PRIMAVERA SOUND 2010

2010.6.8　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

With the fact that Primavera celebrares their 10th Aniversary everyone was aware that this year the Festival can be one of the greatest ever in Primavera history. This Edition with brand new sponsor and being the only...

ZHU YU – FROM ‘FOOD REMAINS’ TO ‘TEA STAINS’

2010.6.4　 Text: Ralph Yuu

A tale of how the flow of water drains away with it the flow of time. The long and distant journey is packed with yesterday’s dreams and the sound of far-off laughter How many paths have we crossed in order to ...

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “ZED™”

2010.5.29　 Text: Memi Mizukami

It is an unbelievably fantastic action performed with a lot of beautiful costumes, gorgeous make-ups, and illusional opera music. Cirque Du Soleil always makes you feel seeing a fabulous dream from their performance. ...

CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI – NO MAN’S LAND

2010.5.28　 Text: Carlos J. Gómez

I decided it was time for my three-month-old son to experience his first monumental art installation. The occasion was Christian Boltanski’s No Man’s Land, which fills the massive drill hall of the Park Avenue Armory ...

ROXY PAINE “MACHINATIONS”

2010.5.27　 Text: Ralph Yuu

Roxy Paine, his first solo exhibition in China. Nature has been repeating her creation and propagation for thousands of years. She has become a living space for human beings and watched and seen daily slight ev...

VIENNAFAIR 2010

2010.5.25　 Text: Carmen Rüter

VIENNAFAIR is considered as the most important art fair for contemporary art in Austria. Hanna Nitsch, Aaron-Block (2009) The sixth edition of VIENNAFAIR (May 6-9, 2010) was aiming to strengthen Vienna's posit...

AIRAN KANG “THE BOOKSHELF ENLIGHTENED”

2010.5.19　 Text: mina

"Airan Kang - The Bookshelf Enlightened" is being held at the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Clematis no Oka (Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka) from Feb. 20th until May 9th. Airan Kang, who also recently took part in "Echig...

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT, MONTEVIDEO VOL.3

2010.5.9　 Text: Christina Maria DesVaux

There are events in Montevideo that I like, and there are those that I love. My favorite of late is Pecha Kucha Night (PKN), which is a cultural event devised originally in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young...

XU-BING “PHOENIX”

2010.4.28　 Text: Ralph Yuu

Natural diet, sing and dance freely. In ancient Chinese mythology, “Shan Hai Jing” said “When a bird, singing and dancing appears, there will be peace in this world.” It is March 27, 2010 and in the concrete jungle...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2010

2010.4.20　 Text: Kayo Tamura

The event "Roppongi Art Night 2010" illuminated Roppongi for 2 days on 27th and 28th of March. "Roppongi Art Night 2010" created an unusual space in Roppongi by integrating various works of art, design, music, ...

YIN XIUZHEN “SECOND SKIN”

2010.4.16　 Text: Ralph Yuu

Gender and identity in Chinese contemporary art realm. March 18th 2010, Yin Xiuzhen’s latest work is set on display at Pace Wildenstien Gallery in Beijin. Just a month prior to the opening at Pace Beijin, Yin’s ot...

THOMAS SCHüTTE – HINDSIGHT

2010.4.14　 Text: Filip De Haes

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia is Spain's most important museum for contemporary art. The permanent collection contains art of famous Spanish artists like Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, alo...