Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Meeting of Styles update 2012

Int. Meeting Of Styles 2012 - All In One

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Martin Luther King (St. Louis, March 22, 1964)

Schedule 2012

24-26 August 2012 - Wiesbaden Germany
A Tribute To The Wall-Street-Meeting

25-26 August 2012 - Lublin (Poland)

08-09 September 2012 -New Jersey (USA)

14-16 September 2012 - Chicago (USA)

21-23 September 2012 - Las Vegas (USA)

29-30 September 2012 - Mexico (not confirmed)

06-07 October 2012 - Venice (Italy)

20-21 October 2012 - Guangzhou (China)

26-28 October 2012 - Caracas (Venezuela)

09-11 November 2012 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)

23-25 November 2012 - Quito (Ecuador)

http://www.MeetingOfStyles.com

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Shanghai spot

Graffiti art on Moganshan Rd.
via @capnleela

Saturday, March 31, 2012

New film: Spray Paint Beijing (trailer)


Coming out in April

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Do you write graffiti in China? 你写在中国涂鸦?


[A student in Holland sent me this request for participation in his research. He is sensitive to the security issues Chinese writers face and has agreed to keep answers confidential to his university. If you are in China and you want to respond, please be careful how you send the message, however, as many email routes are monitored by the Chinese government. - Susan

Google Chinese translation: 在荷兰的学生给我这个在他参与研究的要求。是敏感的安全问题面临的华文作家,已同意将他的大学保密答案如果你是中国,你想回应,请小心你如何发送消息,但是,由于许多电子邮件航线由中共官督]

Do you write graffiti in China?   你写在中国涂

Hi there,

I'm writing a paper about the perception of graffiti art in China for my masters of sociology degree.
I would like to ask native Chinese graffiti artists how they feel about graffiti art. 

- How did you get inspired to start writing?
- What is the underlying message of your piece? why do you write?
- Do you use Chinese characters or the Latin alphabet? or both? And why?
- Does the 'West' influence your writing by any means (like magazines, YouTube clips)?
- Is graffiti in China the same as graffiti around the world?
- Do you see graffiti as rebellion/art/hype/something else?
- What are the consequences/penalties when you get caught? How does the law react on graffiti?
- Is it a strictly urban phenomenon?
- Does communism influence the graffiti scene?

Thank you so much!

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

您好,
我在写一本关于中国的涂鸦艺术的看法给我主人社会学论文
我想请问中国本土涂鸦艺术家,他如何感受涂鸦艺术
- 你是怎么得到启,开始写?
- 什么是你的文章基本息?为什么你写的?
- 您是否使用汉字或拉丁字母?或两者兼而有之?为什么
- 是否'西'影响您的任何面方式(如杂志YouTube视频)?
-在中国作世界各地的涂
- 认为叛乱涂/艺术/炒作/其它的西?
- 什么是后果/当你被抓住处罚?法律如何应对
- 是一个严格的城市象?
-产主义是否影响涂场景吗
谢谢这么

Friday, January 7, 2011

China, Shanghai: Dec. 16th 2010 - Jan. 16th 2011: Miss Van


GALLERY SHANGHAI
Bund18, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F - SHANGHAI

Miss Van’s solo show
开幕酒会:20101216日,星期四,下午6
VIP Opening on Thursday December 16th, 2010 at 6PM
18Gallery and Bund18 present
TWINKLES / 闪耀 by Miss Van
(a solo show done in conjunction with the Bund18 6th anniversary )

Opening in the presence of the artist : Thursday December 16th, 2010 from 6 to 9 PM
Venue: 18Gallery, Bund 18, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai
开幕酒会:20101216日,星期四,下午6-9
览地点:上海中山东一路18418画廊

Show from December 16th, 2010 to January 16th, 2011
every day from 11AM to 11PM
览日期:20101216—2011116
览时间:周一--周日

