Imagine a child who does not want to eat dumplings,despite being told by his grandfather to do so.Confused,the child picks up the bowl and stares at it for over an hour,not eating but also refusing to put it down.“Th...Imagine a child who does not want to eat dumplings,despite being told by his grandfather to do so.Confused,the child picks up the bowl and stares at it for over an hour,not eating but also refusing to put it down.“That is what has happened one day in Urumqi Love Garden(ULG)[in Xinjiang],Lyu Xiaoning,the founder of Viva la Vida(VIVA),a global platform for people to share stories through art,told Beijing Review.VIVAowns anonlineart gallery and social networking platform to exhibit portraits of life by different people.”展开更多
Beijing-based artistic voyeur Song Yonghong thrives on the complexities of life in everyday settings.Although there’s a lot of sexual intimacy in his work,the participants give off a sense of detachment—the intense ...Beijing-based artistic voyeur Song Yonghong thrives on the complexities of life in everyday settings.Although there’s a lot of sexual intimacy in his work,the participants give off a sense of detachment—the intense stares of American Gothic meeting the lonely streets of Edward Hopper.展开更多
文摘Imagine a child who does not want to eat dumplings,despite being told by his grandfather to do so.Confused,the child picks up the bowl and stares at it for over an hour,not eating but also refusing to put it down.“That is what has happened one day in Urumqi Love Garden(ULG)[in Xinjiang],Lyu Xiaoning,the founder of Viva la Vida(VIVA),a global platform for people to share stories through art,told Beijing Review.VIVAowns anonlineart gallery and social networking platform to exhibit portraits of life by different people.”
文摘Beijing-based artistic voyeur Song Yonghong thrives on the complexities of life in everyday settings.Although there’s a lot of sexual intimacy in his work,the participants give off a sense of detachment—the intense stares of American Gothic meeting the lonely streets of Edward Hopper.
