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• Taiwan, Exhibitions, China, Art, Photography

  Germinators

  06.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Got this in my mail today for a visual art exhibition in New York. Unfortunately, I’m halfway across the globe!
  ChinaSquare Gallery New York is pleased to present Germinators, a group featuring Cao Jingping, Chen Wei, Li Jikai, Liao Yibai, Ma’chunfu, Qu Jiehen, Unmask, Wang Haiyang, Wang Tiantian, Wang Yaqiang, and Zhang Peng.
  Germinators includes the […]

• Japan, Art, Photography

  Hiroe Kobayashi

  06.23.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Hiroe Kobayash photographs visual poetry.
  She says:
  It is said that photography performed from the heart captures the truth.
  My quest is to cast light on the yuragi filtered through the layers of my
  experience. The end result is a world of mystery, images that conjure up
  the sumi-e ink drawings of Chinese painting.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, (from “White in the […]

• China, Art, Contemporary, Photography

  Ma Liang / Maleonn

  05.19.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Ma Liang shoots intriguing set pieces that question our perception of reality and life’s many facets. He was one of China’s leading commercial directors before trading that life for photography. Since then, he has received international acclaim for his fantastical, albeit heavily edited works.

  Little Flagman, 2008
  © Ma Liang

  Nostalgia, 2006
  © Ma Liang

  Book of Taboo, 2005
  © Ma […]

• Business, Art

  Art+Commerce: Asian Edition

  04.14.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Jon Taplin wrote about how Asian economies are decoupling from the West, based on the record sales at the recent Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction of contemporary Chinese art.
  One of the great macro-economic debates is whether the rapidly growing Asian economies have decoupled from the recessionary problems of America. I have argued that […]

• China, Art, Contemporary, Photography

  Zhang Peng

  03.05.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Zhang Peng photographs dolls with frozen expressions, against lush ambiguous backgrounds. With a background in painting, his images are striking to behold.

  Guifei, 2007
  © Zhang Peng

  Red No. 3, 2007
  © Zhang Peng

  Angel No. 1, 2006
  © Zhang Peng

  Yi Fan No. 2, 2006
  © Zhang Peng
  The artist on his works:
  In a broad sense, all of my works demonstrate a kind […]

• Vietnam, Art, Photography

  Thai Phien

  11.21.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Hanoi is poised to hold Vietnam’s first nude photography exhibition by photographer Thai Phien. It seems like it is causing quite a stir in the country as people grapple with ‘unhealthy’ images in the society.
  I cannot gauge the masses’s reaction. In a conservative country like Vietnam expanding so quickly, it may take a while […]

• Events, Art

  Asian Contemporary Art Fair

  09.29.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Asian Contemporary Art Fair is debuting at New York City on Nov 18. The entire event will be on for four days. NYC is a place that I really want to visit someday but for those in the area, please do drop by. I’m sure there would be many interesting artworks on show. This […]

• Vietnam, Art, Photography

  Binh Danh

  09.27.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Vietnamese-American Binh Danh’s chlorophyll prints are as amazing as they are poignant. Using found photographs from the Vietnam War era, he imprints the images on the leaves through photosynthesis; creating a powerful link between the present and the past, alluding to the jungles that the war was fought in.

  © Binh Danh

  © Binh Danh

  © Binh Danh
  Some […]

• Art, Contemporary, Photography

  Go Watanabe

  09.24.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  I’m not sure if you can consider this photography (purists should stop reading now) but Go Watanabe’s Face is an example of how photography may progress in the future. He first photographs the models, digitally manipulates them, and models them onto 3D meshes. The final works are displayed in a lightbox, further enhancing the transparency […]

• Philippines, Art, Photography

  Wawi Navarroza

  09.20.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Wawi Navarroza is a full-time photographer from the Philippines. Her personal work is dark and dream-like. She uses traditional darkroom techniques to create worlds where creatures of her mind or mythology roam.

  © Wawi Navarroza - Keys to The Kingdom, Saturnine series

  © Wawi Navarroza - Letters Unsent, Saturnine series

  © Wawi Navarroza - My Valentine Has Hollow […]

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