Saturday, January 2, 2010

Has the Commercialization of 798 Saved Chinese Art?


Spent a lot of time this summer looking at "contemporary Chinese art" in Shanghai and Beijing and thinking about the rapid changes in its exposure, acceptance and infrastructure.

Here are a few thoughts on the "798 Art Zone" in Beijing by the marvelous Fred Dintenfasson (who extensively quotes me on the second page)... enjoy:

Has the Commercialization of 798 Saved Chinese Art? -Expat Corner-eChinacities.com

2 comments:

fred dintenfass said...

Happy New Year and thanks for the mention William! You provided a lot of excellent insight into the article. You were here early on and have a lot of perspective on the art scene here. Hopefully I can make it to Kuwait soon and we can continue the discussion there, I'm very curious to see what happens in the next year or three. Take care bud!

Unknown said...

hey, come on out to Kuwait!!! that would be cool Fred! Maybe we can also head over to Egypt? Lebanon? Oman?