by Mao Jing | Jul 29, 2023 | Southwest China
Leopard Trs. by Fan Jinghua In the 1970s, on the wall behind our county co-op counter hung a piece of leopard pelt purchased from a peasant. ——Note Bring it on, I turn the grapeshot from my previous life to blossoms over my body. ...
by Sophia Kidd | Jul 28, 2023 | Southwest China
The Chalk Circle [1] Trs. by Xiaoyuan In the chalk circle stands son of man Made from fluid of earth semen of heaven In solitude he grows a little bigger Helpless to choose Outside the chalk circle stand two women Of unknown...
by Sophia Kidd | Jan 7, 2023 | Chengdu Performance Art, Performance Art, Southwest China, Uncategorized, Uncategorized
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,...
by Sophia Kidd | Jul 18, 2022 | Avant-Garde Art, Chengdu Performance Art, Contemporary Chinese Art, Exhibitions, Performance Art, Southwest China
This exhibition discusses the history and development of ecological art in Chengdu, China since the 1990s. Tong Wenmin, Dizzy, 2017, Performance Art, Single Channel Video, Color with South, 3’47”, Photo provided by Empty Studio. “The privileging of...
by Lynette Shen | Feb 21, 2022 | Biennales, Contemporary Chinese Art, Exhibitions, Southwest China
The Chengdu Biennale has recently opened in 2021, November. The exhibition is divided into eight sub-themes and is accompanied by ten parallel exhibitions scattering in the city. The art exhibitions in China in recent years witnessed a gradual increase in female...
by Lynette Shen | Jan 11, 2022 | Avant-Garde Art, Biennales, Contemporary Chinese Art, Exhibitions, Southwest China, Contemporary Chinese Art, Southwest China, Avant-Garde Art, Biennales, Exhibitions
Museums in China face challenges in the ‘Post-COVID’ era Soft-opened on Nov 6th, 2021, scheduled to run through Apr 6th, 2022, the Chengdu Biennale is hosted in two recently-established iconic venues —the state-funded Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art and Chengdu...
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