The Work behind the Jump: Looking beyond the circus veil with Peng Xiangjie 彭祥杰
Discover the hard work underlying art as Peng Xiangjie showcases the hardships and meaning behind China’s marginalized circus workers’ labor
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Caterina Paiva
A Way of the Ink 水墨之道?
A contemporary Daoist understanding of ink art. That’s how curator and scholar Yan Zhou defines his “Way of the Ink.” But what does it imply
Caterina Paiva
Li Lihong’s golden McDonalds: Artist profile
This month in Artist Profile, we present Li Lihong, a Chinese ceramicist who brings omnipresent nowadays iconography with a dragon’s touch.
Caterina Paiva
Oh no, another article about Xu Bing. And the a-cultural beauty of linguistic mastery
Fake characters and The Book from the Sky. Contemporary art embodying universal philosophical questions?
Caterina Paiva
Mao keeping track of the God of Fortune, or how Mao Zedong's iconography made space into fortune
Mao’s iconography might be the most used image to represent the PRC. But what about PRC’s fortune 运?
Luis Matte Diaz
A contemporary need of 道 (Dao)
A call to go back to a more natural Dao and align with the essential things of life, rather than the ephemeral concerns of our modernity.
Beatrice Tamagno
Editorial - Superstition in the air: belief under the Chinese sky
“One person’s religion is another person’s superstition,” wrote Gibson. What does superstition mean in the Chinese context then?
Beatrice Tamagno
From Dongbei ayis to Supreme: A visual history of China's most (in)famous floral pattern
Winter is coming, and so are padded coats. The time when your around-the-block ayi takes a morning walk in her floral PJs is back!
Will Vagari
Listening to contemporary China’s heartbeat through Howie Lee’s rhythm
There is a reason why Howie Lee’s gigs are packed with trendy youngsters singing along every track, and it says something of today’s China.
Will Vagari
Gambling with Fate for Status and Fire
In China, gambling is not only a money-matter but a social activity echoing community life. Yet, for how long in rapidly changing China?
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