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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Beijing's 798 Art Zone
To see that the Chinese don't always take themselves, their culture or their history too seriously, check out the wacky sculptures of this huge site of a former factory, the 798 Art Zone.
Every artist seems to have one thing in common: a mash-up or cultural language and contemporary imagery. Maoist imagery mixed with Warhol love of the icon, but through an asian Jeffrey Coombs filter. (Lots of irony and nudity.)
Every artist seems to have one thing in common: a mash-up or cultural language and contemporary imagery. Maoist imagery mixed with Warhol love of the icon, but through an asian Jeffrey Coombs filter. (Lots of irony and nudity.)
Labels: art, China, culture, humor
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Tickr = Photos + Flickr + Dipity
With this great mash-up of Flickr and Dipity, you can check out some of Peter Durand's photos from China. (See bikes, telephone booths, manhole covers, and food, of course!)
Labels: China, ethnography, mash-up, photography
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