Category — China
Beijing Opera Masked Vinyl Toys
Puma with the help of adFunture previously unveiled a new series of collectible vinyls. These were released to coincide with the olympics, but still habour an interesting touch by combining the old with the new - Beijing Opera masks with designers toys.
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October 21, 2008 No Comments | 175 views
China Picture Moment : Cotton Purchase Station
A worker stacks cotton at a cotton purchase station in Manas county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region October 11, 2008.
Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the largest cotton producing region in China, plans to expand wheat and corn planting areas while cutting down cotton sown areas, Xinhua News Agency said.
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October 18, 2008 No Comments | 156 views
China Picture Moment : Corn Stacks
Farmer Zhao Xuezhi works in front of stacks of corn in Gu’an county, Hebei province, October 10, 2008.
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October 17, 2008 No Comments | 213 views
Have Your Face on a Chinese Propaganda Poster
Maopost, a site dedicated to an extensive collection of Chinese propaganda posters, will seamlessly paint your face from any of your photographs into a classic propaganda oil painting.
You supply the photograph and choose one of the 35 suggested posters (or from their entire collection which is over 1,500 posters). An artist hand paints you as a socialist hero.
Prices start from $179 and go up depending on the size. It’s never been easier to insert yourself into (socialist) history. And you’ve never looked so convincing!
Have Your Face on a Chinese Propaganda Poster
Technorati Tags: art, China, custom portrait painting, Maopost, propaganda posters
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October 13, 2008 No Comments | 313 views
China Picture Moment : Chinese Olympic Diver
China’s Liang Huo competes in the men’s semifinal of the 10 metre diving competition. A little late after the Beijing Olympics, but I thought it was a little funny. This complements the previously posted weightlifting expressions!
Technorati Tags: Beijing Olympics, China, diving, photographs, Liang Huo, sport
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October 12, 2008 No Comments | 212 views
London Picture Moment : New Art from China, Cang Xn Sculpture
A silica-gel sculpture called Communication by Cang Xn is displayed as part of the exhibition The Revolution Continues: New Art from China in the new Saatchi Gallery, in London, on October 6, 2008.
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October 11, 2008 1 Comment | 436 views
China Picture Moment : Weight Lifting Parrot
A parrot performs to entertain visitors at a zoo in Shenyang, China, on October 1, 2008.
China is celebrating a week-long National Day holiday, which started on Monday — a time when millions of Chinese travel to major cities to enjoy cultural attractions, or return home to visit relatives and friends.
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October 6, 2008 No Comments | 156 views
Cutting Edge Urban Chinese Art in the UK
The Red Mansion Foundation in London, is staging a dynamic group show that brings cutting-edge, urban Chinese art to the UK.
Called Down Town Production, the show is curated by one of China’s leading artists, Yan Lei who brings together eight rising stars of contemporary Chinese art whose work reflects the recent dramatic social and economic transformation of China.
It is anticipated that 70% of China’s 1.3 billion population will live in urban areas by 2035. At the end of 2002, records showed that China’s urban population totalled 502 million, living in over 21,000 towns and cities. Down Town Production is a selection of art that reflects and explores this dramatic shift.
The artists will give us a taste of China’s emerging popular culture, with works as such as ground-breaking L.A.S.E.R. graffiti by conceptual artist, DJ and rapper, MC Yan. L.A.S.E.R. tagging is the very newest form of graffiti art developed only a year ago and currently cropping up in cities all over the world.
The Red Mansion Foundation works to bring China’s contemporary art scene to the UK, discovering new talent and establishing an exchange program between London and China for some of the biggest names in contemporary art. Many of the works in the exhibition will be for sale.
DOWN TOWN PRODUCTION
An Exhibition of Chinese Urban Art
Curated by Yan Lei
23rd September – 11th November 2008
Technorati Tags: arts, China, Down Town Production, London, MC Yan, L.A.S.E.R. graffiti, The Red Mansion Foundation, United Kingdom, urban Chinese art, Yan Lei
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September 26, 2008 No Comments | 287 views
