‘(un) Made in China’ Exhibition - April 20 – June 20, 2012

http://unmadeinchina.com/detail.html

Like the poster more than the exhibition.

Carrie

Half the Sky: Women in the New Art of China 23-09 to 12-11-2011 半边天：中国女性新艺术

Yin Xiuzhen 尹秀珍《发动机》

Drexel University Curates Major Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Women Artists
featuring 60 works of art by 22 Chinese Women Artists

Bingyi, Cao Fei, Chen Qiulin, Han Yajuan, Hu Xiaoyuan, He Weina, Jiang Jie, Lin Jingjing, Liu Liyun, Liu Manwen, O Zhang, Qing Qing, Qi Peng , Shi Hui, Song Kun, Tao Aimin, Xiang Jing, Xiao Lu, Xing Danwen, Xu Xiaoyan, Yu Jingyang
 


An historic exhibition of contemporary Chinese women artists will be presented at Drexel University from September 23 to November 12, 2011. Co-curated by the National Art Museum of China and the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University, this survey-scale exhibition will be the first of its kind in the United States. More than 60 artworks by 22 woman artists, including painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation, will be on display.


In July, 2008, Holland Carter of the NY Times referred to Chinese women artists as the "quietly emerging sector" of the Chinese contemporary art world. But the phenomenal rush of so many Chinese artists to international success has bypassed the majority of deserving women artists. Half the Sky attempts to redress this situation by representing a cross section of gifted women artists currently working both inside China and in the Chinese diaspora.


It has been decades since Mao Zedong set communist ideology by proclaiming that women "hold up half the sky." In the West, the Women’s Movement of the 1970s and 80s has elevated the esteem in which women artists are held to a point of approximate parity with men. And yet Chinese women artists, while certainly not ignored on the world stage, are nevertheless overlooked to a significant degree.

Cui Xiuwen

Chen Qing Qing

For more information, please visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/events/halfthesky/

Images of Women IX Exhibition @ Schoeni Art Gallery Hong Kong March 17 - April 4 2010

Zhu Yi Yong, Memory of China Series No. 25, Oil on canvas, 130 x 100, 2010

Works by Cai Lei, Chen Fei, Chen Li, Chen Yu, Fan You Rong, Hou Yan Yan, Jiang Guo Fang, Li Gui Jun, Liu Fei, Liu Hong Yuan, Mok Wai Hong, Peng Wei, Shuai Mei, Wang Yi Guang, Weng Dan Xian, Yang Gao, Yang Mian, Zhao Yi Qian, Zhu Yi Yong

Vernissage: 16 March 2011,   5:00pm - 11:59pm
Exhibition Continues: 17 March 2011 - 4 April 2011

Main Gallery, 21 - 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong

Schoeni Art Gallery is pleased to announce the return of our renowned serial exhibition entitled Images of Women IX on 16 March 2011, coinciding with Hong Kong’s largest charity art event the HK Artwalk 2011. The first Images of Women exhibition was held in 1995 and curated by our gallery’s founder, the late Manfred Schoeni. The exhibition had been held for 8 times over the years since its first showing. Images of Women aimed to explore the different interpretations of the female from a variety of contemporary Chinese artists. Many iconic artists of Chinese contemporary art, whether from the Realism or Avant-Garde school, have exhibited in these serial exhibitions at some point of their career, including Jiang Guo Fang, Ai Xuan, Li Gui Jun, Wang Yi Dong, Zhong Biao, Zhu Yi Yong, Qi Zhi Long and Liu Ye amongst many others. We are delighted to bring back once again the splendour and magnificence of the female form, represented artistically by some of China’s most intriguing artists, to our audience.

Throughout art history, women and the female form have always fascinated male artists, as well as female artists alike. The female protagonists in paintings have served many purposes including men’s interests, obsession, masculine desires, fantasies and anxieties, or from time to time, even gender issues and feminist concerns. The many faces of women and their characteristics such as their sensuality, sensitivity, delicate subtlety, courage and mysteriousness have continued to amuse many artists, arousing their imagination as they repeatedly attempt to portray the enigmatic spirit of this complex creature in their oeuvre.

