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...This is bilingual art. This is progressive art. If this is not truly modern art, I’m not sure what is. Xu’s is art that accepts flawless cross-cultural translation for what it is—an impossibility—and therefore embraces the inevitability that both textual and non-textual images will have vastly dissimilar impressions on viewers of different tongues and backgrounds. The unfortunate and unfair byproduct of not being born in an English-speaking country is that one cannot naturally create visual art using the ‘cultura franca?...
...War—what if every Chinese added just one inch of fabric to their clothing?—has found new meaning as a generation of Chinese artists now ask What if every European collector bought just one of my paintings? As Zhu Qi, author of the essay Art Capitalism in China writes, showings of Chinese art have become an “assessment index of artist’s position in art scenes and of his market price,” as opposed to a referendum on their talent. This is a Bull Market in which 70 percent...
...Bing included, there is a wealth of wonderful art emerging from China—especially Beijing. Unfortunately for some of the artists who decide to shrug off the demands of the international market in favor of more directional work, their art often meets the criticism from the government, often resulting in professional dismissal and bans on public displays of art. Nonetheless, Chinese artists today, due in great part to the art boom in their nation, are presented with incredible prospects. While the prices of art made by Chinese may fall, foreign interest in the Chinese art scene is unlikely...
...Arts story, "Self-Aware Chinese Art Begins to Break Down Walls," misspelled the name of a road in China. It is spelled "Moganshan." This article has been updated to correct the original error...
...DELAPPEContributing writerAndy Warhol was a dangerous combination of magnetism, fame, and power. His strong persona, coupled with his mechanical, industrialized production of art, made it easy for individuals involved in Warhol’s studio-cum-entourage—the Factory—to slip through the cracks. In her debut documentary, Esther Robinson explores the involvement and the mysterious disappearance of her uncle, Danny Williams ’61. “A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory,” shown this past weekend at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with commentary...