Fifth Night is a recent multi-channel video installation by Chinese artist Yang Fudong. One of the most important and influential artists to emerge in China since the late 1990s, Yang Fudong produces sophisticated film and video installations that engage the cinematic traditions of both Hollywood and experimental film while referencing the changing cultural conditions of [...]

Yishu is pleased to announce its continued participation in the 5th edition of Art HK, which opens from May 17-20, 2012 (preview on May 16). Please come to say hello at MED09. See you there! About Art HK Back for its fifth year, ART HK 12 will take place 17-20 May 2012, preview 16 May, [...]

Editor’s Note: This edition of Yishu marks both the fiftieth and the last issue that celebrates our tenth anniversary. The staff at Yishu would like to thank all our supporters including our funders, subscribers, and writers. It is you who make this journal a success. On this occasion we present a special issue devoted to [...]

The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present the work of Geng Jianyi, Huang Ran, and Zhang Peili as part of the city-wide project, Yellow Signal: New Media in China. Initiated by Centre A, this series of exhibitions and programs is the first comprehensive presentation of contemporary Chinese new media and video [...]

Caochangdi explores the relationship between the home and its inhabitants while documenting the evolution of a family through images of the artists with their children. The series continues an ongoing focus on the beauty of the human being in nature and the urban environment. RongRong and Inri are a husband and wife photography team native [...]

Incorporating elements of video game interactivity and cinematic viewing, gallery visitors will experience an uncanny parallel city that has been created through the virtual computing community known as Second Life. China’s dynamic new urban landscapes inform a future threatened by uncertain ecological transformation in Cao Fei’s re-imagined China. This exhibition is curated by Jordan Strom. [...]

Presented by Yellow Signal: New Media in China and Pacific Cinémathèque. Taiwan 2011. Director: Yao Hung-I | With: Liu Xiaodong Directed and shot by Yao Hung-I — a protégé of the great Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien — Hometown Boy profiles the acclaimed contemporary Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong, known for his paintings of ordinary people. In [...]

Centre A is pleased to lead the exhibition presentations with artists Wang Jianwei and Kan Xuan, guest curated by Shengtian Zheng. Based in Beijing, Wang Jianwei is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer of video and multimedia art. He is known for his conceptually complex, multi-faceted explorations of contemporary Chinese life. Kan Xuan is a [...]

Editor’s Note: The first three texts in Yishu 49 feature two artists, Lin Tianmiao and Ai Weiwei, who maintain extensive art careers in China and internationally. Both of them grew up during the Cultural Revolution and then spent time in New York City during the 1980s and early 1990s; thus their work has evolved from [...]

Editor’s Note: The pages of Yishu have often served as a voice reflecting the need for the historical grounding of contemporary Chinese art. However, with China’s booming economy and art scene, the “immediate” seems to hold a more urgent role in securing an international presence for that art. While the texts in Yishu 48 are [...]

The staff at Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art wish all our contributors, supporters, and friends a joyous and peaceful holiday and all the very best for the new year. Thanks to you. Yishu is now in its tenth year of publication and we look forward to many more years of encouraging ideas and discussion [...]

Yishu is pleased to announce its continued participation in the 10th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, which opens from December 1-4, 2011. Please come to say hello at Stand Q16. See you there! ABOUT ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH From December 1 through 4, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 10th edition of Art Basel [...]

Editor’s Note: Yishu 47 opens with texts by Huang Zhuan and Zhu Qi, the two recipients of the Second Yishu Awards for Critical Writing on Contemporary Chinese Art. Huang Zhuan surveys the work of Zhang Peili and ties together various aspects, primary among them his important contribution to the evolution of video art in China, [...]

Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art is pleased to announce the recipients of the Second Yishu Awards for Critical Writing on Contemporary Chinese Art. Two jurors each made an independent selection: Karen Smith, an independent curator, author, and critic who specializes in contemporary Chinese art, selected Huang Zhuan; and Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions and [...]

On October 25, 2011, the Vancouver Biennale honoured Zheng Shengtian with the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award for Curatorial Arts and Scholarship. The award recognized Mr. Zheng’s accomplishments as an artist, curator, scholar and professor in contemporary Asian art, and his role in introducing Asian artists to a North American audience, bridging cultures through exhibitions, publications [...]

Yishu is pleased to announce its participation in Art Toronto. Please come visit us at the Publication Booths. About Art Toronto Founded in 2000, Art Toronto is one of the most successful fairs in North America. Art Toronto is held annually at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Canada’s top convention and trade-show facility located in [...]

Yishu is pleased to announce the launch of the the Chinese-language edition of Yishu. Published in October, this inaugural issue includes a selection of articles published in the English-language version. Selected texts featured in this issue include: 本地情境下的艺术评论——“Yishu学刊中国当代艺评奖”首届主题论坛演讲纪录主持｜高名潞 文芳：艺术之路——从观察到参与文 ｜爱丽丝·施麦茨伯格译 ｜斯然畅畅 批判性反思时刻：重访陈界仁的《加工厂》文 ｜米莱娜·霍丝伯格译 ｜吕岱如 与四位香港艺术家对话——梁志和 林东鹏 黄荣法 李杰文 ｜白慧怡译 ｜翁子健 长征计划——胡志明小道 走在胡志明小道上文 ｜高士明 创建黄灯共同体主持 ｜卢　杰 [...]

Here are more photos of Ken Lum and Shengtian Zheng’s A square within a circle, a circle within a square, an installation work featured at the 2011 Moscow Biennale.

The Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee for the City of Sechelt is going to hold a new speaker series, from September 17 – October 29, showcasing Robin Mayor, past- president of Emily Carr, former interdisciplinary and painting faculty Geoff Rees, architect Ian Johnston, public art curator Lori Phillips and internationally renowned curator, juror and [...]

On September 22, the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art opens its fourth edition. Titled “Rewriting Worlds,’’ it is going to run until October 30th and feature 64 artists and 14 groups of artists from more than 33 countries. The Moscow Biennale is curated by Peter Weibel, Director of ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Main project [...]