Ocula Conversation Emi Eu: ‘We have to look at Southeast Asia as one market’ Stephanie Bailey, Singapore STPI's Emi Eu reflects on S.E.A. Focus, an STPI project platforming artists and galleries from Southeast Asia, in the wake of Art Stage's decline in 2019 and ahead of the launch of Singapore's new art fair, Art SG, in October 2020.
Ocula Report New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata: Shows to See Kanika Anand, New Delhi With India Art Fair set to open amid nationwide protests, Kanika Anand introduces shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata that express shifting socio-political identities, modes of resistance, and explorations of place-making.
Ocula Insight Images from Abroad: Lada Nakonechna at Galerie EIGEN + ART Phoebe Blatton, Berlin Images from abroad , Lada Nakonechna's solo exhibition at Galerie EIGEN + ART in Berlin, considers the barriers that exist between depictions of conflict and their viewers.
First established in Bangkok in 1997 by Zheng Lin, Tang Contemporary Art now has two additional spaces in Beijing and a fourth location in Hong Kong. The gallery hosts a range of curatorial projects and exhibitions with a dedication to furthering the practice of contemporary art.
Read MoreA number of other artists on Tang Contemporary Art’s roster rose to prominence in the early 1980s in China as part of various avantgarde art movements. Consider the artist couple that was comprised of the late Huang Yongping and Shen Yuan: separately represented by the gallery, Huang was founder of the Xiamen Dada movement of 1986 and known for his paintings, sculptures, and site-specific installations that combine irony, humour, and politics; while Shen, whose installations explore the complex realities of contemporary society, often highlights marginalised communities. There is also Chen Shaoxiong, who, emerging out of the underground art scene in Guangzhou in the mid-1980s, has examined the impact of rapid globalisation in China in his video, photography, performance, and installation work; and Yang Jiechang, who draws from the Chinese ink painting tradition to address socio-political conflicts of the present day.
Tang Contemporary Art works extensively with international artists, among them H. H. Lim, a Malaysia-born, Rome-based artist known for incorporating elements of the everyday into his artworks; Rirkrit Tiravanija, an Argentina-born artist of Thai descent whose often interactive projects offer alternatives to traditional modes of the art object and experience; and Heri Dono, a leading Indonesian contemporary artist whose playful installations and paintings bring together folk and contemporary art.
The gallery participates in numerous art fairs, whether in mainland China (such as ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair; Art Shenzhen; and West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai) or abroad (such as Art Basel in Hong Kong; Art Busan; Art Jakarta; Frieze New York; and ASIA NOW, Paris).
Exhibition view: Group Exhibition, Five Monologic Spatial Dialogues, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (4 January–29 February 2020). Courtesy Tang Contemporary Art.
Exhibition view: Mao Xuhui, WILL, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (8 January–10 February 2020). Courtesy Tang Contemporary Art.
Exhibition view: Group Exhibition, A Silent Voice, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (18 December 2019–30 January 2020). Courtesy Tang Contemporary Art.
Ocula Photolog ART021 Shanghai 2019 'As one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Asia, ART021 reinforces its ongoing commitment to leveraging local recourses with a global perspective, supporting contemporary Chinese art andcultivating new generations of domestic collectors. 111 world's leading galleries from 18 countries and 57 cities are selected to present contemporary...
Ocula Photolog West Bund Art & Design 2019 'The fair provides a platform for international exhibitors to showcase the finest quality of modern and contemporary art in Shanghai. With exhibitions and art events offered by museums and galleries in the city, West Bund has made November's Shanghai a permanent fixture on the global art calendar.' –West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai (7–10...
Ocula Report Sydney Lowdown: Exhibitions to See Elyse Goldfinch, Sydney The fifth edition of Sydney Contemporary will take place once again at Carriageworks between 12 and 15 September 2019, with Spring 1883 bringing together a cohort of 27 galleries from across Australia and the region to inhabit rooms at the Establishment Hotel from 11 to 14 September 2019, uniquely presenting contemporary works propped up on...
Ocula Photolog Frieze New York 2019 'Building on Frieze's history as a platform for discovery and challenging the traditional art fair format, the eighth edition introduces new curators and collaborations with leading museum directors; including two exhibitions exploring virtual reality and the significance of self-taught artists, and two new sections celebrating Latin American art...
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Related Press Dancing around Shanghai 4 November 2019, ArtReview In Production: Art and the Studio System, Yuz Museum, 7 November – 1 March Every week is art week somewhere, but not every week is art week in Shanghai. So you'll be wanting to be there during the first week of November, when the city's twin art fairs, Art021 and West Bund Art & Design are on view. But the fun of the fairs is not the only...
Related Press What Happens When Artists Run Restaurants? 5 July 2019, Frieze Last month, a new sake bar opened at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts: a softly lit tunnel of booze that promises the kind of entrancing conversation one can never quite remember the next morning. A permanent installation designed by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2019 (the form of the flower is unknown to the seed) is furnished...
Related Press Stars Art Group, China's artistic freedom fighters, celebrate 40th anniversary 29 March 2019, The Art Newspaper On the eve of Art Basel in Hong Kong's private view on Wednesday, the Beijing-based artist Huang Rui took to the streets of Central for a paint-splashed performance about the cyclical nature of history. The piece was a tribute to Lee Wen, the pioneering Asian performance artist who died early this month.
Related Video & Audio Zhao Zhao: ‘You cannot separate art from politics’ 4 October 2016, studio international A prominent member of the post-1980s generation of Chinese artists and a former assistant of Ai Wewei, the Beijing artist talks about his visually stunning, anti-authoritarian and provocative work. Lilly Wei talked to the artist in his Beijing studio in 2015
Related Video & Audio Artshare Interviews Artist Xu Qu 29 May 2015, Artshare Xu Qu graduated with a MFA in Fine Arts and Film at Braunschweig University of Art, and currently lives and works in Beijing. Xu Qu's art practice investigates aesthetic considerations behind social connections. He attempts to dismiss any unnecessary elements that distract from the theme, using a minimalist approach to simplify the picture. The...
Related Video & Audio Michael Lin 9 February 2012, Michael Lin Many years ago, as political protest and dissent shook his native Taiwan, artist Michael Lin made a conscious decision to turn inward for inspiration. The vicissitudes of domestic life—rather than the political currents shaping the public sphere—gave way to what have become Lin's signature flower motifs. Using the patterns and shapes...
