Beijing Visit

29 January 2020

Beijing Visit
My wonderful guides, artist Ye Linghan and Michael Xufu Huang who is the new director of X Museum, opening in March. The resources available to Ye are the thing that is pushing his practice, using AI features on apps to render his human Lucy type creatures
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We visited Guan Xiao in her studio, here she is in front of her new palette paintings ready to be shipped to all the corners of the world
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Yu Honglei told me body size is very important to him as he treats his paintings as sculptures. He is Guan’s partner and they constantly grow together
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It was a pleasure to meet Ye Funa who showed us her work, including this special nail
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Her moving image works based on the position of women
Beijing Visit
Hotel Éclat, in the heart of Beijing, houses one of the wackiest collections I have ever seen. The shopping mall has so many wonderfully strange pieces of art, such as this affectionately nicknamed Warren Buffet sculpture by Chen Wenling
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Above is another work by the same artist, an example of human tension in the ever changing conditions of China
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We stopped by at our Chinese friend’s beautiful home and I had time to meet a few more established artists such as Zeng Fanzhi
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Our beloved hosts had donkey sandwiches on the menu if we so desired
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I headed to Long March where I met up with Director Aimee Lin and her partner Theresa. I liked their group show very much showing China’s young talent
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Miti Ruangkitya caught my eye
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Yuling Zhang and Tim Crowley welcomed me at the KWM Art Centre where saw Wu Junyong’s solo show ‘Where are the Fantastic Beasts?’
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Back at Hotel Éclat we took stock of the eccentric art and impressive architecture