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Random photos #196 – 205
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #196 – dinner –
刘若望 Liu Ruowang’s wolves came to Venice Biennale 2015
The outdoor installation by Liu Ruowang (刘若望, 1977) is known as 狼来了 (The Wolves Are Coming), created in 2008 and shown previously in Beijing’s 798 art space, New Zealand, and now in Venice. Click here, here and here to see more about the Venice Biennale. The wolves are installed in the Telecom Italy Future Center located outside
徐冰 Xu Bing’s phoenixes at the Arsenale, Venice Biennale 2015
Another work we saw in Venice that is worth mentioning. Xu Bing (Chinese: 徐冰, born 1965) is a Chinese-born artist who lived in the United States for eighteen years. Currently residing in Beijing, he used to serve as the vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The two installations – The Phoenix – weighing 8
Qiu Zhijie 邱志杰 @ Venice Biennale 2015
This and the following two posts will be about works by individual artists that caught our eyes in Venice. Co-incidentally, the three artists are all of Chinese descent. The first is Qiu Zhijie (邱志杰, 1969) who was invited to participate in the Biennale by the organizer. His work –The Jinling Chronicle Theater Project – was exhibited in
