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Submit Labels Liu Zhuoquan learning Chinese Gao Ping Shi Zhi Ying White Rabbit Chen Hangfeng Gao Rong Hu Qinwu Huang Yong Ping Carol Lee Mei-kuen Chu Haina Jin Sha Li Jin Liang Yuanwei Lin Tianmiao Ray Hughes Gallery Shi Qing Wu Meng Yang Zhenzong 'The Art Life' 18th Biennale of Sydney Chang Xugong Cui Guotai Dong Installation View 'Source', Ed Pien with Tanya Tagiq, Cockatoo Island, 18th Biennale of Sydney Yuan Hanison Hok Shing Lau Jaffa Lam I spent a cold winter's day wandering all over Cockatoo Island seeking out the works Jin Nu Lam Tung-pang Li Tingting Liu that I thought would be the most interesting / engaging / beautiful / exciting. Initially I Xiaodong Luo Brothers Monika Lin Pu was a little underwhelmed by Fujiko Nakaya's 'Fog' installation, first encountering it Jie Red Gate Gallery Shen Shaomin from the top of the hill and looking down into the crevice from which the clouds of Three Shadows Yao Lu Zhou Siwei song mist emerge. However, at the end of the day, as I dragged myself wearily towards the dong wang qingsong zxerokool wharf, I was engulfed in clouds of mist and fog, and the effect was quite magical. As expected, Li Hongbo's extraordinary folded paper installation, with brightly coloured AK47 machine guns, bullets and weaponry was a highlight. His gigantic 'paper man' was one of the most engaging works shown at the White Rabbit Gallery last year and the Biennale work didn't disappoint. Search This Blog Search Li Hongbo, Ocean of Flowers, 2012 (detail), paper, dimensions variable The Art Life - published articles From Paper and Silk New York Postcard - Lin Tianmiao Yasser Arafat has Escaped Twice Today Double Take at White Rabbit Chart: works by Tony Scott and Anne Graham The Price of War 2 of 6 13-01-10 12:43 PM an art teacher in China: The 18th Biennale of Sydney at Cockato... http://anartteacherinchina.blogspot.ca/2012/07/18th-biennale-of... The Whole Thing: Hu QInwu and Angelina Pwerle Centre of the Known World Still Life - Girls: Presence and Absence in the Art of Gao Ping Falling Down the Rabbit Hole Drifting Clouds: Two Views of Chinese Art Traditions, Tensions and Transformations: 4 artists in Hong Kong Beyond the Frame: a review of White Rabbit's exhibition Intergalactic Ninjas: contemporary art in Singapore Child exploring 'Source' by Ed Pien withTanya Tagaq at Cockatoo Island, 18th Biennale of Sydney Some of the most wonderful things, though, I discovered serendipitously, having had daily serving - published articles no idea what they would be like beyond the (rather poor in some instances) Holding Up Half the Sky: an interview catalogue photographs. The Ed Pien installation was one of those. The small child in with L:in Tianmiao the photograph above was walking through the maze, her eyes shining in the dim light. As our paths crossed she looked at me and said, "This is magic!" And it was. I What the Birds Knew also loved the works by Cal Lane (as well as the lace patterns made of sand on the Double Take at the White Rabbit ground, a shipping container cut into flowery domestic lacy patterns) and the giant polystyrene machinery parts by Peter Robinson. All Our Relations The 18th Biennale of Sydney - Cockatoo Island marking time at the MCA He Xiangyu and the Cola Project down the rabbit hole favourite things arts journal artspace china australia china art foundation china art projects daily serving Cal Lane, Sand Lace, installation view, Cockatoo Island expatriate games leap the international art magazine of contemporary china randian china redgate gallery the art life white rabbit gallery yishu journal of contemporary chinese art 3 of 6 13-01-10 12:43 PM an art teacher in China: The 18th Biennale of Sydney at Cockato... http://anartteacherinchina.blogspot.ca/2012/07/18th-biennale-of... Blog Archive Blog Archive Popular Posts Liu Xiaodong and China's Decade Liu Xiaodong, Unknown Pleasures, 2002, currently showing in 'China's Decade' at Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Looking at this painting by L... Chinese Whispers / Singapore Stories Life After Death, Justin Lee, at the Asian Peter Robinson, Snow