Kung Fu Dreams
Hugo Boue had gong fu dreams all his life and recently pursued them all the way to Chengdu, spending a month with Master Li Cuan. His story inside.
culture & politics
Life of the Artist: Liang Wei’s Shifting Landscapes
Shifting between the landscape art community in Seattle in the United States and Sichuan Province in China, Liang Wei is one of a kind.
The Development of Chengdu: Interview with Journalist Michiel Hulshof
After publishing a book on the development of cities in Central and Western China, what does Michiel Hulshof think about Chengdu? I ask him in this interview.
Tang Wugang: The Armory of an Artist
Tang Wu Gang is a young, up and coming artist with a unique style and a flair for armor, oil and good smokes. We take a closer work at the man and his art in this latest installment of Chengdu Artists
Portrait of a Chengdu Artist: He Duoling
He Duoling, Chengdu local and co-founder of China’s infamous “Scar Art” movement, is not a surrealist. But he is widely regarded as one of China’s greatest living masters of realism and is creating incredible pieces in Chengdu’s artist sanctuary He Tang Yuese.
Portrait of a Chengdu artist: Luo Fahui
Luo Fahui is a painter who started out in a leaky hovel during the 1960s and now lives and works in a beautiful home outside of Chengdu. We take a look at his work, his home and listen to what his contemporaries have to say about Luo’s erotically charged painting.