The beauty within the frame creates a dreamlike mood; there is a subtle and indelible mystery unsettling…
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The Extraordinary Machine
Karin Janssen’s works create a world that draws the audience into her universe, with its own rules and logic. Disembodied mouths become portals, gateways to another dimension, seductively embracing the grotesque, the absurd, the animalistic. “Wangechi Mutu said that the more personal her work is, the more universal it becomes. I like that,” muses Janssen…
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Making It in Shanghai: Interview with Redic
“Making It in Shanghai” focuses on people who have found success and made a significant cultural impact in Shanghai. “Steps of courage lead to places of confidence.” – Redic When people talk of “making it” they are usually referring to becoming successful in their chosen discipline. In the world of music and performing success can…
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Transience
“I’ve been here for 10 years and I can’t even recollect that 10 years. I came, I was here for a bit and now I’m ready to go. You can’t really measure it, it happens so quickly.” Alex Carroll is an American artist based in Shanghai. In the build up to his final exhibition in…
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The Language of Art
Jayson Atienza is a Filipino-American artist based in Shanghai. He’s known for his instantly recognisable signature painting style, which he originally developed by combining watercolour and ink. With a background in advertising, Jayson has worked with numerous well-known multinational brands. At heart, though, Jayson Atienza is an artist. In his series, The Language of Art,…
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Modern Ephemeral Duality
Ludo is a French street artist. His work connects the world of plants and animals with our technological universe and quest for modernism. He’s known for only using two colours in his work and using a technique of pasting, mainly in outdoor spaces. He is a very humble, quietly spoken man with a thick Parisian…
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