Ball Blind Time, polystyrene, installation view Civilisations Museum, Jin Nu's 'Exuviate 2: Where Have All the Children Gone", last seen in 'Beyond the Singapore On the plane Frame' at the White Rabbit Gallery, was even more touching and poignant installed coming home from Singapore I began to read Jan W... in a bedroom of one of the heritage houses at the top of the island. Creepy and compelling, the tiny starched organza dresses appear to be floating in the air, mute 'Leviathanation' on a testament to lost childhoods. Or an elegy for those that were never born as a result Friday afternoon... of the one child policy? One of my students told me today that art on Friday afternoon was the highlight of her week - and I don't even think she was being sarcastic... Liu Zhuoquan - and some thoughts about China from home Liu Zhuoquan, Display Box of 24 assorted glass bottles, 2010, image reproduced courtesy of the artist and China Art Porjects After two... The 18th Biennale of Sydney at Cockatoo Island - mist, mystery and even some magic Installation View 'Source', Ed Pien with Tanya Tagiq, Cockatoo Island, 18th Biennale of Jin Nu, 'Exuviate 2: Where Have All the Children Gone?' installation view at Cockatoo Island Sydney I spent a cold winter's day wandering all... Of course in 49 works on the island - often quite widely dispersed and sometimes hard to locate - there are misses as well as hits. And, frankly, I felt the shows at the leviathanation excites Year 8 Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art were better, Huang Yong Ping, more consistently engaging and at times quite wondrous. Yet overall this Biennale Leviathanation, Tang has made me feel optimistic about contemporary art. It was not a Eurocentric Galleries, Beijing My Year Biennale in any way, and the most exciting works were, unsurprisingly, from Asia - 8 students today were particularly works by Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese artists. fascinated by Huang Yong Ping's gigantic insta... I have written 2 reviews of this Biennale for Dailyserving where I have talked about all my favourite works, including the fabulous embroidered installation by Gao Rong at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. I hope to visit her at her studio in Total Pageviews Songzhuang Artist Village in December. When she spoke about her practice at the White Rabbit Gallery I asked her how her fabric and embroidery works were viewed 20,519 whilst she was studying in the Sculpture Department at the Beijing Central 4 of 6 13-01-10 12:43 PM an art teacher in China: The 18th Biennale of Sydney at Cockato... http://anartteacherinchina.blogspot.ca/2012/07/18th-biennale-of... Academy of Fine Arts (which may, I suspect, be rather heavy on the testosterone). About Me She very charmingly deflected the question, but I would love to know more! Luise Guest Sydney, NSW, Australia Luise Guest is a Sydney based art teacher, writer and blogger who has been writing about Chinese contemporary art since her trip to China early in 2011 on a NSW Premier’s research scholarship. Spending time in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong she met and interviewed more than 20 artists, curators, academics and art writers. She is now an obsessive Sinophile attempting to learn Mandarin and impatiently planning more trips to China, and following Chinese and, more broadly, Asian contemporary art everywhere. She will take up a Redgate Monika Grzymala and Euraba Artists and Papermakers at the 18th Biennale of Sydney Gallery writer's residency in October -November 2013 to continue her researches. View my complete profile My Blog List Danwei China’s ten ugliest statues (and the ugly goddess that started it all) 24 minutes ago Posted by Luise Guest at 6:08 PM The Art Life Recommend this on Google Laibach | Warme Lederhaut Labels: 18th Biennale of Sydney, Gao Rong, Jin Nu, Li Hongbo 2 days ago The Great Flourishing An “Ocean China” New Year No comments: Concert 5 days ago Post a Comment Expatriate Games Reading the Classics Enter your comment... 6 days ago Comment as: Select profile... 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