This exhibition may give viewers the first impression that the artist’s works are cute and celebrative. Yet, when one examines the 20 mixed media works on canvas and the robot-like, wooden sculptures closely, he or she might be surprised to see that all of these meticulous details and symbols are loaded with interrelated meanings. These […]

I am indulged by the smile of the women in my paintings: that utterly helpless, complicated, but loving and consoling look. There is something vague in it, hard to explain in words, but I feel that it is very important for me to express this in my paintings. I have a strong desire to enjoy […]

The work of Chen Jie is seemingly perfect, a style instilled within the artistic practice of the Camp school. It is an act of resistance to the oppression of the philosophizing of art. The works are contemporary paintings, their concept is contemporary art. The reading that the paintings gives rise to seemingly challenges the viewer […]

Chinese Contemporary was one of the first Western galleries to introduce Chinese contemporary art to a Western audience and, over the past ten years, we have helped to launch Chinese contemporary art as well as many Chinese artists onto the global stage. Due to the recent and quick evolution of Chinese contemporary art, the gallery […]

Oddny Eir Ævarsdóttir is an Icelandic writer and Parisian philosopher. She has collaborated with artists in Reykjavik, Paris and New York on a number of art projects and installations, as well as art book events and interviews. Here she talks about the Invasionistas’ exhibition, which took place at Kling & Bang Gallery as part of […]

Huang Kui, one of the participating artists in the project “Interventions,” presented a work titled Outstanding Citizen Award. The artist gave the certificate and five RMB to anyone who would cross the street on a red light on Chang Shou Road in Shanghai on January 20th, 2007. The documentation of this action was posted on […]

The recent exhibition at Amelia Johnson Contemporary features eight artists, all selected from the gallery’s award winning stable. In a variety of media and a diversity of styles, the exhibition highlights some of the promising young artists working in China today. Themes of urban isolation are the focus of Xing Danwen’s large format photographs.  The […]

Meng Jin’s latest work “Anonymous Architecture” is a series of six paintings of acrylic on canvas. This series centers on the notion of “editing” architecture and it also re-contextualizes “found” architectural objects or spaces. A series of simple, lined images, such as columns or an abandoned stage, place abstract elements into a spatial context: peripheral […]

“Play With Me!”—it sounds like the entreaty of a bossy child. In this scorched and blackened landscape set around a tumorous tree, creepy baby dolls, human-headed birds and human-vegetable hybrids play out perverse games. Looking upon Yuliya Lanina’s Boschian orgy, it seems at times innocent, at times twisted. These feelings never quite resolve, but remain […]

After receiving my degree in architecture in 1972 I steered away from architectural practice in order to research architectural issues in a laboratory-like setting. I make buildings, furniture, vessels and utensils as backdrops and props for everyday, ordinary human activity. These isolate, elevate and monumentalize eating, sleeping and bathing, turning life into theater. My work […]