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July/August 2016 Volume 15, Number 4 Inside J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 6 VOLUME 15, NUMBER 4 INSIDE Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modernist Calligraphy Hong Kong After the Umbrella Protests New Media Arts from Taiwan Artist Features: susan pui san lok, Wang Bing, Xie Nanxing, Zhang Kechun Buried Alive: Preface US$12.00 NT$350.00 PRINTED IN TAIWAN 6 VOLUME 15, NUMBER 4, JULY/AUGUST 2016 CONTENTS 29 2 Editor’s Note 4 Contributors 6 Lines in Translation: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modernist Calligraphy, Early 1980s–Early 1990s Shao-Lan Hertel 53 29 Spots, Dust, Renderings, Picabia, Case Notes, Flavour, Light, Sound, and More: Xie Nanxing’s Creations Carol Yinghua Lu 45 Zhang Kechun: Photographing "China’s Sorrow" Adam Monohon 53 Hong Kong After the Umbrella Protests John Batten 65 65 RoCH Redux Alice Ming Wai Jim 71 Wuxia Makes Me Nervous Henry Tsang 76 New and Greater Prospects Beyond the Frame: New Media Arts from Taiwan Claudia Bohn-Spector 81 In and Out of the Dark with Extreme Duration: Documenting China One Person at a Time in 76 the Films of Wang Bing Brian Karl 91 Buried Alive: Preface Lu Huanzhi 111 Chinese Name Index Cover: Zhang Kechun, Buddha in a Coal Yard, Ningxia (detail), 81 from the series The Yellow River, 2011, archival pigment print, 107.95 x 132 cm. © Zhang Kechun. Courtesy of the artist. We thank JNBY Art Projects, D3E Art Limited, Chen Ping, and Stephanie Holmquist and Mark Allison for their generous contribution to the publication and distribution of Yishu. Vol. 15 No. 4 1 Editor’s Note YISHU: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art PRESIDENT Katy Hsiu-chih Chien LEGAL COUNSEL Infoshare Tech Law Office, Mann C. C. Liu Yishu 75 opens with a text by Shao-Lan Hertel FOUNDING EDITOR Ken Lum that explores cross-cultural encounters EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith Wallace MANAGING EDITOR Zheng Shengtian among three artists—Wang Dongling, Roman EDITORS Julie Grundvig Kate Steinmann Verostko, and Andreas Schmid—as it pertains Chunyee Li to the evolution of calligraphy in China during EDITORS (CHINESE VERSION) Yu Hsiao Hwei Chen Ping the 1980s and into the 90s, a relatively early Guo Yanlong CIRCULATION MANAGER Larisa Broyde period for contemporary Chinese art, and WEB SITE EDITOR Chunyee Li the subsequent interaction with aspects of ADVERTISING Sen Wong Michelle Hsieh Western abstract art. This is followed by Carol ADVISORY BOARD Yinghua Lu’s rumination on the painter Xie Judy Andrews, Ohio State University Melissa Chiu, Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Nanxing, whose highly conceptual works both John Clark, University of Sydney challenge the practice of painting and propose Lynne Cooke, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Okwui Enwezor, Critic and Curator a provocative dialogue between the figurative Britta Erickson, Independent Scholar and Curator Fan Di’an, Central Academy of Fine Arts and the abstract. Adam Monohon writes about Fei Dawei, Independent Critic and Curator Zhang Kechun’s pensive photographs that Gao Minglu, University of Pittsburgh Hou Hanru, MAXXI, Rome bring into play interactions between simple Hu Fang, Vitamin Creative Space and the shop daily activities and the signs of social and Katie Hill, University of Westminster Claire Hsu, Asia Art Archive economic changes that have taken place