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At the beginning of the century, setting out from different levels, fields, and points of departure, several young artists moved towards a common space for … Read more
In 2001 China-Underground team was a … psychedelic band in China! Listen to the only jam session that survived from that period.
The band was composed of Matteo Damiani, Daisuke Tanaka, Massimiliano Carponi, and Xiao Ou (AK47). The video was filmed in Beijing in 2001 by Dominique Musorrafiti.
CHINA-UNDERGROUND. Matteo Damiani is an Italian sinologist, photographer, author and motion designer. Matteo lived and worked for ten years in China. Founder of CinaOggi.it and China-underground.com.
Fuxian is a clear water lake two hours from Kunming, Yunnan. Every Summer Sunday Chinese families arrive at the white artificial beaches of Fuxian to … Read more
Fang Qiwei’s “Time in Motion” serie spliced different time slices into a single image to show passage of time. He shot some photographs mainly of … Read more
Classical sculptures revisited by Li Hongbo, a Beijing artist who uses mixed styles to bring to life these magical moving statues.
Sculptures are made of thousands of layers of paper and glue. via io9
Brian Wallace, founding director of Red Gate Gallery, is pleased to announce the return of the gallery’s 20thAnniversary Exhibition – Two Generations of Contemporary Chinese … Read more
Over the last two decades, new ink painting has been the integral part of Chinese contemporary art movement/scene, and with the development of societal/economical climate … Read more
Diyu, 地獄, the Traditional Chinese Hell, based on the Buddhism concept of Naraka, is an underground maze with various levels and chambers, where souls are … Read more
Dexuan Zhang, a 66-year-old man from Chengdu, creates portraits of people using human hair and wires. Zhang reported hair diameter of young people generally is … Read more
Standards are subjective and man-made. But what do we mean by “standards”? A standard is simultaneously a fixed measure, something deemed proper and acceptable, or … Read more
“Experimental ink and wash” has already a fairly long history. Professor at Beijing University, Tutor of Doctor’s Degree Candidates, Art Critic As a new cultural … Read more
Rules of the Game in Experimental Ink and Wash. I. Striving for the Independent Academic Status of Ink and WashThe Starting point of experimental ink … Read more
The discussion about experimental ink and wash since the 1990s has centered on the problem of whether experimental ink and wash can get into the … Read more
According to my own viewpoint, I use in this article “contemporary experimental ink and wash” to denote the concept of “modern ink and wash“, because … Read more
