ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice features 50 commissioned works by 50 artists all born after the death of Mao and the end of the Cultural Revolution Beijing’s contemporary creative haven 798 Art District is home to a new exhibit focused on documenting China’s new artists. ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists(…)
Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal documents four states of Warhol’s career, beginning with Warhol’s early illustrations, drawings and paintings created in New York City in the 1950s (Photos by Sylvia Le Dung) From the Campbell’s Soup Cans collection to screen prints of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and an astronaut on the moon, the works of Andy(…)
Words and Photography by Sylvia Le Dung The exhibition entitled: Mach-Mania/The David Mach Show, at the Opera Gallery, is composed of the artist’s smaller-scale art, which are made up of his signature medium – recycled products, such as matchsticks, postcards, and coat hangers The renowned Scottish sculptor, installation and collage artist, David Mach, has nothing(…)
“The Art of the Brick”, Nathan Sawaya’s traveling exhibition of large-scale LEGO sculptures, is currently on display in both Singapore and Taiwan Legos aren’t just for kids anymore- they’re now an artist’s medium. Full-time freelance artist Nathan Sawaya lives in New York City and owns an estimated 2.5 million of the famous toy building blocks. Instead of(…)
MACH-MANIA/THE DAVID MACH SHOW at the Opera Gallery Hong Kong features smaller-scale pieces representing the “genius of recycling” (Our interview with David Mach in Hong Kong is HERE) “I use everyday stuff you have in your house that you pay no attention to at all. There’s no second thought for these things. That’s why I(…)
Chhatrapati Dutta (b.1964): The Unbearable Weight of Being, 33Auction Singapore is the place for two upcoming high-end art auctions and previews with pieces ranging from paintings to sculpture to figurines The process of finding new artwork to add to a growing personal gallery is a bit like a hunt. There are the pre-auction catalogs and viewings, the(…)
As I steer my motorbike down De Tham Street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, I briefly wonder if I’ve made a wrong turn. It’s a typical city street with bundles of power lines hanging above, vendors selling produce and meat at an open-air market, and really nothing to suggest I’m nearing the country’s leading(…)
World famous auction house, Sotheby’s, has announced its first selling exhibition of outdoor sculpture in Asia. While the London-based auction house is no stranger to sculpture exhibitions in the US and the UK, this will be their first foray into the field in Asia. The exhibition, which will take place at the Singapore Botanic Gardens(…)
