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An artist’s studio visit to Ahmad Fuad for a self-confessed “unstructured” discussion, which ranged from discussing the artist’s loyalty to long-term projects, to his views on political art. Ahmad Fuad began by welcoming an unstructured discussion as a useful tool for his own thinking, and a means of mental refreshment.
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Following a series of recent exhibitions dedicated to the modernist master Sanyu (1901- 1966) in Taiwan, we take a fresh look at the work of the artist and re-examine his contribution to art history as part of the Ecole de Paris.
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The name George Condo might sound unfamiliar to an Asian audience, but the artist has been a fixture in the Western art scene for decades. Hailed as one of the most prominent painters of the century, it is no blasphemy to see Condo’s name next to Picasso, for the selling exhibit Face-Off: Picasso / Condo (16 –…
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Xavier Veilhan & Christian Marclay on Studio Venezia — What if Dadaist and constructivist artist Kurt Schwitters was living today, and he had a knack for music? He would have definitely built his own recording studio in the style of the Merzbau. This kind of architecture is part of the “merz” —a nonsense word Schwitters assigned to his personal process, philosophy, and lifestyle.
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第五十四屆威尼斯雙年展於本⽉四日揭幕，於Giardini及 舊軍械庫Arsenale舉⾏的主題展集結了了83位國際藝術家，加上在威尼斯四散的89個國家館及37個非官方展覽，可謂有史以來最陣容鼎盛的一年
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艾未未的作品，⼀百五十噸的葵花籽雕塑從中國傳統貢品瓷器出產地景德鎮裝運至泰德現代展出。這批葵花籽經歷了三十個傳統製作程序，以⼀千三百度⾼溫燒製，並全⼈手彩繪，充份展現了景德鎮匠工的千年絕活
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The paintings of Li Fang look familiar. Yet this familiarity is deeply infused with an intangible, uncanny mood. Selina Ting for initiArt MagazineNovember 2009 Click Here for an interview with Li Fang Moving away from her well-received depiction of the ephemeral presence of urban passers-by, Li Fang’s recent work concentrates on the more subtle psychological activities…
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六⼗年代的倫敦，是新流⾏文化的締造及消耗場。現正於倫敦國家俏像博物館 (National Portrait Gallery) 舉⾏的「Beatles to Bowie – The 60s exposed」展覽，便以流⾏⾳樂為軸心，展示影像、⾳樂、時裝及現場演出如何炮製⼀代巨星，⽽這些流⾏偶像及樂隊⼜如何創造了Swinging London，並以⾳樂改變了世界。
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Selina Ting Oct 2009 In the Russian Pavilion, Andrei Molodkin (b. 1966) is showing alongside 6 compatriots, Pavel Pepperstein, Alexey Kallima, Irina Korina, Gosha Ostretsov, Anatoly Shuravlev and Sergei Shekhovtsov. Entitled “The Victory over the Future”, a name borrowed from a futurist opera “Victory over the Sun” in 1913 which was an omen of impending…
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The Brussels gallery Jan Mot says he is “as mischievous as he is thoughtful”. Some magazines described him as a “branchitude” (trend-itude) artist from L.A. But today he is neither trendy nor mischievous… jetlag kills his charm and my questions on “history” makes him a serious school boy. Sitting in the café on the 6/F of Pompidou Centre, with a light yellow pullover around his neck and a white T-shirt that goes only with a pair of worn-out blue jeans, Mario García Torres enjoys the best view of Paris and the gentle sunshine of the early Parisian summer.
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