Review: Chengdu’s Big Love Music Festival Turns to Big Scorn
Last weekend Chengdu hosted dozens of bands and thousands of patrons at the Big Love music festival. But was it all love?
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The Artist, Interrogating Performance: Zhou Bin
In her latest profile of Chengdu artists, Tabitha tries to make sense of Zhou Bin’s extreme performance art and the power of the naked body, while not vomiting or otherwise expelling body fluids all over the place.
Fan Jianchuan’s Obsession
I spent some time with Fan Jianchuan, China’s greatest collector of historical and contemporary artifacts and the man behind the Anren Museum Cluster. Walking through the cluster with him was an enlightening experience. Read about it inside.
An American Artist in Chengdu: Interview with Will Kerr
Having spent a full year as a resident artist at Sichuan University, we interview him here about his impressions of and thoughts on the Chengdu and China art scene.
Chengdu and China’s New Future
Fortune Magazine recently announced that they will hold their Fortune Global Forum 2013 in Chengdu. The slogan of the forum is “China’s New Future” and we explore what that may mean in this article.
Yang Mian’s Art
Yang Mian is one of Chengdu’s most successful artists. His work explores boundaries between reality and illusion, perspectives and standards – interrogating and challenging concepts we all take for granted. We take a closer look in this essay.