What is Chinese visual culture?

advertising, architecture, art, books, cinema/film, calligraphy, ceramics, comics, installation, painting, papercut, performance, sculpture, television, traditional landscape/bird & flower painting, urban design, video, woodcut, and more from the neolithic to the present.

Students, scholars, enthusiasts, collectors, dealers, curators, critics, artists, and everyone with any interest - whether beginner or old hand - are all welcome to join. We encourage constructive discussion, exchange of ideas, and posting of events related to Chinese visual culture.

You can also find Chinese Visual Culture on Facebook, updated regularly, MySpace and Flickr.

Zhao Nengzhi 趙能智 @ ChinaSquare, NYC: June 3, 2008 - June 28, 2008


Confessional Figuration
June 3, 2008 - June 28, 2008
Reception: June 5, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zhao Nengzhi

ChinaSquare Gallery is pleased to present Zhao Nengzhi: Confessional Figuration, on view from June 3, 2008.

Zhao Yi @ China Previews, NYC: June 5, 2008 - August 16, 2008


The Third Heaven
June 5, 2008 - August 16, 2008
Reception: June 5, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Zhao Yi
China Previews Gallery
511 W 25th St

Liu Zheng @ 798 Avant, New York: 5/15-6/7


Liu Zheng 2008
May 15, 2008 - June 7, 2008
Reception: May 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Liu Yujun: Recent Paintings @ DJT Fine Art, New York: 5/15-6/7


Liu Yujun: Recent Paintings
May 15, 2008 - June 7, 2008
Reception: May 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Ye Yongqing 葉永青 - Paint A Bird: Paradox and Reality @ ChinaSquare NYC, 5/1 - 5/31

Paint A Bird: Paradox and Reality
Curated by Robert C. Morgan

YE YONGQING

On View May 1, 2008
Opening reception May 1, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

As Tears Go By, dir. Wong Kar-wai @ BAM Rose Cinemas, Brooklyn, NYC: 5/2 - 5/8

As Tears Go By (Wangjiao Jiamen) (1988) 102min

Fri, May 2—Sun, May 4 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm
Mon, May 5 at 4:30, 9:30pm
Tue, May 6—Thu, May 8 at 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
With Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung

Liu Yonggang: Spatial Fluidity, Exploring Calligraphy @ China Previews, NYC: 2008.05.01 - 31

Liu Yonggang
Spatial Fluidity : Exploring Calligraphy

May 1st - 31st, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1st 6 - 8 pm

The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel

cover of The Painter from Shanghai: A Novelauthor: Jennifer Cody Epstein
asin: 0393065286
binding: Hardcover
list price: $24.95 USD
amazon price: $16.47 USD


Reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist.

Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River and into the seedy backrooms of "The Hall of Eternal Splendor," through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China ripped apart by civil w

The Simulacra September 28-October 30, 2008

The Simulacra September 28-October 30, 2008

The Simulacra- He Wenjue Watch Movie 2008
Artist: He Wenjue

Duan Jianghua: Emptiness @ Chinasquare NY: Opening Reception, 1/26/2008


EMPTINESS: DUAN JIANGHUA - SOLO EXHIBITION

On View Now; Opening reception January 26, 2008, 3:00 - 6:00 pm

ChinaSquare is pleased to present EMPTINESS, Duan Jianghua’s first New York solo exhibition.

Lin Shih Pao: Heavenly Timing, Earth Advantage, Human Harmony @ Crossing Art, Flushing, NY: 1/18-2/16

Lin Shih Pao: Heavenly Timing, Earth Advantage, Human Harmony series
林世寶: 天時、地利、人和

opening reception: Saturday January 19, 2008 3:00-5:00pm
exhibition until February 16, 2008

Ma Dong Min: The Depth of Desire @ 798 Avant Gallery, NYC: 1/17-2/21/2008

Ma Dong Min – The Depth of Desire
Opening Reception: 1/17/2008 6-8 PM

The Borders of Utopia @ Today Art Museum, Beijing: 1/12-1/24/2008


Opening: 12 Jan 2008, 3pm

Utopia is about mind, spirit, dream, image, illusion, desire, past, future…Utopia is not only a counteraction of the reality, but also another way of forming the history of human beings.

Yang Jun 楊俊: Paris Syndrome @ Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou: 1/19-4/30/2008


Opening: 19 Jan 2008, 4pm

Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, diagnosed on Japanese working or on vacation in Paris. It is a traumata arriving from the inability to reconcile between their dream-image and the harsh reality of Paris (Paris as a fairy-tale city, the symbol of love and romance).

Yang Yong 楊勇: Eleven times a lady @ Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art, Guangzhou: 1/16-2/16/2008


Opening Reception: 16 Jan 2008, 7pm

Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art
7 Yile Yihang, Yile Road, Guangzhou
86 20 89100086

Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Art @ Macau Museum of Art: 1/18-3/9/2008


Beyond the Surface: Chinese Abstract Art
Opening: 18 Jan 2008, 6:30pm

Chen Tingshih 陳庭詩: Retrospective @ Chan Liu Art Museum, Taoyuan, Taiwan: 1/5-1/30

陳庭詩作品回顧展
已故的現代藝術前輩陳庭詩,將於2008年1月5日起在長流美術館展出,包含版畫和鐵雕等作品,讓民眾從豐富多元的創作型式中紀念這位藝術大師。

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