[spectre] Fwd: Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money - Art After Social Media Era

[stephen kovats]

Hi John, 

being involved in this event, I share your *moderate* scepticism at what this could be about. My questions about context and audience etc have not exactly been satisfactorily met, but in general I appreciate and support the work that LiZhenhua does. He is the main curatorial energy behind this event, which is also supported by Goethe Institute, and certainly the path that China takes, is taking, or has been taking has been ... ehhm, *different* than that which we would normally chart. I think part of the question which becomes interesting here is whether the flagrant 'mallification' of art here (if that is the case ... i still don't have a clear pic of it) is much different than many gallery, or even biennale situations, which in themselves are sometimes overt masks of commercialism. 

I'm rather curious, and will gladly report back ... 

cheers, 

stephen


On 03.06.2013, at 11:40, John Hopkins wrote:

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>> Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money - Art After Social Media Era
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>> Shanghai K11 Art Mall, is kicking off its new media art exhibition with
>> the theme of “Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money”. The two-month
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> Interesting that any pretext of a complicated interface between art/commerce is completely dropped in China: ART MALL! lol! -- not even the Amurikans would have the brass balls to synthesize that one!
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> As for the Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money part -- I see the seeds of serious discontent being sewn into the pants of the rising dragon -- when it finds out the joke, there will be hell to pay...
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