Video Talk: Philip Tinari on the Relationship Between Curators and Artists

A notable writer, critic, art curator, and expert in Contemporary Chinese Art, Philip Tinari is the director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing. After telling us about the latest show of Scandinavian duo Elmgreen & Dragset creating a fake art fair in UCCA, CoBo challenges him by a question: if curator is water, what is the role of artist? And…which artist would he date?

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Ugo Rondinone – This Art is Timeless

This art is timeless.Some called it “primitive feel”; some called it “ancient contemporary”; some called it “transcending”… one thing for sure: this is timeless. The notion of time is essential to the art of the Swiss-born, New York-based artists Ugo Rondinone (*1964). Time for the artist is never linear but circular. It takes the form…

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Haroon Mirza

An artist operates within the visual realm by using sound as a material to make visible the otherwise invisible, Haroon Mirza upsets the distinction between sound, noise and music while pushing art towards the periphery of music. In the interview, Mirza talks about his new projects and shares with us his concepts of sound, noise and music in relation to the physical space and materials.

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