Zhong Biao Updates
Visiting with Zhong Biao at his studio in Beijing this month, and taking a brief look at the few pieces not yet sent off to Montenegro for his “Blown Over” exhibition. I discovered in Zhong’s work,...
View ArticleZhong Biao short introduction
Here’s a recent version of Zhong’s short bio. Paragraph one, of course, not a problem. The second is another story. Any comments on translation welcome. 钟飙简介...
View ArticleZhong Biao Website
“Parting” Finally, Zhong Biao has done himself (and us all) the favor of putting his work online. The new website: artbiao.com, contains more or less the entire corpus arranged by year and is just...
View ArticleZhong Biao at the Margins of the Avant-garde
Last month at the American Comparative Literature Conference in Seattle, on a panel co-organized by Barrett Watten, Jonathan Stalling and Jacob Edmond, I was presenting on Zhong Biao. Here a brief...
View ArticleZhong Biao, new work
Zhong Biao has opened up some new vistas in his work, something which in itself is not surprising as he’s been developing and changing at least since I began following his work in 2005. This time,...
View ArticleZhong Biao “Splitting Time”
Here is a 5 minute video of Zhong Biao speaking at the end of the “Splitting Time” (切开时间) exhibition. The exhibition was held at the Zhong Gallery (中画廊) in Beijing. It was a small-scale operation...
View ArticleThe Other Shore: Zhong Biao at Klein Sun Gallery in New York
“The Other Shore” opening On view now is Zhong Biao’s exhibition “The Other Shore.” In addition, there is an annex featuring recent work collectively titled “Fountain” 泉 of photographer, installation...
View ArticleThe Other Shore, New and Improved (essay)
A new and better version of my Other Shore essay now up at MCLC Many thanks of Kirk Denton for posting. Zhong Biao: “The Other Shore” Sichuan painter Zhong Biao recently opened his third one-man...
View Articlelaunching Ekphrastic Assimilations 同画项目
I’m taking this moment, after a few months reprieve from work on this blog, to announce the launch of the Ekphrastic Assimilations project. This will involve an exhibition, held at the VALA arts...
View ArticleTrip to Sichuan Fine Art Institute 四川美术学院
Hu Just back from a trip to Sichuan, and places I’d long wanted to visit but never before had quite the chance. Among them, the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute (SFAI). With Zhong Biao (钟飙) as host, I found...
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