闪耀个展 by Miss Van
值此外滩十八号六周年庆典,18画廊有幸邀请到国际知名艺术家Miss Van女性主作品举办个展。Miss Van终于带着新的作品系列来到中国。继洛杉矶,墨西哥,巴黎和纽约的展览之后,Miss Van暂停留上海,展示她的作品。Miss Van, 真正街头艺术的女性代表人物,在图卢兹的街头开始她的艺术生涯。自创业初期,她的风格一直发生着巨大变化,她的最新系列是古典绘画的一支颂歌。她的绘画风格已经从曲线美和图卢兹街头诱人的美女画像,过渡到这个新展所示的忧郁和微妙的作品风格。
TWINKLES by Miss Van
Miss Van finally reaches China with a new series of works. Following her exhibitions in Los Angeles, Mexico, Paris, and New York, Miss Van is taking a short break from her travels to show off her works in Shanghai. Thanks to her past year exhibitions in Barcelona, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico, London or Copenhagen, she has found many new sources of inspiration. Not only has she let herself be influenced by the contemporary artists with whom she has shared many privileged moments, but she has also borrowed the techniques and subtle lighting effects of past master artists, focusing her work more on the quality of her painting and less on self-asserting herself as is the tradition in street art. With this new series she has undergone a beautiful evolution towards a more mature and refined style of painting, but without ever losing touch with her street art origins.
 ... and the newest limited editions by Miss Van


Wednesday, September 8, 2010

China, Shanghai: Sept. 11-12, 2010: SH Contemporary

This year 18Gallery is happy to be present at Sh Contemporary with a set of amazing projects including a special full project room by Yang Yongliang, a new thrilling piece by Maleonn and artworks by Zhang Dali, JonOne, P. Nicolas Ledoux, Miss Van, Laurina Paperina and Icon Tada.

Dates & Hours :
Preview (by invitation): Wed. 8 Sept. 5-7PM
Vernissage (by invitation): 8 Sept. 7-10PM
VIP days (by invitation): Thurs. 9 & Fri. 10 Sept. 11AM-6PM
Public days (entry ticket): Sat. 11 Sept. 11AM-6PM and Sunday 12 Sept.11AM-5PM

Venue Address and map (PDF)
Shanghai Exhibition Center

1000 Yan An Road (Middle)

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Chinese styles

These styles I think are very interesting, and so is the discussion about Chinese character (lettering) graffiti.

The translation needs some work, but ever since Google allowed everyone to correct translations, their tool has really improved.

I'm excited that it's even possible for me to read this Chinese blog, Afterworkshop - Hong Kong

Blog in Chinese

Google Translate to English

Sunday, August 15, 2010

China, Shanghai: December 18 - ?, 2010: Miss Van


MISS VAN
,出生于1973年法国图卢兹双胞胎姐妹。1990年,当她十八岁还是艺术学校学生的时候,她就发现了在她们小镇发展相当不错的涂鸦艺术。“在街上画画”
变得很自然。这是我平常习惯抵制传统艺术环境的最好的方法。起初,你也许会说我有点叛逆的心。不是传统的签字和标签,她选择了女性化的靶纸,这给予她坚定
地信念要坚持下去。刚开始,
我的洋娃娃都是自己画的肖像。对于涂鸦来说这是太狂妄自大了,而不是简单的写写名字之类的,我用我的洋娃娃来代言本人。
MISS VAN 已开始在街上画画,她被认为是新生代的象征,她的街头艺术魅力给她创造了1999年人生第一次艺术展。当时她只有26岁。
MISS VAN
的艺术生涯在很大程度上都是典范。每次展览都给她灵感去创作新的系列,能够使她立足在独特的视觉,而且标新立异。她的作品在许多艺术画廊展出,例如:从巴
黎到旧金山,阿姆斯特丹、安特卫普、柏林、伦敦、米兰、斯德哥尔摩、纽约、洛杉矶、墨尔本等。她还受邀参加许多国际项目。例如:德国Kunsthalle
de Wuppertal举办的活动,英国 Baltic 艺术中心举办的活动等。
MISS VAN
的作品很多涉及到女性人物,被认为是她自身的自画像。她早期娃娃作品仅用简单的绘画线条构成,就像小孩子画的一般。这种形态简单而且圆润。后来,成名后又
添加了许多细节,线条变得更加的精炼,每幅作品都有隐藏的含义。MISS VAN
的绘画作品散发出天真浪漫的气质,她的作品犹如社会的明镜,反映出许多带有疑问的人物形象。

