Born in 1972, Kwon Kisoo trained in classical Korean painting at Hongik University. His paintings – graphic fantasias hatched with Technicolor wands of bamboo, popping with plum blossoms, or expanses of brilliant monochrome – are inhabited by a modern icon of his own creation: an alter ego named Dongguri.

A line-drawn figure with an invariable expression, Dongguri has neither gender {...}

From 16th October to 16th December 2009, The Opposite House, Beijing, will host the work of Shanghai-based multidisciplinary art collective, Island 6 (Liu Dao) from Red Gate Gallery. The group of nine international artists will exhibit “LED City” for three months as part of the hotel’s rolling art installations.

Island 6 used electronics as a {...}

Rent Collection Courtyard, 1974–1978 (original 1965), Test the Quantity of the Grains (Detail)
In conjunction with China’s appearance as Guest of Honour at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the Schirn will be showing, for the first time ever in the West, the spectacular Chinese sculptural group Rent Collection Courtyard (Chin.: Shouzuyuan). This ensemble of more than 100 life-size {...}

The exhibition is curated by the artist herself and organized by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Biljana Ciric. ’Yoko Ono – FLY’ includes seven of Yoko Ono’s most significant art works.

Yoko Ono is a cultural symbol under a big name of an epoch. However, as an independent individual, a contemporary artist, her work contains the succinctness and common sensibilities which affect the audience {...}

Found this artist on CoolHunting I agree he’s great.
See a collection of paintings and fiberglass sculptures of his infamous volatile characters at Volta this week in New York or check out his work on his gallery, ChinaSquare’s site solo show this past summer.
VOLTA, the Basel-based art fair for new and emerging art is back in New York for Armory Arts Week {...}

Liu Hong Yuan’s second exhibition will be presented by Schoeni Art Gallery in Hong Kong. Liu’s paintings present the ancient figures wearing traditional costumes while performing Beijing opera. The vivid depictions could be traced back to her family background in which her grandmother is a connoisseur of the Chinese opera. The fading memories of the family scenes could be seen from the face where {...}

Its time of chilly winter and the growing financial depression when lots lost their jobs or face a lot of uncertainty into the future. Could we immerse ourselves in another atmosphere that artist build for us in which we simply feel the happiness or, maybe, could we reflect on the happiness index of lives by staring at some art works rather than {...}

With its £2 trillion surplus, China’s economic might dominates the world. Now its painters and sculptors are developing, collectively, into a contemporary arts superpower. Asian artists, and in particular those from China, dominate a new list of the world’s best-selling contemporary artists of last year. Among the world’s most sought-after artists are the unfamiliar names of Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun and Zeng Fanzhi.
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