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Read Poetry｜Selected Poems by Gong Xuemin
Human traces come between and become
The powerless red despair in my legacy.
Read Poetry｜Selected Poems of Zhai Yongming
Because death never leaves us
Because the road ahead cannot be predicted
From “doing works” to “doing things.”
It’s been 26 years now and my biggest regret is having waited so long before doing this kind of art.
Earth Healing | The Ecological Aesthetic Implications of Taoism in the Soil Art of Song Chen
“Soil is the most fundamental material constituting this world, and it nurtures all things in nature. It signifies the unity of energy and divinity.” —Song Chen
Classical Chinese Eco-Aesthetics in 1990’s Chengdu Performance Art
This text is excerpted from a paper first presented at the A4 Museum in Chengdu, China at a talk titled, “Classical Chinese Eco-Aesthetics in 1990’s Chengdu Performance Art,” in 2019. It was further developed and then presented at the Qinghua University Museum, “History of Chinese Eco-Aesthetic Criticism” Conference in 2021.
Reality & Boundary: Contemporary Art reminding us to return
When we see the presence of those who were once ignored – this is the value of contemporary art.
Water Forming Chengdu: Ecological Art in Chengdu, China since the 1990s
The recent Water Forming Chengdu exhibition in Sydney, Australia and now brought home to Chengdu uncovers an art history which is situated in the natural urban environment, reinforcing a daoist tradition of deeply respecting waterways as well as the trans-physical notion of water, as one of the five elements in Chinese cosmology and traditional medicine.
Boris Nieslony Performance Art in the VORUM VIKTORIABAD, May 19, 2022 7 pm
For decades artist BORIS NIESLONY has been dealing with violence, death and pain. How are humans capable of inflicting such atrocities on one another? He dedicated some performances and installations to the victims of genocides and massacres, drowning out his pain at human inhumanity with his own physical pain.
In the Ongoing Chengdu Biennale, Female Curator Critically Reflects on Existence in China
The art exhibitions in China in recent years witnessed a gradual increase in female curators and artists. What kind of perspectives do women curators bring to the contemporary art scene in China? This article answers this question via the lens of Still On (尚在), one of the parallel exhibitions in the Chengdu Biennale.