“Digital-Natural Art” is a multifaceted and reciprocal process—making digital 3D images through primitive technology and materials, and making primitive rawhide/wood-art through digital technology and equipment. My hope is that the “digital-natural art” can transcend the traditional and modern uses of art elements, and result in integrating digital and primitive values in one manifestation.    Tan […]

Since the wave of British art released its energy in 1990s, China’s art scene has also demonstrated its outstanding force of imagination and creativity. This was driven by decades of continuous fast development of the economy, coupled with the momentum of the country’s history. Leng Lin   Since the wave of British art released its […]

All these photos are about the familiar Shanghai in my memory. When I was still a child, these types of old factories and buildings were everywhere, alive and full of energy. What I used to be so familiar with has literally disappeared in front of my eyes. Being ruthless is part of human nature, so […]

A new exhibition of documentary photography, Humanism in China: A Contemporary Record of Photography, is on view at China Institute Gallery from September 24 through December 13, revealing a glimpse of China never before seen in the U.S.   China Institute Gallery    A new exhibition of documentary photography, Humanism in China: A Contemporary Record […]

“…I’m more interested in searching for something ‘specious’ with independent significance, an illusion that departs from the order but looks like real fact, and an infinite space that exists between either end of things…”—Hong Hao    Beijing Commune   Do you really know things? The recent Bottom series by Hong Hao forces us to think […]

I have always liked the video style of artists like Jean-Luc Godard and Aernout Mik. All the scenes seem to be as ordinary as those from the daily life, but tiny dramas lurk in the videos. I love this quality of videography, which I cannot describe but strongly feel.   Chen Zhou I have always […]

My work is about leaving the playground. My work is about learning to sit down. My work is about learning to draw. I draw the tiles on the floor, one at a time. I draw them onto copper plates. I print them onto paper, one at a time. Then I draw again… I am finding […]

I came upon this body of collage work in early 2004, having been preoccupied with questions of lifestyle media’s “wish-producing dreamland” for quite some time, waiting for the idea to settle in the material form of an artwork.   Gabi Trinkaus     I came upon this body of collage work in early 2004, having […]

Roberto Kusterle is an enigmatic and fascinating figure. He combines fragments of classical mythology from the history of humanity with contemporary, more abnormal, bizarre ones. In doing so he brings alive a world of mutation that becomes an atlas of transformations. Francesca Alfano Miglietti      Roberto Kusterle is an enigmatic and fascinating figure. He […]

At the very core of my work is my interest in and passion for the visual culture of Japan. I often look through books and websites related to this traditional visual culture, and when I come across images that intrigue and inspire me, I try to learn as much as possible about them—the artists who […]