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panjiayuan 潘家园 antique market in beijing

Oracle bones 甲骨文 are the oldest carier of Chinese script. They were used to consult the oracle. In some cases both the question and the answer is carved into the bones, providing the opportunity for us to learn about life in China thousands of years ago. 

Thousands of years old they are, but like other 'antiques' widely available at Panjiayuan in Beijing... The Chinese copy antiques as if it were the real thing. A clever trick to catch tourists. 

Also interesting is that the company Oracle uses the Chinese characters of Oracle bones in their advertisement:甲骨文. A clever trick to plant their product in the Chinese market. 

what is chinese in contemporary chinese art?

December 16 at 16:00 --- my PhD. 

A lucky timing according to my Chinese friends and lucky it was.

The time has come to do some new things now!

798 art district beijing

In 2004 a former work unit in the north east of Beijing was appointed as art area: 798 Art District. 

While in the planned economy the whole art scene - from art material shop to museum - had been under tight control of the Chinese Communist Party, things started to change in 1978. With the transition to a more market-oriented economy, contemporary Chinese art commercialized and became part of the global art market. Today the Chinese government continues to control the art scene, not only the curriculum in art schools, but also exhibitions and museums. After 2000 private art galleries started to be allowed. Around 2003 - 2004 both the area of 798 in Beijing and Moganshan Lu in Shanghai opened up.

cai zhisong - 蔡志松

cai zhisong - 蔡志松

sang huoyao - 桑火尧

zhang peili - 张培力

and more propaganda

and more propaganda at 798 - art area now but work unit before. 

zhang dali - 张大力

Zhang Dali at the Venice Biennale 2011

jiang heng - 江衡

Jiang Heng at Future Pass - Venice Biennale 2011