Monday, March 30, 2009

Crazy Stone


can't guess what's the pose of this gentleman mean
transforming public space in Chongqing March '09

Saturday, March 28, 2009

article in Asia Pacific Newsletter

A remarkable exhibition is currently being hosted by the Institut Francais in Cologne: Kaleidoscopes links artists from Europe and China. The remarkable aspect about this 'work in progress' is that all the artists regard 'progress' as a kind of conversational continuation of exchange. Therefore since their initial encounters in Shanghai each artist taking part in this wandering exhibition (Paris 2008, Cologne 2009, Liverpool 2010) continues to record cultural and human processes of rapprochement and for each new venue allows his/her work to shift, change and even at times absent itself.  An online blog ("Exhibitionwall") shares this process with the public at large. 

written by Martin Wolf

interpreted into English by Petra Johnson

Saturday, 28th March 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

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Look who has arrived

Das gluehende Haus von Xu Zhifeng

One of the works in the exhibition has not yet been mentioned (Xu Zhifengs). But it was worth the wait. Last night Sabine, who has been helping looking after the show, kept talking about "Das gluehende Haus".
I suddenly realised what a beautiful word gluehen is, and how wonderful a title for the work.
In English a translation would be the glowing house. 
Gluehen evokes so many feelings, warmth, soft lights, man glueht vor Freude (glow with joy), it means to send out light, it means enthusiasm, gluehen fuer (glow for) means to love.
So rather than showing a picture of a very nice computer on a very nice table in the entrance hall,three words Das gluehende Haus.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

opening the show...













guided tour for the staff of the french institute


puuting up the blog


rice drawing



thank you

installing the show Khan's paintings....


we are ready

at the studio

sticking the rice


transporting the rice

Daniel Malbert and Sabine Keller before the opening

shanghai anti 2

shanghai anti

the wall detail 2

the heart of the wall Wednesday night

the wall detail

the wall

adrian, tiger and carol

jeremy and khan part 6 and finale

jeremy and khan part 5

jeremy and khan part 4?

jeremy is joined by marie and jam and lam

alex once more

other points of view are also possible for alex

on entering the porter's lodge there is alex

fortunately the tape is not very good so petra can carry on doing what she loves to do on the next day

Sophia and Petra who has now run out of photos

Sophia and petra

Sophia and Petra carrying on doing what she loves doing