Material for thought
Posted in art on Aug 31st, 2010
Here are two pictures from the “Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?” exhibition in Tokyo. The “Delay_2007.5.26″ video from the artist duo “Rogues’ Gallery”, the same video is displayed on a big grid with a slight lag, which creates an interesting visual effect. A shopping bag very delicately cut by Yuken Teruya.
Posted in art on Aug 19th, 2010
I was not so keen to visit the monastery, knowing it is a relatively recent building dating from the 50s, and is not actually a real monastery. But I was in Sha Tin anyway so I gave it a try. As its name indicates, it has more than ten thousands Buddhas statues, all different. The [...]
Posted in art on Jun 4th, 2010
The best pavilion that I visited in the Shanghai World Expo is the UK one (see my other reviews of the Expo). It is a success both in terms of artistic expression and engagement of the audience. The building is beautiful and unique. And I don’t only speak about the main ‘Seed Cathedral’, but also [...]
Posted in culture on Jun 4th, 2010
In this second post of a series about my visit to the Shanghai World Expo, I’m going to describe some of the stories presented in the national pavilions. The goal is to sell industrial services and manufactured goods, not to really imagine a better city, better life. But because it is the official theme of [...]
Posted in art on Jun 2nd, 2010
I was at the Hong Kong art fair last weekend. It was not as big as the Frieze art fair of London for example, but this was the place to buy Chinese artworks it seems. Christie’s had an enormous adjacent section, maybe even bigger than the fair itself. The quantity and quality of the Chinese [...]
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