Miss Van started wall-painting in the streets at the age of 18 in the early 1990s, initiating the feminine movement in street art. She is now exhibiting all around the world from NY to LA, Europe (France, Spain, Italy, UK), and Asia. An artist's impact is truly felt when their work becomes so familiar that it's hard to remember what the world was like without it. When the Toulouse native and current Barcelona resident MISS VAN's sultry female characters began to pop up on city center walls in the mid 1990s, they instantly possessed a timeless quality, as if women had always painted such graffiti in the streets. City residents developed relationships with their local MISS VAN characters. While MISS VAN's work incurred the wrath of some feminists who found them offensive to women, on the whole it has a rare appeal that transcends gender.

info@magda-gallery.com
18Gallery, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai
上海中山东一路18号4楼18画廊

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

China, Shanghai: August 27-29, 2010: Wall Lords Asia Finals


Recap of previous Wall Lords battles in Invasian Mag:
http://www.invasianmagazine.com/events/5717.html

Thursday, December 24, 2009

China, Shanghai: Feb 2 - Mar 2, 2010: ZHANG DALI

ZHANG DALI  - solo show


18 Gallery is proud to host famous Zhang Dali solo show. Zhang strated working in portraiture as one of Beijing's first graffiti artist, spraying and carving head into the walls of buildings schedules for destruction.

For his first exhibition at the 18Gallery, Zhang Dali presents a very intense project. Gigantic painted portraits facing up the visitor as soon as he comes into the show.

Press preview on Monday February 1st, 2010, from 4 to 6 pm.
  
18Gallery : 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai     

Opening :  Tuesday February 2nd, 2010 from 6 to 9PM 
Venue: 18Gallery, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1), 4F, Shanghai 

18Gallery is proud to host famous Zhang Dali solo show with a very intense project (born in 1963 in Harbin, China and based in Beijing). As the visitor comes into the show he is facing Zhang Dali's gigantic, almost four meters high, painted portraits.

When asked why AK-47 written all over the paintings. One will discover that this was Zhang Dali's tag back in the days. « It comes from a gang's name. I use this to stand for the violence. This sort of violence doesn't just mean one person hits another person. »

Zhang Dali's work actively engages with the rapidly changing environment in China. Zhang started working in portraiture as one of Beijing's first graffiti artists, spraying and carving heads into the walls of the hundreds of buildings scheduled for destruction. Working across a wide variety of media - from urban art, to archiving photographs of Mao, and large scale installations - Zhang's portraits document a contemporary social history of a culture in radical development and flux.

Zhang trained at the Beijing Central Academy of Art & Design. After studying painting in China, he went to Italy, where he discovered graffiti art. He was the only graffiti artist in Beijing throughout the early 1990s, and is the first artist since Keith Haring and Jackson Pollock to be given the cover of Time magazine.

From 1995 to 1998 he spray-painted over 2000 giant profiles of his own bald head on buildings throughout Beijing, placing the images alongside 'chai' characters painted by the city authorities to indicate that a building is scheduled for demolition. The appearance of these images became the subject of media debate in Beijing in 1998.

He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including the International Center for Photography in New York, Courtyard Gallery in Beijing, Institute of Contemporary Art in London, Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo and the 2006 Gwangju Biennale in Korea. He is represented by Kiang Gallery in Atlanta, Eli Klein Fine Art in New York and Base Gallery in Tokyo. 



China, Shanghai: Dec. 24, 2009 - Jan. 21, 2010: From Style Writing to Art

18Gallery, 18 Zhongshan East Road (E1),
4F, Shanghai
China


With legendary artists as Futura, Seen, Crash, Quik, Jonone, Blek Le Rat, Shepard Fairey, Miss Van, West, Space Invader, Zevs, Zhang Dali, Cise...

On the occasion of the publication of the book, From style writing to art, a street art anthology by Magda Danysz, the gallery organizes a Graffiti and Street art exhibition which get together the masters of the 70s as well as their most important successors and the renovators of street art.