Li Gui Jun, New Town, Oil on Canvas, 160 x 140, 2002

Peng Wei, Feather Cloth, Paper Painting Installation, 53 x 30 x 22, 2007

Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy from Nanto @ HKU Arts Gallery 日本現代南礪書法 2011-2-23 to 3-20

Kamibayashi Michiyo
Infinity
107 x 79 cm

The exhibition is jointly organized by the University Museum and Art Gallery and the Ise Cultural Foundation, with the assistance of the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong and the Toyama Prefecture Government, Japan. 

The exhibition features calligraphic works by “Gen do sya”, a group of contemporary artists from the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. They specialize in an innovative art form that combines calligraphy, painting and drawing. Their free-hand works express aesthetics of modern Japan. This avant-garde approach is evident in the seven female artists’ unique calligraphic styles.

In addition to calligraphy, the exhibition also displays other artworks reflecting the lifestyle of Nanto culture. These include prints by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), lacquer wares, cloisonné- enamelled vessels and tea utensils.

The exhibition was first exhibited in Tokyo last year and will travel to Beijing in April after Hong Kong.

Tokime Nobuko
Revel (play with water) II
91 x 91 cm

Itabashi Terumi
Drift
106 x 78 cm

Otsuka Tomoko
Shall we dance?
178 x 90 cm

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HKU University Museum and Art Gallery

is located next to the University's main entrance on Bonham Road. While the Museum occupies the entire Fung Ping Shan Building, the Art Gallery is housed in the lower three storeys of the T T Tsui Building.

Opening hours:
Mon to Sat 9:30 am-6 pm, Sun 1:00-6:00 pm

Closed on public holidays and university holidays (16 March, 24 December, 31 December p.m.)

sources: http://www.hku.hk/hkumag/main.html

Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies 2011-2-5 to 5-11

The Creative Ecologies exhibition is a showcase of Hong Kong creative power and design to form the creative environment within the city.

The exhibition is built from 3 topics to express 3 different creative zones:


Thematic Zone One: “Creative Hong Kong”
The first thematic zone projects a visual and conceptual introduction of the networks and influences that make up Hong Kong’s “Creative Ecologies”.

Thematic Zone Two: The Creative Landscape
The second thematic zone presents viewers with a macroscopic overview of 7 Hong Kong enterprises that have used design in innovative ways.

Thematic Zone Three: “A Better Tomorrow” - The Future Generation
The installation presents variations on the theme of “a better tomorrow” as an expression of youthful energy/inventing spirit and aspirations by designers on the rise to recognition and stardom a compelling statement of the new creative power.

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Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies – Business, Living, Creativity

Chief Curator	Kai-Yin Lo
Curator	Danny Yung
Consultant	Philip Dodd

Exhibition
Date: 5 February 2011 - 11 May 2011
Venue: Thematic Gallery 6, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Concurrent Events

Guided Tour with Design Dialogue
Available to school groups
Date: 21 Feb, 2 ,11, 17 Mar, 29 Apr (2 sessions per day)
Guided Tour with Design Workshop
Date: 14, 23, 31 Mar; 7 & 11 Apr

Public Forum
Chief curator Kai-Yin Lo will join design experts and business leaders to address an array of issues on sustainable design and how to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises and meet the social needs.
Date: 20 March (SUN)
Time: 14:30- 17:00
Venue: Hong Kong Heritage Museum Theatre
Date: 30 April (SAT)
Time: 14:30- 17:00
Venue: The Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Poly University

For registration and more details, please visit:
www.creativeecologies.hk
Tel : 3793 8449
Email: jaime.chan@hkdesigncentre.org

Wang Shugang Show @ Beijing Opposite House 2011 Jan - March 王书刚雕塑装置作品展_ 瑜舍酒店

Wang Shugang Show @ Beijing Opposite House 2011 Jan - March
王书刚雕塑装置作品展_ 瑜舍酒店

 

Graduated from Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1985, Wang Shugang (b. 1960) developed his career in Germany over 20 years and returned to China in 2000, currently based in Beijing.  His works have been widely exhibited between China, America and Europe and are publicly displayed in China, Germany and Canada.  His arts is well-known in expressing the 20th century daily life in China with Buddhist iconography in a playful sense.

