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.

Chinese Contemporary Art in the Middle East!

One of my favorite artists now has a solo show up in Qatar!  I believe Doha's Mathaf, the Arab Museum of Modern Art, is really smart in bringing in a big name artist from outside the region, but also just as importantly, not the typical Western artist.   I like Cai Guo-Qiang because he consistently comes up with  thoughtful but unconventional ways to talk about his own heritage as well as historical and contemporary global trade and exchange.  His artwork is smart but fun and easily appreciated by a larger audience.  I hope to go soon!

Pictured above: Installation view of Fragile (2011), Gunpowder on 480 panels of porcelain, 318 x 1800 cm (125 3/16 x 708 11/16 in.) overall, approximately 30 x 39.75 cm (11 13/16 x 15 5/8 in.) each panel, 480 panels in total, Commissioned by Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Photo by Hiro Ihara, Courtesy Cai Studio

Link to Cai Guo-Qiang's Exhibit in Doha

And from Art Kuwait: 

www.artkuwait.org

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar – Exhibition of Cai Guo-Qiang

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art presents Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab, a major exhibition featuring newly commissioned work by Cai Guo-Qiang. As Cai’s first solo exhibition in the Middle East and the first single-artist exhibition presented by Mathaf, Saraab opens new...

Cultural Exchange Offers Respite in U.S.-China Tensions

Why are there not more programs like this?

Cultural Exchange Offers Respite in U.S.-China Tensions

www.nytimes.com

The success of the U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture raises an uncomfortable question for the United States: Why are there not more programs like it?