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At first I thought that this work was by Tony Oursler, who is the only artist I like who integrates videos in his work with other media. But it would appear that I have found someone I should keep an eye on—in China no less.
周啸虎 Zhou Xiaohu (b. 1960, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province) was one the of the first contemporary artists in China to work experimentally with sculptural ideas of video and animation. With a background in sculpture, oil painting and graphic design, Zhou’s work is a dynamic combination of these mediums, reflecting a world in which technology rules and the media is the pinnacle of propaganda and public influence.
Titled “America Loves Me”, this oil painting on aluminium plate comes come with an animated video as part of the piece which runs for 1 min 6 sec. It shows almost the same image as the painting, except that the shovel was seen digging dirt out from the tent.
As with the best contemporary artworks which I like, I found myself saying “WTF” out loud continuously for almost a minute. I have no idea what it is intended to say. Some day I would love to meet this guy. For now, my tiny brain is off to a reboot.
ZHOU Xiaohu 周啸虎
America Loves Me
2012
Oil painting on aluminium plate, animation video
217 x 122 cm
Animation video: 1 min 6 sec
Edition 2/2
# Zhou Xiaohu 周啸虎 (周嘯虎)
b. 1960, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
www.longmarchspace.com/artist/list_7_brief.html
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:39:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 4798 x 2725
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 40mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13936
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation by ZHOU Xiaohu 周啸虎 (周嘯虎): America Loves Me, 2012 (Oil painting on aluminium plate, animation video)” / Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間) / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13936
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This abstract oil painting by Chinese artist Liu Wei 刘韡 (劉韡) caught by eye as they look like computer circuit boards.
The series “Truth Dimension” were painted with the help of a computer. He first draws an image with the house, and then a computer program is used to “find and create new images” randomly into the artist’s own randomness [1].
It feels a bit of a cop-out to me, but one has to admit that this work is mostly amazing because it has left the computer screen and became a painting in oil. In this regard I see this mostly as an oil reproduction of the computer screen—and so perhaps it is hyperrealistic in that regard?
When the medium travels into another realm, they often feel more interesting. But what does it really say if the image itself may not really be considered a work of art before it was “transferred” to the oil medium?
LIU Wei
Truth Dimension No 7
2013
Oil on canvas
189 x 399 cm
# Liu Wei 刘韡 (劉韡)
1972 Born in Beijing, China
1996 BFA, China National Academy of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department, Hangzhou
Lives and works in Beijing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Wei_(artist)
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# Notes
1. Lehmann Maupin: Press Release: www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/2013-02-28_liu-wei/pres...
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:22:44+0800
+ Dimensions: 4464 x 2684
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 26 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13932
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
“Painting by LIU Wei 刘韡 (劉韡): Truth Dimension No 7, 2013 (oil on canvas)” / Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間) / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13932
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You don’t normally talk about sex in China, so it was fun to see this gigantic installation at Art Basel Hong Kong recently.
Titled “Play - (201301)”, it is a gigantic gothic cathedral made completely out of leather fetish gear. The artist responsible is 没顶公司 MadeIn Company, a contemporary art creation company founded by Chinese artist 徐震 Xu Zhen.
Quite a showpiece. When I saw this a crowd of high school girls were giggling non-stop around the installation. This might be the first and last time they would have ever experienced this—perhaps no one really knew what they are looking at except me?
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 5433 x 3622
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14071
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071
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Two people face each other. A man on the right sitting on his own giving a glance. The woman does not gaze back—she is too busy texting on her cell phone. In between there are some form of lights—I do not know what they are. Perhaps they are traffic signs. They could also be a reference to the LED pulses of electronic devices. The three paintings are grouped together. They are connected yet separated.
Contemporary Chinese art is interesting to me as they deal with something both familiar and distant. Growing up in Hong Kong, I am well versed in Chinese history, but that of modern communist China is one which is unfamiliar to me. Chinese contemporary works root from something completely alien because the culture of Hong Kong is also very different than that in China.