 

 

Sources:
http://review.redboxstudio.cn
http://housevibe.cn

Fabled Landscape - Yan Heng & Shen Dapeng Exhibition ＠ HK Tang Contemporary 04-24.10.2010

Fabled Landscape  - Yan Heng & Shen Dapeng Exhibition ＠ HK Tang Contemporary
寓言的风景——闫珩、申大鹏双个展 @ Hong Kong 当代唐人艺术中心
Date: 04-24.10.2010 

http://www.tangcontemporary.com/default.html

展覽Exhibition 寓言的風景——閆珩、申大鵬雙個展策展人Curator 魏星藝術家Artist 閆珩，申大鵬城市City 香港開幕Opening 2010-10-4 17:30時間Duration 2010-10-04 至 2010-10-24地點Venue 當代唐人藝術中心組織Organizers 當代唐人藝術中心，北京仁藝術中心贊助Sponsor地址Address 香港上環荷李活道233號荷李活商業中心地庫聯繫Contact 852 2544 9918

Exhibition: Beyond The Broken Skin @ Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing 09.18 - 10.18, 2010 展览：裂肤之痛 @ 北京苏蒙画廊

Exhibition: Beyond The Broken Skin

展览：裂肤之痛

Enthusiasts of Meetings , Huang Yin 2010, 180 by 100 cm, Oil on Canvas

Anti-Vice No.6,  Zhang Haiying 2008 . 160 by 200 cm . Oil on Canvas

参展艺术家：刘芯涛 刘保明 黄引 张海鹰

Artists: Liu Xintao, Liu Baoming, Huang Yin, Zhang Haiying

Soemo Fine Arts 苏蒙画廊

No.66, Xiaopunanjie, Songzhuang, Tongzhou District, Beijing, China

北京通州宋庄小堡南街66号

Opening Reception / 开幕酒会

September 18 4:00-6:00PM / 9月18日下午4点至6点

Exhibition Period / 展览日期

09.18 - 10.18, 2010

T:+86 10 8085 6031 / +86(0)13911520438

El: Lucyhanchina@yahoo.com.cn

W: www.soemo-fine-arts.com

Beyond The Broken Skin

Soemo Fine Arts is happy to present four different artist of exceptional expression in the new exhibition "Beyond the Broken Skin". All four offer a rare glimpse behind the surface - skin - of extreme reality, experienced daily by the modern Chinese urban citizen.

Liu Baoming is concerned with Self-alienation. He sees this as the product of a "self" set in a consumerist society and a materialistic system. He decided to express this in the form of the appearance of the "Self" as a broken visual experience. The series "Extreme Illusion" is a visual account, which opposes the sense of reality. 

Extreme Illusion-A Lady, Liu Baomin 2006, 190 by 150 cm, Oil on Canvas

Zhang Haiying's "Anti-Vice Campaign" series tells a complex story of destitution, desperation, abuse and entrapment, the side effects of modern economics, urban migration and technological progress - the human cost of the present commodity civilazation. By re-contextualizing the way prostitution is represented and perceived, Zhang's paintings strive to convey the human condition, with all its indignities and weaknesses, as a duplicitous victimization of both the oppressed and oppressors.

Liu Xintao's "Despondent Night" is characterized by its homo-chrome colors and irregular frames. The homo-chrome color represents the dark night and the irregular frames might be a suggestion of despondence. Although the theme of "Despondent Night" is the materialization of human beings and the loss of their subjectivity, the artist naturally harmonizes this contradiction.

Huang Yin's works depict the historical era of Mao. The most interesting aspect of her images of the Mao Culture is actually the disappearance of Mao's own image. The artist recalls this history not through Mao but some specific scenes that represented that era - red banners, slogans, large-scale production campaigns, large-scale iron & steel making drive, model operas and so on. Huang Yin's image narration through the private eye carries special significance due to its personalized features.

Takashi Murakami Exhibition @ The Chateau de Versailles 14.9-12.12.2010

Takashi Murakami Exhibition @ The Chateau de Versailles 14.9-12.12.2010

http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news-/events/expositions/murakami-versailles-en