Author Archives: jolanta
The Remains of the Day
Ulrike Münter on Xia Xing In 2004, Chinese artist Xia Xing (born in 1974 in Shihezi, Xinjiang province, now living in Beijing) started a picture chronicle, wherein he paints from front-page photographs from issues of Xin Jingbao (New Beijing News, published since November 2003). These photographs, reporting about remarkable events—more or less faithfully to details—are […]
The Lord of the Flies
Jade Franklin on Guo Wei Born in 1960, Guo Wei was six years old when Mao Zedong declared his campaign to rid China of “bourgeois liberalism”—that infamous period in Chinese history known as the Cultural Revolution. He was alive during the material shortages, the dictated restrictions, and the ever-present apprehension that characterized this time, but […]
Werner Dorsch
German artist Werner Dorsch plays with geometrics and the square. His work fuses styles of Concrete art and Op art. German artist Werner Dorsch plays with geometrics and the square. His work fuses styles of Concrete art and Op art. Having exhibited across the globe, Dorsch hails international acclaim. Still, he makes note […]
Fei Chen
It was in 2003 that I began to work on the “Beyond Satisfaction” series. By that time, a drastic societal change had taken place throughout China Fei Chan It was in 2003 that I began to work on the “Beyond Satisfaction” series. By that time, a drastic societal change had taken place throughout China, one […]
Urban Sprawl
Jane Tippet on Tu Hongtao What is the essence of contemporary Chinese art? Is there such a thing as a fundamental core in this ever-changing and evolving genre? In 2005, the iconic artist Yue Minjun asserted, “Modern Chinese art devotes most of its attention to reality. And as almost every artist reaches out his antennae […]
The Red and the Black
Tally Beck on Sheng Qi Beijing-based artist Sheng Qi is probably best known for his act of personal defiance following the events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989: he cut off the little finger of his left hand. Since then, he has incorporated the image and concept of this self-mutilation into his work, which includes […]
Jaime Dalglish
Dalglish’s art plows many fields. As a biophilist walking, his artistwebsite contains many changing forms of nature, art, darkness, light,silence, chance, music, color, and poetry. Jaime Dalglish Dalglish’s art plows many fields. As a biophilist walking, his artistwebsite contains many changing forms of nature, art, darkness, light,silence, chance, music, color, and poetry. Dalglish’s art […]
The Altered Landcape: An interview with Kim Keever by Leah Oates
My early work in the aquarium involved plaster models of mountains arranged into a landscape, the tank filled with water, various gel covered lights and colored liquid paint dispersed into the water to make cloud effects. The back of the tank was covered with translucent Mylar and more lights were shining through this layer to […]
Life on a Leaf by Leah Oates
Life on a Leaf explores the possibilities of building a personal house as a total artwork. Andersson is interested in the way stories can influence the shape, the ornaments and the interior of a house. The aesthetics of the house is inspired by the Art Nouveau concept of the house as a shelter for an […]
Matt Lee
I have always been inspired to an extent by escapism. When I was young I used to lie in bed with my Walkman on. Eyes closed, I would enter a place in my head where I could spend hours creating an ever-evolving world of super heroes, theme park rides and flying machines. I was compelled […]
