One can walk into any international book store at our local railway station and grab an affordable Taschen book to have a view on art now! A full pack of images, a perspective on the world. Right now, we are in Beijing and tell our cabbie to take us to the art district. This is 798, a time zone out of the ordinary, a formally industrial complex that houses the creative spirits of China.
We will come back several times to soak up the energy, look and enjoy, getting in contact with the east. An endless area full of content and in between some good lunch opportunities. Mao is an icon and a missile at the same time. Temples are yesterday, this is the present. Unfinished business, we need more days to grasp the picture of this wonderful place.
-Matt.
Amazing! Looks like Beijing is a lot more cultural than Shanghai, at least from the location where I'm looking at the world (4 by 3, 15" flatscreen monitor at this moment). Is this observation correct?
Posted by: Rik | 10/19/2011 at 12:13 AM
i would say the culture is in Beijing, yes!
Thanks Matt again, great photos!
Posted by: Fab | 10/19/2011 at 01:36 AM
Even one-off teapots are sent from Shanghai to Beijing to be auctioned in a region where art is more appreciated ;)
Posted by: Geert | 10/19/2011 at 11:07 AM
@Mat: last pic, right hand bottom looks familiar. Is this the glowing LED bed displayed in last year's GLOW event in Eindhoven? I recall that was also by a Chinese artist.
Posted by: Geert | 10/19/2011 at 12:48 PM