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Drinking follows eating in Guangzhou like, well, hangovers follow drinking. I make my way to Voltage, located at 2/F, Jinye Building, 422 Huanshi Dong Lu, tel: (86-20) 8777-2888, an underground lounge with live music and an ice blue ambiance. While a band led by Martin, perhaps the greatest Swiss reggae musician of all time, jams some funkadelic Marley, I drink vodka-and-Red Bull with some newfound Cantonese friends. Afterward, we shamble to Windflower, tel: (86-20) 8358-2446, a relaxed music pub with a botanical theme. Vodka is replaced by Jack Daniels, and my sobriety is misplaced...
...Canto-pop without imploding. The Gypsy King, where the locals come to see and be seen, is bathed in scarlet light and packed with a mixed crowd even on a weeknight, all grooving on the dance floor. I depart for Face, at B/F, International Bank Tower, 191 Dongfeng Xi Lu, tel: (86-20) 8388-0688, where the atmosphere is pure Tomorrowland: silvery translucent tables and walls that pulse with primary colors. If the Jetsons had a nightclub, this would...
Stylistically, Lu originally rejected traditional Chinese sculpture and pursued a career of sculpting in a more Western style. From this experience, he published a book in Chinese, The Western Contemporary Sculpture. However, deciding that this style was too limiting, he began to derive his influences from Chinese folk stories and traditions, even the Great Wall, although a strong contemporary Western influence remains in his work...
...result of his connection to the Central Academy, Lu has been afforded many opportunities to travel abroad, both to teach and to study ceramics and other forms of sculpture. Most recently, he participated in an artistic exchange with Sydney Art College where he learned the art of glassblowing. Previously, he had made visits to Korea, England, Spain, France, Italy, and Russia. This instance, however, is his first visit to the United States, where he is on tour...
...Lu Pinchang’s website can be viewed at http://www.lpcart.com...