November 13, 2012
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Interested in contemporary Chinese art? But don´t know exactly what to look for? Confused by artist´s names and movements? Or lost in the myriads of websites, links, hints, and publications? Then take a look at www.artspeakchina.org – a wiki-like collection … Continue reading
November 6, 2012
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Recently, I stumbled over an interesting book: “Dagongmei” (by Pun Ngai and Li Wanwei), translating approximately into “Working Sisters”. This term is used for young women from the countryside who are migrating to Mega-cities such as Shenzhen or Dongguan to … Continue reading
October 30, 2012
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„This handbook should help to know the everyday´s life of the other culture. The signages are symbolizing the differences in thinking and handling in China and in Germany. They based on the experience of the author who had lived many … Continue reading
October 23, 2012
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The invisibility of the artist Liu Bolin began with a simple action, intended as a passive mode of protest. When in 2005 his studio at the Suojia Village in Beijing was being demolished he photographed himself in front of it … Continue reading
October 16, 2012
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2 prestigious prices in Literature, 2 Chinese novelists – and such diverging perceptions! While the awarding of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2012 to Liao Yiwu, who has spent four years in prison because of his writing, … Continue reading
October 9, 2012
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So many ways to depict yourself or your Self – and so many reasons to do it! And this gets especially interesting when it is about artist´s self-portraits. The thing is that there is no such tradition in Chinese art, … Continue reading
October 2, 2012
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… Wang Shu. In 2012 the Hangzhou-based architect Wang Shu has been awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize – sometimes also called the Nobel Prize for Architecture – as first Chinese citizen ever. Together with his wife and business partner … Continue reading