A graduate of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, WANG Jianwei 汪建伟 (汪建偉 b. 1958 Sichuan Province, China) is a Chinese artist best known for his installation and video works. ‘Connection’ (鏈接) and ‘relationship’ (關聯) have been the key phrase in his vocabulary.
(Note: the reference image on Art Basel’s website shows the middle panel upside down. It is unclear if the website made a mistake or whoever installed this painting at the HKCEC did)
WANG Jianwei 汪建伟 (汪建偉)
Surface II, 2013
overall: 200 x 429 cm
each panel: 200 x 143 cm
This work is composed of 3 panels
# WANG Jianwei (b. 1958 Sichuan Province, China)
+ Art|Basel Hong Kong: WANG Jianwei: Surface II: www.artbaselhongkong-online.com/index.php5?id=1410208&...
+ 汪建伟 WANG JIANWEI: www.wangjianwei.com/
+ Long March Space: Artists: WANG Jianwei: www.longmarchspace.com/artist/list_28_brief.html
+ 长征空间: 艺术: 汪建伟: www.longmarchspace.com/artist/list_28_brief.html?locale=z...
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:23:17+0800
+ Dimensions: 5277 x 2681
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 21 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13934
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Paintings (Triptych) by WANG Jianwei 汪建伟 (汪建偉): Surface II, 2013” / Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間) / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13934
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Yes, this is in Vienna.
Chen Qiulin’s presentation, “Migration – Peach Flower Orchard” was first shown at the Long March Space in June 2006. The work is a reconstruction of a “massage parlor” from the small town of Xingchengzhen, which was migrated due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The work examines the notion of space, both as a meeting place, as well as examining the relationship of notions of identity and heritage to geography. (Source)
The exhibition is still on display until April 29.
Artist : Zhan Wang - China
Location : Vancouver City Center Station, Canada-Line, Vancouver
Media : Stainless steel
Zhan Wang's Artificial Rock #143 in stainless steel is reflective, both literally and metaphorically.
Traditionally, Chinese artists have situated rockeries, and gnarled stones in front of important buildings and in gardens for decoration and meditation. In Mandarin such stones are called jiashanshi, which literally translates as "fake mountain rocks". They are referred to in the West as "Scholar's Stones". They symbolically represent mountain landscapes and contain the power to connect man with nature. When one imagines crossing these "mountains" they promote a spiritual experience and a direct connection with nature. The practice of placing these stones dates back to the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.
Wang's work embodies an expansive world view - it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relation between the individual and his environment.
For more information visit longmarchspace.com/zhanwang/wutuobang/e_index.html
Artist : Zhan Wang - China
Location : Vancouver City Center Station, Canada-Line, Vancouver
Media : Stainless steel
Zhan Wang's Artificial Rock #143 in stainless steel is reflective, both literally and metaphorically.
Traditionally, Chinese artists have situated rockeries, and gnarled stones in front of important buildings and in gardens for decoration and meditation. In Mandarin such stones are called jiashanshi, which literally translates as "fake mountain rocks". They are referred to in the West as "Scholar's Stones". They symbolically represent mountain landscapes and contain the power to connect man with nature. When one imagines crossing these "mountains" they promote a spiritual experience and a direct connection with nature. The practice of placing these stones dates back to the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.
Wang's work embodies an expansive world view - it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relation between the individual and his environment.
For more information visit longmarchspace.com/zhanwang/wutuobang/e_index.html
A group of high school students circled around a leather castle hanging from the ceiling. At first glance, it resembles something not dissimilar to that of a group of LV luggage bags. So they are all too busy taking photos with their cell phone. A boy was seen explaining what he sees to his female classmates.
There does not appear to be anything wrong with this scene, except that the castle was not made with ordinary leather — these are kinky leather sex toys. If the girls had known, they probably would have all screwed “Eww” and disappeared into Neverland.
Oh the joy of fine art — once elevated to a stage for excellence, no one even thought of the impossible. But it is. Demented? Yes, absolutely — which is precisely why I loved it.
Crazyisgood.
See www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/ for the full-color scientific shot without the humans around.
