Sioin Queenie Liao is a free-lance artist living in California, USA. As a mother of three boys, she enjoys involving her children in her artworks, resulting in beautiful, delicately balanced and artistic photos. What inspired you to take photos involving your children? Photography has always been my hobby. At first my interest was on natural […]
This particular work, Vuitton Nana, mocks the notion of high art often seen in the art world today. It questions the viewer, “Now it has a branded logo all over it, does it taste better? Is it more expensive?”. The answer is evident as it rots and decays just like any other banana. The pattern on […]
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology of the University of Oxford has acquired a monumental sculpture by Taiwanese artist Ju Ming (b. 1938). Taichi Arch has been installed on the Museum’s main forecourt, to the left of the entrance, and opposite Henry Moore’s Three Piece Reclining Figure (1963) which is on temporary loan from the Henry […]
Japanese calligraphy is one of the most ancient and popular forms of fine art in Japan. Apart from being aesthetically pleasing to look at it also possesses charged philosophical meaning and instigates a form of higher contemplation. During the process of mark making nothing is left to chance. The beginning, the direction, the form and […]
Fashion Bone is a multi Media project, completed between 2012 – 2013 including video, photography, performance and drawing. What comes to mind when Su Ling Gyr thinks of Shanghai is progress. Her grandpa fled China during the revolution, it is only decades later, that she is here checking out the skyscrapers and luxury stores, several of her […]
Danny Hoi-Wah Ho’s main goal is to inspire others and instil positive vibes–and if he is able to achieve this–then it is a job well done. Combining his passion for filmmaking and being a big fan of MMA, he has made an entertaining film which encapsulates elements of his Chinese identity and Martial Arts. Written […]
London’s Lisson Gallery has recently opened the first UK exhibition of works by artist Liu Xiaodong (刘小东). By Adrian George There is a lot written about Liu. He is one of China’s best-known painters, and it seems obligatory to start this review by stating some facts. Liu has a career that already spans three decades […]
British Chinese artist Aowen Jin brings the dreams and ambitions of China’s factory girls to life by exhibiting their performance artworks, which were shot on their mobile phones. Following her highly acclaimed 2010 exhibition about China’s One-Child Policy, Aowen Jin has spent the last two years meeting more than 800 factory girls in China’s biggest […]
Rising artist Vivien Zhang is currently pursuing an MA degree in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, after achieving First Class Honours in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London). Biography and artist’s statement At the age of ten, I moved to Nairobi from my hometown Beijing, and four […]
THE WORLD OF EXTREME HAPPINESS by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Michael Longhurst, opens on 30 September at the The Shed, National Theatre, London. A powerful new play journeying through the transformation in contemporary China. Vera Chok rehearsing The World of Extreme Happiness_credit Richard H Smith Sunny leaves behind her family and her home in rural China […]