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ZHOU CHUNYA
When you look at the artworks of Zhou Chunya, they let us wake up to the nature of things. Zhou Chunya is an artist who was born in Chongqing, China in 1955. He graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 198...
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SHANGHAI ROSE
Mika Ninagawa, a photographer and a film director, produced a new restaurant called "Shanghai Rose" on the 1st of March in the Shanghai area of the Bund. The atmosphere of this new restaurant is quite bewitching. Hide...
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THE 9TH SHANGHAI BIENNALE
The title of the 9th Shanghai Biennale was “Reactivation”. Until the 8th biennale, this exhibition has taken place in The Shanghai Art Museum located in the People’s Square at the centre of Shanghai. This time, the ma...
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ZAKA
“Hello. My name is ZAKA. I don't reveal myself. I am looking for a gallery which will work with me as an anonymous artist. I attached my works and project proposal. Are you interested?” That was about one and a half y...
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TIGER TRANSLATE AUCKLAND 2012
Tiger Translate, sponsored by Singapore-based Tiger Beer, and launched in 2005, is a big competition of street music and art. Held in different places all over the world, the winner of each competition gets a chance t...
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SH CONTEMPORARY 2012
If you are interested in Chinese contemporary art, you should visit Shanghai on the first weekend of September. Exhibition view, Photo: SH Contemporary 2012 SH Contemporary (SHC) was held from September 6th to...
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MICRO GARDEN
China-Japan Contemporary Art Interexchange Exhibition. The exhibition “Micro Garden” is held in Hangzhou, China, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Ja...
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JIN NU
Pale coloured sculptures: they always seem to be thinking of something. Does the artist of these sculptures become lost in thought as well, with a similar facial expression? In the vibrant world of the Chinese ...
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DING YI
Ding Yi stands apart in China's contemporary art world. In all his active years, he has consistently created abstract works. Stroke by stroke, he has created powerful works with great depth, as if they expressed the a...
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SWATCH ART PEACE HOTEL
An affluent district in Shanghai is currently holding the Artist-In-Residence program. There have been many artist-in-residence programs held, but none have ever been this fancy. This Artist-In-Residence progra...
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MALEONN
At sunset the sound of drums leads to Maleonn’s studio. Before the area was redeveloped, Shift had a Chinese branch at No. 696 in the Wei Hai Lu art area, where we would run into Maleonn, who also had a studio in ...
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GARY WANG
On a street that exuberates the atmosphere of Old Shanghai, the stylish store, Zongci KIN, has opened its doors. Large-paned windows facing the street give pedestrians a chance to see the store’s nice wooden interior....
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PENGHAO THEATRE
According to Penghao Theatre's Jennifer Liang, "the reason you like this place is the same reasons others like this place." "Penghao" is a quote from Li Bai's poem: "leaving the gates looking up to the heavens ...
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GET IT LOUDER 2010
The exhibit, Get It Louder 2010, was opened based on the theme of “sharism.” The main point of this exhibit that started in 2005 was to create excitement among young and spirited Chinese creators. This exhibit gathers...
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JUNKO KOSHINO + GO YAYANAGI “GENRE CROSSING”
A "genre crossing" is when something goes outside of its own border or crosses lines. Fashion designer, Junko Koshino met with contemporary artist, Go Yayanagi, for the first time for either of them to collabor...
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SHIFT SPACE
Do own initiative, a change of directions, move, switch. A free art space “SHIFT” which is neither a museum nor a gallery either and was built of containers located at a part of South Bund area called “The Cool...
