Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Suzhou Creek Artists’ Quarter

There was an area called Suzhou Creek Artists’ Quarter in Shanghai where they have multiples of galleries, some really small and others quite sizeable, one next to another.

Art Scene was the most comprehensive in terms of works that are from, and represent China.

I also liked this gallery that has not opened yet but let us in (or rather, didn't bother to stop us).

While this area is full of conserved warehouses, the outside world is regular China - gigantic apartments!

The last gallery was showing a million dollar art work that is also housed in one of the national museums in China. Apparently he was the first to use black ink from Chinese calligraphy, and paint in the manner of oil painting.

The girl from the gallery who showed us around said that Europeans always love this, because it's black and white. Indeed.

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