Tate Britain announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2012. The artists are Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Paul Noble and Elizabeth Price. 泰特美術館英國分館（Tate Britain）宣布了2012年特納獎（Turner Prize）入圍的四位藝術家名單，這四位藝術家分別是絲芭達克絲 · 切特溫德（Spartacus Chetwynd）、路克 · 福勒爾（Luke Fowler）、保羅 · 諾布爾（Paul Noble ）以及伊麗莎白 · 普萊斯（Elizabeth Price）。 Spartacus Chetwynd For her solo exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, London. Combining …
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Art collector and advisor, Sarah Elson shares with ArtZip her experiences as a young foreigner in Bei-Jing and eventually settling in London. 藝術收藏家與顧問，莎拉·艾爾森與ART.ZIP讀者分享其年輕時旅居北京而最終定居倫敦的故事。 Sarah Elson is an art historian who collects, writes and offers instructive forums for education about contemporary art. She serves on several advisory committees including the Princeton University Art Museum, …
As a lone traveller, the English artist Helen Couchman arrived in Beijing via Moscow on the Trans-Mongolian railway in 2006. She arrived into a city that was as familiar to her as it was foreign. Taking a small flat near Gulou, she has since made Beijing her home, making work in her flat and using …
Written by: Lin Shangtong 撰文：林上童 Translated by Trish Lyons 翻譯：崔西里昂 Photographed by: Harry Liu 圖片：劉競晨 Lin Shangtong (LS): Do you like London? Song Dong (SD): Yes, maybe because this is my first overseas city. LS: Among your artworks, is Waste Not important to you? SD: Yes. There are two others, Writing Diary with …
These are days when no one should rely unduly on his “competence”. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. At the beginning of the long downhill lane that leads to the house of—, whom I visited each evening, is a gate. After she moved, the opening of its archway stood henceforth …
——————————————————————————————————————— 撰文：崔西·里昂 Written by: Trish Lyons 翻譯：姜嘯然 Translated by：Shoran Jiang 圖片提供：瑪格麗塔·格魯茲玻格 Images by courtesy of: Margarita Gluzberg ——————————————————————————————————————— Emma was stationed at her window (she was often there: the window, in the provinces, replaces theatres and promenading). Margarita Gluzberg has always been drawn to specific figures within fiction and the way in which …
——————————————————————————————————————— 撰文：傑夫·戴爾 Written by: Geoff Dyer 翻譯：于暢 Translated by: Chang Yu 圖片提供：Geoff Dyer Photography by/ image by courtesy of：Geoff Dyer ——————————————————————————————————————— INTRODUCTION “It’s a small world” is an idiom that expresses ‘surprise’ that people or events in different places are connected. 常言道：“世界真小 (It’s a small world)！”，萬事萬物在不同的地方仍有冥冥中的聯繫總讓人驚嘆。 In his essay ‘Small World’ Geoff Dyer looks …
撰文：丹尼爾·麥可林 Written by: Daniel McClean 翻譯：于暢 Translated by: Chang Yu 圖片提供：丹尼爾·麥可林 Images by courtesy of：Daniel McClean “‘The attribution of works of art to particular artists is often a matter of great controversy and increasingly difficult as time goes on. If the plaintiff is right in saying that he is entitled, perhaps years after the purchase, …
A new comprehensive survey exhibition by the artist Hans-Peter Feldmann presents seminal works from throughout his career, from his influential early photographic series to new works displaying women’s handbags. Visitors will also be able to take away an ‘unlimited edition’ print of a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as a young girl. Amongst Feldmann’s …
Yayoi Kusama’s pioneering work spans over six decades and this exhibition will highlight the artist’s moments of most intense innovation. Kusama is one of Japan’s best-known living artists and since the 1940s she has developed an extensive body of work. From her earliest explorations of painting to new unseen works, the exhibition will reveal a …
This year Tate Britain stages the first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with Britain. Picasso & Modern British Art examines Picasso’s evolving critical reputation in Britain and British artists’ responses to his work. The exhibition explores Picasso’s rise in Britain as a figure of both controversy and celebrity, tracing the ways in which …
This exhibition – held in the curator’s flat – is part of her postgraduate study in MA Art and Politics at Goldsmiths College. Hence, the exhibition is not only case study of Chinese contemporary art, but also constitutes a body of research from the perspective of a Chinese student. The five participating artists̶Liu Chuang, …
I have always been fond of ‘Bauhaus Art’, and you may say ‘love me, love my dog’, I am intrigued by the sound art group name ‘Bauhouse’. Thanks to the collaboration between Audi and the group, I had the chance to watch their live show. Though it has been a while since then, the thrills …
My colleague’s son is turning 16 soon and asks her mother’s permission to rock concert with friends. His mother, namely my colleague listens to only classical music and has no idea about these ‘rock concert’ venues, so she turned to me for help, ‘What is it like? Is it crazy, chaos, unsafe?’ Well, yes, it is. …
Frankenstein is probably the first and most-known science fiction in the western literature history. Written in the 17th century by Mary Shelley, wife of British famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Frankenstein has been readapted into films for centuries under the same name. However, it is the first time being adapted and shown on stage. 《科學怪人/弗蘭肯斯坦(Frankenstein)》是西方文學裡的一部科幻小說,也是大家認為是世界上第一部科幻小說,誕生於17 …
The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase David Hockney’s landscape work. Vivid paintings inspired by the Yorkshire countryside, many exhibited here for the first time, are shown alongside related drawings and digital video. Over 150 works are on display, the majority of which have been created in …
‘I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.’ ──Lucian Freud “我常想要在我的畫作中創造戲劇，這也是為甚麼我畫人像。從一開始，恰恰是人為我的作品帶來了戲劇感。最簡單的動作傳達著故事。” ── 路西恩 · 弗洛伊德 Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was one of the most important and influential artists of …
All fashion designers treat their designs as their own children, come out of their own blood and integrate with their spirits. However, for Bai Jie, a young fashion designer, her designs are more than injection of her own emotion and spirit, but every piece of her work is flesh and blood with its own …
This year the Hayward Gallery is celebrating its 60th anniversary by holding a retrospective exhibition of the internationally acclaimed celebrity-artist Tracey Emin, titled ‘Love is What You Want’. Tracey Emin is arguably the most controversial artist from the YBA (Young British Artists) and has made a career out of her outspoken feminist attitude. Being …
Nature inspires me the most, but also ancient myths, legends folklore. I have always been interested in ghosts, ghouls and the areas of human interest that may stray into the unknown, and for me it’s about investigating these unknown or scary places that can lead my work. I’m quite a fan of old horror movies, …
STORIES OF CHINESE YOUNG DESIGNERS 華人青年設計師們的故事 In recent years, more and more Chinese students come to the UK to study. Most of them are attracted by the unique cultural atmosphere and open academic environment. Others may think studying abroad, being educated in the first-class universities and enjoying after-school life are glamorous, however, if you have …
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