Beijing’s main art district is in a complex of abandoned factories and workshops. Very cool people wearing black, lots of galleries. Fun place to visit now and then to see what’s up in the incredibly hot world of modern Chinese art. Or I should probably say what’s up among the most commercially savvy artists, agents and gallery owners. It’s a fun place to spend a few hours on a nice spring day looking for interesting pieces among a sea of contrived junk made by mediocrities who’s idea of art is confined to epater les bourgeois.
This is shooting fish in a barrel, so no comment except to say these two were side to side. Perhaps the artists is trying to tell us something?
Maybe this fellow has a point he’s trying to get across, too….
Or possibly a wicked sense of humor, like this one:
Actually, I thought this one was pretty cool, but maybe you had to be there (you have to download the video file to see it):
This in the end was my favorite piece, but I don’t think it’s for sale:
Walking out, I came across this guy but couldn’t decide if it was performance art or just someone trying to make a buck….oh, sorry, there I go again, artificially distinguishing between art and commerce. Silly me!
