蔣志在魔金石空間的最新展覽「注定」，其錄像裝置在同一個空間中放了兩個螢幕呈現：一邊是一對男女幾近自虐式的身體探索；另一邊卻是荒無一人的陌生星球，分別了精神和象徵兩個世界。放在螢幕前的LED燈箱，滾動著文字，成為了解讀錄像的一條線索。
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Marta Gnyp on The Power of the Collector
In this interview with Marta Gnyp, collector and art historian, we start to step into some of the art world’s taboos. Marta, with her wit and humour and openness, shares with us her acute observation on the market dynamics and the phenomenon of collectors’ rising power.
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Marta Gnyp on Codes and Myths – Good and Bad Collectors
What makes someone a good collector and a collection a good collection? Am I good enough as a collector, and have I gained a good reputation as a collector in the art world? These are the questions that even the most adept and serious collectors will wonder about from time to time.
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Shumon Ahmed — New Conceptualist of Bangladeshi Art Scene
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1977, Shumon Ahmed came to international attention in 2014 with his photographic series Metal Graves, presented first at the Dhaka Art Summit in a show B-desh curated by French curator Deepak Anand, then at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India curated by Jitish Kallat. The public soon discovered the multi-facets of Ahmed’s…
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Dr. Uli Sigg – What if he didn’t donate the Sigg Collection to M+?
When Dr. Uli Sigg donated his collection of Chinese contemporary art to Hong Kong’s future M+ in 2012, the news generated mixed speculations from both Mainland China and Hong Kong, each from their own perspectives. The polemic came from the fact that the Sigg Collection is not just the biggest but also the most coherent and…
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Why Does Art Matter to a Corporate? UBS Answers.
As the global Lead Partner of Art Basel, UBS hosts a pre-Art Basel media lunch in their Hong Kong IFC office every year in order to announce their annual program. This is a once a year occasion for me to visit UBS’s premises and have a glimpse into a tiny part of the global financial…
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Video Talk: Daisuke Miyatsu on Collecting with a Budget
The story of Daisuke Miyatsu is a true legend. Dubbed as the “Salary-man Collector” (or, the Japanese Herbert Vogel), he’s a regular office worker and doesn’t have a big budget for art, but his collection is just as spectacular. He started collecting art with the budget of $1000 US dollar 20 years ago, but the big question is: is it still possible for a salaryman to collect art nowadays?
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Video Talk: Massimo De Carlo on Hong Kong Snacks and Sports
Massimo De Carlo gallery just opened a third location in Hong Kong, with a show of paintings by Yan Pei-Ming. CoBo asks the gallery founder about how it’s like to play in the middle of a game, his ping-pong game with Yan Pei-Ming (guess who won?), his favourite exercise during the exhausting art fair and surprises him by bringing him a taste of the orient.
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Video Talk: Nicolas Nahab – Director of Marian Goodman Gallery
Nicolas Nahab, Director of Marian Goodman Gallery shares with us his Art Basel Hong Kong experience and what to see at the gallery booth this year.
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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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