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...Building 15 on No. 50 Moganshan Road on a weekend afternoon or then and thereabouts, then—but only then—did it become real...
...Moganshan Road calls itself the center of modern art in Shanghai. I arrived prepared to bear witness to the fruit of the Chinese art boom, the boom that The Asia Times calls an “artistic renaissance,” not unlike the “emergence of Western Modernism more than 100 years ago.” A tough act to follow indeed, especially if your country was closed off from the rest of the world for much of that time...
...walked around the complex of galleries and studios on Moganshan Road, I saw works by all of those big names—Yue’s smiling faces, Zhang’s monochromatic canvases. None of these paintings however were made by the hands, or with the permission, of the artists. The Western art world has historically been one of trends (remember when feces paintings were in?) but never has such conceptual larceny, such outright theft of not only theme but style, been seen this side of the Yangtze. Perhaps I didn’t fully realize the situation...
...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...
...Moganshan Road Shanghai's answer to Beijing's 798 is 50 Moganshan Road, or simply M50 - one of the main cooking pots of the city's art. This rabbit's warren of former factories and warehouses is situated on the banks of Suzhou Creek, and was first used as studio space in 2000. Now it's teeming with artists, curators, collectors and hip young students, as well as curious foreigners. It also houses the local branch of the Beijing Art Now Gallery, www.artnow.cn, which opened at the beginning of the year and like its parent is tasked with identifying...