Exhibition of contemporary Chinese woodblock prints by two artists, Ding Jitang (Xi'an, Huxian County) and Yu Chengyou (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province). Both artists depict rural scenes of their own familiar habitat in charmingly simple styles. Ding portrays, with only touches of colour and bold outlines, the daily lives of the villagers in 'idyllic' rustic scenes. Yu uses more colour to evoke the vast scenery of the 'northern wilderness', with few signs of human habitation, but some wild life, particularly deer. This exhibition continues at Arthur Probsthain Bookshop, 41 Great Russell Street, London WC1, until Sat.3 March.

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Caldershaw Primary School take over Chinese Arts Centre to create their own Utopian vision in Manchester City Centre.

As part of an innovative new education project, Chinese Arts Centre is collaborating with a group of schools across the North West to create and exhibit their own work within the gallery.

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Five international film makers explore the landscape of the family, self, home and place. They are Marta Michalowska (Poland), Suki Chan (Hong Kong), Emily Richardson (England) and Inger Lise Hansen (Norway), all based in London, and Elina Brotherus (Finland) who lives between Paris and her native Helsinki. Five women who express eloquently and with immense technical skill what it is to come from somewhere else.

THE WAPPING PROJECT
WAPPING HYDRAULIC POWER STATION
WAPPING WALL
LONDON E1W 3SG

00 44 207 680 2080
WWW.THEWAPPINGPROJECT.COM

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From July 20th through August 7th, I will be having an art show at the Lewisham Arthouse Gallery in the Lewisham area of London. The show is titled “Leaving My Found Eden: A Poetography Exhibit.” It features the art form I call Poetography, in which I combine English-language tanka poetry with black-and-white photography.

The theme of the show focuses on the sadness of leaving the person and place you love. All the proceeds from the sales of the art will be donated to local non-profit organizations.

I also looking for some organizations I would like to support. I would like to dedicate one or more nights to your organization if you are willing to help get people to the gallery. The best way, I think, is to have one or two of your performers do read my poems. Having a professional read the poems would be much better than if I were to read them.

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The Chinese Visual Festival is a twin art festival dedicated to promoting Chinese independent documentary making partnering 10 documentaries shown at Birkbeck College and London South Bank University with a video art and photographic exhibition at 17 Dorset Square, Marylebone.

Visit our website www.chinesevisualfestival.org for events' detail.

Partner: RSP Planet Design Studios, Birkbeck, Charing Cross Library, Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou Documentary Association,CNEX, CDR

Catering: Empress of Sichuan, Dumpling King, See Woo

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Atsuko Tanaka (1932-2005) is without doubt one of Japan’s most important avant-garde artists. As a former member of the Gutai artist group which was founded in 1954, Tanaka has challenged the conventional notions of art through her powerful works including the iconic “Electric Dress”. Whether it be in paintings, sculpture, electric sound and light installations, or performance pieces, a commonality to Tanaka’s work is a distinct realism closely corresponding to her choice of materials.


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The roots of the economic miracle, the elemental mix of earth and sweat and smoke. Evan Osnos, China Correspondent for the New Yorker.

27 May - 2 July 2011

Ian Teh explores the industrial hinterlands of China’s far flung and impoverished provinces with unflinching precision and subtle intensity. From industrialization to pollution, these photographic works present the landscape as a repository for humanity’s endeavors, somehow a source of memory and a silent testament to our material desires. In the world’s most populous country Teh has made landscape pictures with close to no people in sight, letting the terrain speak for itself.

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Two exciting, totally immersive experiences within Chinese Arts Centre’s gallery space
Exhibition by Angie Atmadjaja

Intrinsic
Exhibition Dates: 13 May to 11 June 2011
Preview: 12 May 2011

Structure
Exhibition Dates: 2 July to 23 July 2011
Evening reception with the artist: 1 July 2011


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1) 22/6 to 31/7 Enter Stage Right: Costumes from the Beijing Opera – Admission Free to this exhibition

http://www.amc.org.uk/enter-stage-right

2) 25/6 – 26/6 Kunqu Opera Dan Voice and Movements Course

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-education/kunqu-opera-dan-voice-and-movements-course

3) 29/6 Calligraphy with Ruijun Hu

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-education/chinese-calligraphy-workshop-ruijun-hu

4) Thurs 21/7 – An Evening of Beijing and Kunqu Opera: ‘The 4 Faces of the Dan in Beijing and Kunqu Opera’ – Show start time: 7.45 pm

This is an entirely different programme to what we have presented at SOAS on 7/4 2011. There will be English and Chinese surtitles as usual with our performances. The link to online booking is shown on both websites below.

http://www.amc.org.uk/asian-music-concerts/evening-beijing-and-kunqu-opera

http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/gigs-contemporary/tickets/an-evening-of-beijing-and-kunq-59162

Fan Chon Hoo

Curated by Keith Whittle

3rd - 26th February 2011 - Private View 3rd February 2011 - 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Eleven Spitalfields Gallery
11 Princelet Street
Spitalfields
London E1 6QH
020 7247 1816

Opening Times: Tuesdays to Sundays, 12 - 6 pm and by appointment

Eleven Spitalfields Gallery and Fountain is delighted to present the first solo exhibition dedicated to the work of emerging Malaysian artist Fan Chon Hoo.

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