Category Archives: Art

Diary of an alien in Beijing

E2MAN the alien launches a Sina microblog.

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Ai Weiwei’s river crab banquet

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest in Beijing, but but his river crab party in Shanghai goes on without him.

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A famous painting recreated in clay

Tangshan does Along the River During the Qingming Festival in clay.

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The day Ai Weiwei learned about Twitter

Artist and reformed journalist Chris Gill has posted a recording of an interview with Ai Weiwei to his website Shanghai Eye.

During the interview, Gill introduces Ai to Twitter, apparently for the first time. Ai is now China’s most famous and probably most active Twitter user.

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Chairman Mao’s unexpected return

A spoof on a Russian painting shows Mao Zedong finding George Bush bent over a treasure chest.

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Painted plagiarism of a push-up photograph

Li Yueliang’s oil painting is suspiciously similar to an earlier photograph taken by Hu Wugong.

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Documenting Beijing’s graffiti

LLYS photographs Beijing’s ephemeral street art. Also, a graffiti festival in Sanlitun.

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Neocha.com: Tomorrow’s Afternoon Tea

An album from Neocha’s netlabel that brings together ten original tracks from independent Chinese bands and solo acts with female vocalists, all of whom are Neocha.com users.

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Contemporary Chinese art: millionaires and blood on the floor

Guan Yi has one of the largest collections of Chinese contemporary art in the world; his collection includes over 700 pieces many of which are huge installation works. He is now developing plans to build an art museum and sculpture park on a 16.5 acre plot of land in Beijing situated between the 798 art district and the airport.

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A younger, thinner and taller president

A painting portrays China’s leaders in the earthquake zone.

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