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...

SH CONTEMPORARY 2012

2013.1.4　 Text: Hiromi Nomoto

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...

MICRO GARDEN

2012.9.4　 Text: Hiromi Nomoto

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...

HOKKAIDO & SHANGHAI ASIA CREATIVE FORUM

2011.5.18　 Text: Katsuya Ishida

The prosperity of the art market in Asia (especially in China) has been gone over through various media, and the one of the epicenter of the movement would be Shanghai. After the Shanghai Expo held last year, the view...

GET IT LOUDER 2010

2010.12.29　 Text: Mao Xianghui, Hu Xiaodong

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...

CONTEMPORARY ENERGY – ITALIAN ATTITUDES

2010.9.22　 Text: Chelsea Young

The Terna Prize 02 and the Garuzzo Visual Arts Association has arrived in Shanghai, and centering around the theme “Contemporary Energy” they exhibited the show Italian attitudes. Although the utopian theme initia...

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...

ZHANG HUAN “DAWN OF TIME”

2010.3.31　 Text: Xu Yan

Remember the man covered in flies at the Beijin’s Artist District during 1994? That is Zhang Huan in his most iconic work, “12 square meter” – an art statement that also made Zhang to become one of the most controvers...

YOKO ONO – FLY

2008.12.21　 Text: Wee Ling Soh

Yoko Ono's first solo exhibition in China. It wasn't easy locating Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, but once you found it, you can't miss the giant poster of Yoko Ono which flanks its exterior. I'm not s...

CHINA DESIGN NOW EXHIBITION

2008.3.21　 Text: Lotje Sodderland

The familiar words "Made in China" are about to take on a whole new meaning, if the V&A contemporary wing's China Design Now exhibition is anything to go by. China Design Now Exhibition View. © Tonkin Liu...

TIGER TRANSLATE 2008

2008.2.8　 Text: Vicente Gutierrez

There is a new and innovative platform for Asia's emergent creatives - Tiger Translate, an ongoing series of events showcasing individuals who double-time as creative forces in their home countries. Taking the locals-...

SH CONTEMPORARY 2007

2007.9.20　 Text: Wee Ling Soh

Students holding placards in a mock protest greeted visitors as they entered the stately 1950s Soviet-designed Shanghai Exhibition Center on opening night. I had been looking forward to SH Contemporary 2007 even befor...