China Art
Posted by Dan on November 19, 2007 at 02:59 AM
ThinkChina Blog just started an art page on which it will be doing posts on Chinese artists. I like it. One of the things I have found rather frustrating is the surprising dearth of information in English regarding Chinese artists. I am hoping this page helps in its own modest way to alleviate that. Its plan is as follows:
Launching an Art page where I will post emerging Chinese artists who catch my eyes. Well, most of these are not quite “emerging” anymore if you consider their market prices… but then again, most are still in their 30’s, and at most 40’s. So long way to go.
It is off to a good start. Art lovers (and who doesn't love art?), check it out.
UPDATE: Just saw that the BillsDue blog has a post up on China's art scene, centered around a recent Vanity Fair story, entitled, "Art's New Superpower."
Comments
Hey I just posted some on my blog.
Really fascinating stuff too...maybe online there's not a whole lot right on the surface but I suggest checking out past auction listings for contemporary Chinese art from Sotheby's, at least to find some names. And next time you're in Beijing check out the Arts District there (I think it's called 七九八.) There's a nice bookshop with a ton of literature in English, often stuff that is probably not legal, strictly speaking, to sell.
Posted by: Mudd | November 20, 2007 9:30 PM
I meant to post this a while back, but I've been learning more about contemporary Chinese art and a really good book to get would be Breakout by Melissa Chiu. It just came out in September '07. You'll get a really good overview of everything since the 80's--it's theoretically informed but also clear and well-written. Lots of nice pictures too.
Posted by: Mudd | March 5, 2008 8:48 AM