Martina Köppel-Yang, Independent Critic and Historian Sebastian Lopez, Critic and Curator along China’s vast Yellow River. Lu Jie, Long March Space Charles Merewether, Critic and Curator Apinan Poshyananda, Ministry of Culture, Thailand Hong Kong has experienced changes of a Philip Tinari, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Chia Chi Jason Wang, Independent Critic and Curator different kind during the past decade, both Wu Hung, University of Chicago socially and culturally, and John Batten offers Pauline J. Yao, M+, West Kowloon Cultural District an update on the Hong Kong art scene and, in ART & COLLECTION GROUP LTD. 6F. No. 85, Section 1, Chungshan N. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 104 particular, the strong assertion of its sense of Phone: (886)2.2560.2220 identity and growing internationalism following Fax: (886)2.2542.0631 E-mail: [email protected] the Umbrella Protests of 2014. Issues of VICE GENERAL MANAGER Jenny Liu identity also arise through perspectives from MARKETING MANAGER Joyce Lin CIRCULATION EXECUTIVE Perry Hsu the Hong Kong diaspora as expressed in the Yishu is co-published bi-monthly in Taipei, Taiwan and Vancouver, reflections of Alice Ming Wai Jim and Henry Canada, and published in Taipei, Taiwan. The publishing dates are Tsang on the recent new media work of susan January, March, May, July, September, and November. All subscription, advertising, and submission inquiries may be sent to: pui san lok and her dynamic video montage YISHU INITIATIVE OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART SOCIETY emphasizing the magic and motion of wuxia, a 200–1311 Howe Street Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 2P3 genre that represents for the rest of the world Phone: 1.604.649.8187 E-mail: offi[email protected] an imaginary China. DIRECTOR Zheng Shengtian SECRETARY GENERAL Yin Qing Claudia Bohn-Spector discusses an exhibition RETAIL RATES USD $12 / EUR 9 / TWD 350 (per copy) of new media work from Taiwan and these SUBSCRIPTION RATES artists’ exploration of the vulnerable relationship 1 Year Print Copy (6 issues including air mail postage): between nature, society, and science. Wang Asia $94 USD/Outside Asia $104 USD Bing and Lu Huanzhi test the conventions 2 Years Print Copy (12 issues including air mail postage): Asia $180 USD/Outside Asia $198 USD of what constitutes art—the former, as 1 Year PDF Download (6 issues): $49.95 USD author Brian Karl points out, by showing his 1 Year Print Copy and PDF (6 issues including air mail postage): documentary-like films of the marginalized Asia $134 USD/Outside Asia $144 USD in the context of an art gallery in addition to DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Leap Creative Group CREATIVE DIRECTOR Raymond Mah the cinema circuit, the latter by presenting ART DIRECTOR Gavin Chow a fictional novel as a work of art. While Lu DESIGNER Philip Wong PRINTING Chi Wei Colour Printing Ltd. Huanzhi’s writing functions as an artwork it WEB SITE http://yishu-online.com WEB DESIGN Design Format also serves as an inventive commentary on ISSN 1683 - 3082 the condition of the artist and the state of contemporary art within society today. No part of this journal may be reprinted without the written permission from the publisher. The views expressed in Yishu are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. Keith Wallace Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 典藏國際版(Yishu)創刊於 2002年5月1日 