# Notes
1. “Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071:
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/
# Art Info
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 5434 x 3623
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Leather fetish installation + high school students: When 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company’s Play was on view at ABHK recently / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #没顶公司 #MadeInCompany #installation #leather #rope #WTF #LOL
Artist : Zhan Wang - China
Location : Vancouver City Center Station, Canada-Line, Vancouver
Media : Stainless steel
Zhan Wang's Artificial Rock #143 in stainless steel is reflective, both literally and metaphorically.
Traditionally, Chinese artists have situated rockeries, and gnarled stones in front of important buildings and in gardens for decoration and meditation. In Mandarin such stones are called jiashanshi, which literally translates as "fake mountain rocks". They are referred to in the West as "Scholar's Stones". They symbolically represent mountain landscapes and contain the power to connect man with nature. When one imagines crossing these "mountains" they promote a spiritual experience and a direct connection with nature. The practice of placing these stones dates back to the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.
Wang's work embodies an expansive world view - it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relation between the individual and his environment.
For more information visit longmarchspace.com/zhanwang/wutuobang/e_index.html
Artist : Zhan Wang - China
Location : Vancouver City Center Station, Canada-Line, Vancouver
Media : Stainless steel
Zhan Wang's Artificial Rock #143 in stainless steel is reflective, both literally and metaphorically.
Traditionally, Chinese artists have situated rockeries, and gnarled stones in front of important buildings and in gardens for decoration and meditation. In Mandarin such stones are called jiashanshi, which literally translates as "fake mountain rocks". They are referred to in the West as "Scholar's Stones". They symbolically represent mountain landscapes and contain the power to connect man with nature. When one imagines crossing these "mountains" they promote a spiritual experience and a direct connection with nature. The practice of placing these stones dates back to the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.
Wang's work embodies an expansive world view - it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relation between the individual and his environment.
For more information visit longmarchspace.com/zhanwang/wutuobang/e_index.html
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Regent's Park in London, which included a Sculpture Park, part of Frieze Art Fair
This sculpture is called Artifical Rock No 16 by Zhan Wang. Made in 2007.
Artist : Zhan Wang - China
Location : Vancouver City Center Station, Canada-Line, Vancouver
Media : Stainless steel
Zhan Wang's Artificial Rock #143 in stainless steel is reflective, both literally and metaphorically.
Traditionally, Chinese artists have situated rockeries, and gnarled stones in front of important buildings and in gardens for decoration and meditation. In Mandarin such stones are called jiashanshi, which literally translates as "fake mountain rocks". They are referred to in the West as "Scholar's Stones". They symbolically represent mountain landscapes and contain the power to connect man with nature. When one imagines crossing these "mountains" they promote a spiritual experience and a direct connection with nature. The practice of placing these stones dates back to the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.
Wang's work embodies an expansive world view - it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relation between the individual and his environment.
For more information visit longmarchspace.com/zhanwang/wutuobang/e_index.html
Qiu Zhijie (Long March Space)
【China】
The Thunderstorm is Slowly Approaching
Year. 2007-2009
The artist creates and displays art as part of the Long March Project to trace the Chinese Communist Party’s “Long March” in the 1930s. He is also the first artist in China to use new media.
"Artificial Rock #143" - by Zhan Wang
This reflective stainless steel rock literally and metaphorically represents the past and future, tradition and transition of a nation and people into Modernity.
Wang’s work embodies an expansive world view – it touches on economics, sociology, urban planning and architecture as well as traditional Chinese aesthetics. Zhan Wang began making these shiny artificial jiashanshi stones during the recent building boom in Beijing, when numerous skyscrapers of glass and steel appeared on the cityscape. During his school years, Zhan Wang studied traditional Chinese culture, and spent time considering the relationship between the individual and his environment.
Qiu Zhijie (Long March Space)
【China】
The Thunderstorm is Slowly Approaching
Year. 2007-2009
The artist creates and displays art as part of the Long March Project to trace the Chinese Communist Party’s “Long March” in the 1930s. He is also the first artist in China to use new media.
Timestamp installation at the Long March Space. Floor of the installation is covered with 3 inches of sand and the room is lit with blacklights. The faint puffball at the top of the frame is the printer that continually prints low res images from a webcam hidden in another part of the gallery