Exhibiting the last remaining porcelain stars from my 'China Trade' series

Dar Al Funoon cordially invites you to its 6th Affordable Art Show. Opening Tuesday May 6th, 2014 from 7 - 9 pm at Dar Al Funoon, and continuing till Thursday May 8th, 2014.

I will be exhibiting the last remaining porcelain stars from my 'China Trade' series that I made during an artists residency at the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China and had shipped to and framed in Kuwait.

Fore more info click here.

"Aesthetic Afterlife" opens at the Haggerty Museum of Art on January 22

Aesthetic Afterlife, an exhibition by the Chipstone Foundation, opens at the Haggerty Museum of Art on January 22 and includes artwork by William Andersen, Niki Johnson, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Heather McCalla, Jason Ramey, and Hongtao Zhou. Four exhibits will be opening that evening with Brian Ulrich lecturing at 6:00PM as part of the opening.

For more info click here and here.

Global Nomad Chic, 2008-10, traditional Kuwaiti clothing made with faux

Takashi Murakami’s LV cloth, approximately 178 x 163 x 31 cm

Global Nomad Chic, 2008-10, traditional Kuwaiti clothing made with faux

Takashi Murakami’s LV cloth, approximately 178 x 163 x 31 cm

Mierwaqi (Milwaukee in Pinyin Chinese) Electric Chainsaw, 2005-07, acrylic 
and oil enamel on Milwaukee Electric Tool chainsaw, 21 x 77 x 26 cm

Mierwaqi (Milwaukee in Pinyin Chinese) Electric Drill, 2005-07, acrylic 
and oil enamel on Milwaukee Electric Tool drill, 8 x 25 x 20 cm

Mierwaqi (Milwaukee in Pinyin Chinese) Electric Grinder, 2005-07, acrylic 
and oil enamel on Milwaukee Electric Tool grinder, 16 x 57 x 21 cm

☆☆ Mabrook Dubai World Expo 2020 ☆☆

Congratulations to Dubai as it is named host city for 
the World Expo 2020!

Just like the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, the Middle East is now looking to be 'the place to be' with the Dubai World Expos 2020 and the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup!

Wisconsin mine to be sold to a Chinese-owned corporation?

My 2008 artwork "Wisconsin China Made" guerrilla installed in Milwaukee
 and exhibited in the show Seeing Green.

"... we now find out about this obscure provision that could allow the mine to be sold to a Chinese-owned corporation. ... people have a right to know who is behind this, who stands to benefit and why this provision is buried in the budget rather than being debated on its own merits.” 

Public Deserves Answers to Questions Surrounding Mysterious Budget Provision to Benefit Foreign Countries

Example of my 2005 artwork critiquing the sale of Milwaukee Electric Tools to a China-based corporation.  This work was shown in multiple exhibits including the Wisconsin Triennial.

TIME's Person of the Year, from 1927 to 2011 (and 2012?)

We will soon find out TIME's 2012 Person of the Year! (click here)

TIME's Person of the Year, from 1927 to 2011

Very enlightening to look back and see who they have picked for every year all the way back to 1927 (click here)

This Veterans Day remember...

"This Veterans Day remember - the best way to honor vets is to stop making so many new ones."

My artwork is mentioned in the Guardian's review of the Gwangju Biennale...

A grand canvas for Gwangju's role in dawn of South Korean ...

www.guardian.co.uk

Gwangju Biennale artworks deal with popular resistance from Asia to the Arab spring and the Occupy movement ...The market workers themselves, snoozing in the sun after the morning rush, are represented in murals and the cobalt-hued portraits, adorned with Hangul script, of William Andersen.

Portraits of local artists and traditional market workers in the Daein Market that reflect on the consolidation of multinational corporations’ hegemony over the shaping of peoples’ tastes and sense of identity around the globe, a topic especially pertinent now in South Korea where the highly divisive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States just went into effect March 15, 2012. The portraits combine photography with Korean calligraphy and are mounted as traditional scrolls. My solo exhibition, entitled '…occurrences in dislocation' will be at Han Pyeong Gallery and the Mite-Ugro Archive in the Daein Market, Gwangju, South Korea from September 5 to October 4, 2012.

another look at Cai Guo-Qiang's Doha exhibit and the historical context for the relationship between the Arab world and China

Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) via Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art

Listen to Dr. Jackie Armijo explain the historical context behind the Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab exhibition at Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art.

Another Look with Dr. Jackie Armijo

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Qatar University professor Dr. Jackie Armijo talks about the historical context for the relationship between the Arab world and China, particularly with Cai's hometown of Quanzhou through a look at the installation "Homecoming" at Mathaf.

If tiny Norway can stand up to the Beijing's bullying, why can't the USA?

If tiny Norway can stand up to the Beijing's bullying, why can't the USA?

Limits to Beijing's bullying by Fareed Zakaria, CNN

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Limits to Beijing's bullying By Fareed Zakaria, CNN March 30th, 2012 In the playground of foreign affairs, you would think that size matters. The biggest bul...

Worth the cost in blood and dollars? US to lower flag to end Iraq war...

US to lower flag to end Iraq war
www.bbc.co.uk

The US flag is to be lowered in Baghdad in a ceremony formally marking the end of US military operations in Iraq, after nearly nine years of war.

The Rise of the West—or Not? A Revision to Socio-economic History

While researching the voyages of Zheng He, I found this interesting take-down of 
one of the central grand narratives of the West:

The Rise of the West—or Not? A Revision to Socio-economic History

The East India Company & Cultural Exchange

National Maritime Museum, London

A striking example of how the East India Company influenced Chinese culture is this 19th-century Chinese painting, "A Trading Junk," with a ship in the background flying the Company flag.

How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges

By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS (NYT)

The greatest single force in the expansion of the British Empire was the East India Company, and now it finally has its own permanent gallery in London.