Chinese Contemporary Art on Show (UK): June/July 2016

Another list of Chinese Contemporary Art on Show…again more of an events listing, a what’s on of talks, films and happenings. As … More

Weekend Reads #2

Weekend Reads continues (read part one here) …a round-up of articles and words that I’ve come across in relation to societal, … More

’40+4 Art is not enough. Not enough!’ – Interviews with Chinese artists

A while back I came across this 360° Interactive Panorama film – ’40+4 Art is not enough. Not enough!’ – an installation and … More

Casting doubt? – Taopu studios

In a previous blog post, I spoke of a recent meeting with Michael Kurcfeld, an arts and culture editor and … More

Introducing Contemporary China

Last Monday morning, I went to interview contemporary Chinese artist Xu Zhen, founder of MadeIn Company at his Taopu studio … More

Studio Roundtrip

Before I jet off to the UK for a three-week interlude with family, friends and PhD land, I thought I … More

From Teaching to Taopu…

Tuesday began like this… …a bit different from Monday morning’s smog. Tuesday also began with a little Rachel administration, work … More

A “Temporary” Proposal

On Wednesday afternoon, I met with Ying Kwok from the Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK, to talk about a future … More

The Temporary – 临时 lín shí

I thought I’d begin this post with a film (below) of when 8,000 Chinese lanterns were released over Poland to … More

China – Before the smoke

Now, where are we up to? Oh, that’s right…the 13th November…still two weeks of catch-up to go. An odd few … More