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Tag Archives: art
Tricycle water calligraphy
Water calligraphy is a poetic activity that you can observe in many Chinese parks: Artists use a large brush to write Chinese characters using water instead of ink. Minutes after the characters are written, they disappear. Media Artist Nicholas Hanna … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Books and Art
Tagged art, calligraphy, Danwei.com, new media, Tricycles
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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.
Posted in Art, Internet culture
Tagged @altcat, Ai Weiwei, art, Chris Gill, Twitter
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Art + design auction for earthquake in Shanghai tonight – Neocha
NeochaEDGE, part of the Neocha networking website for Chinese designers, rock bands and other creative youths, is holding a charity auction tonight of works by the website’s members to raise money for earthquake relief.
Posted in Events
Tagged art, auctions, Neocha, NeochaEDGE
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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.
Giant Mao Zedong stands alone in the autumn cold
A young chairman with dashing hair.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged art, Changsha, Mao Zedong, statues, Xiaoxiang Morning Herald
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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.
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Fengniao, photography, plagiarism
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The West is afraid
China’s efforts to recover stolen national treasures has western nations running scared, says the Global Times.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged art, cultural relics, Global Times
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Painting China
Polski Pekin — a.k.a. Krzysztof Kardaszewicz — follows three very different groups of artists around the art districts of Songzhuang, Liulichang and 798 in Beijing.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged 798, art, Beijing, Krzysztof Kardaszewicz, Liulichang, painting, Polski Pekin, Songzhuang, video
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Jin Jing the torch bearer returns
Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报): The Beijing Paralympic lighting ceremony ceremony is a replica of the Athens Olympics.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged art, Guo Jingjing, Modern Express, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Morning Post, Southern Metropolis Daily
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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.