典藏國際版‧第15卷第4期‧2016年7–8月 社 長： 簡秀枝 法律顧問： 思科技法律事務所 劉承慶 創刊編輯： 林蔭庭（Ken Lum） 編者手記 總 策 劃： 鄭勝天 2 主 編： 華睿思 (Keith Wallace) 編 輯： 顧珠妮 (Julie Grundvig) 4 作者小傳 史楷迪 (Kate Steinmann) 黎俊儀 網站編輯： 黎俊儀 6 轉譯中的線條: 1980年代早期至 1990年代早期現代主義書法中的跨 中文編輯： 余小蕙 陳 萍 文化相遇 郭彥龍 何小蘭 (Shao-Lan Hertel) 行 政： 藍立杉 (Larisa Broyde) 廣 告： 謝盈盈 黃晨 29 斑點、塵埃、效果圖、皮卡比亞、 顧 問： 王嘉驥 「破案筆記」、味道、光、聲音及 田霏宇 (Philip Tinari) 其他 ——謝南星的創作 安雅蘭 (Judy Andrews) 盧迎華 巫 鴻 林似竹 (Britta Erickson) 范迪安 招穎思 (Melissa Chiu) 45 張克純: 留影河殤 洛柿田 (Sebastian Lopez) 胡 昉 墨曉波 (Adam Monohon) 侯瀚如 徐文玠 (Claire Hsu) 姜苦樂 (John Clark) 姚嘉善 (Pauline J. Yao) 53 「雨傘運動」以後的香港 高名潞 John Batten 費大爲 楊天娜 (Martina Köppel-Yang) 盧 杰 Lynne Cooke 65 《神雕俠侶》終極版 Okwui Enwezor 詹明慧（Alice Ming Wai Jim） Katie Hill Charles Merewether Apinan Poshyananda 71 武俠令我惑 出 版： 典藏藝術家庭股份有限公司 副總經理： 劉靜宜 曾慶偉（Henry Tsang） 行銷總監： 林素珍 發行專員： 許銘文 社 址： 台灣台北市中山北路一段85號6樓 台灣新媒體：前景無限 電話: (886) 2.2560.2220 76 傳真：(886) 2.2542.0631 Claudia Bohn-Spector 電子信箱：[email protected] 編輯製作： 加中當代藝術創進協會 (Yishu Initiative of Contemporary 81 進出在漫長的黑暗中：王兵影片中 Chinese Art Society) 記錄的中國個人故事 會 長： 鄭勝天 秘書長： 陰晴 Brian Karl 會 址： 200-1311 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2P3, Canada 電話: (1) 604.649.8187 91 活埋 電子信箱: offi[email protected] 陸換之 訂閱、投稿及廣告均請與Yishu Initiative聯系。 設計製作： Leap Creative Group, Vancouver 創意總監： 馬偉培 111 中英人名對照 藝術總監： 周繼宏 設 計 師： 黃健斌 印 刷： 台北崎威彩藝有限公司 本刊在溫哥華編輯設計，台北印刷出版發行。 一年6期。逢1、3、5、7、9、11月出版。 網 址： http://yishu-online.com 管 理： Design Format 國際刊號： 1683-3082 售 價： 每本12美元 / 9歐元 / 350台幣 一年6期 （含航空郵資）： 亞洲94美元 / 亞洲以外地區104美元 兩年12期 （含航空郵資）： 亞洲180美元 / 亞洲以外地區198美元 封面：張克純，「煤場裏的佛像」，寧夏， 「北流活活」系列之一，2011，數碼色素 一年網上下載： 49.95美元 沖印，107.95 x 132 公分，藝術家提供 一年6期加網上下載： 亞洲134美元 / 亞洲以外地區144美元 感謝JNBY、 陳萍、 賀芳霓（Stephanie Holmquist） 和Mark Allison 、D3E Art Limited對本刊出版與 版權所有，本刊內容非經本社同意不得翻譯和轉載。 發行的慷慨支持 本刊登載內容並不代表編輯部與出版社立場。 Contributors John Batten has lived in Hong Kong for two decades and of Exhibition Making. She is a regular contributor is a regular critic and commentator on art, culture, and to several Chinese and international art publications, urban planning for publications such as the South China including Broadsheet, Yishu, Flash Art, and Independent Morning Post, Perspective, and Ming Pao Weekly. He is Critic. Ciric has been a jury member for a number of currently President of the International Association of awards including the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award (2013) Art Critics Hong Kong; Organizer of the yearly charity and was a member of the nominating council for Vera art event, Hong Kong ArtWalk; and Convenor of Central List Prize for Art and Politics (2014–15). She was & Western Concern Group, a heritage conservation and nominated for the ICI Independent Vision Curatorial urban planning advocacy group. Award in 2012. Claudia Bohn-Spector, a Los Angeles-based Shao-Lan Hertel has been working as an associate independent scholar and curator, received her doctorate researcher at the Art History Institute of the Freie in art history from the University of Munich, Germany. A Universität Berlin since 2012. She is currently specialist in American art and culture, she has organized completing her doctoral studies in east Asian art numerous fine art exhibitions, most notably Speaking history with a dissertation on developments and in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, transformations in calligraphy in twentieth- and 1961–1976 (with Sam Mellon) at the Armory Center for twenty-first-century China.
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