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Schoeni Art Gallery's PodcastLiu Ye Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108151.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Born in 1964, Liu Ye’s distinctive artistic style embodies a deep sense of detachment and timeless freedom. Unlike many of his contemporaries, his art does not reflect on the Cultural Revolution or any kind of external flux in modern China. Instead, these works are introspective and perfectly capture the inner solitude and vulnerability of its creator in face of a fast-changing world. Today, Liu Ye is one of the most celebrated contemporary Chinese artist, whose works have consistently...2013-05-0712 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastMok Wai Hong Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108151.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This podcast is part of Schoeni Art Gallery's Conversation series, that was produced in celebration of the gallery's 20th Anniversary in November 2013.
Mok Wai Hong poses through his works thoughtful questions about the undergoing transitions and changes of the society in which he lives in.
He poses criticisms and provokes reflections on the ways that modern society is run, and the challenges a metropolitan is faced with to stay sober amidst a world that is becoming more and...2013-04-2309 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastYang Shaobin's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />On the occasion of Schoeni Art Gallery's 20th Anniversary, the gallery director, Nicole Schoeni, and curator, Huang Du, wanted to know more information about its history and the Ashanti Restaurant which the late-founder, Manfred Schoeni had opened in the late 1990s, and so she visited Yang Shaobin at his studio in Beijing one day in Autumn 2012. Yang Shaobin had a two-man exhibition with Yue Minjun at Schoeni Art Gallery in 1994, entitled "Faces Through the Bamboo Grove."...2013-04-1106 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastHuang Du's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Huang Du is an independent curator and art critic, born in 1965 in Lintong, Shanxi Province of China, who now lives and works in Beijing.
His major curatorial projects include: Art Advisor to the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012 along with Hans Ulrich Obrist; curator for the Chinese Pavilion of the 26th Sao Paulo Biennale, in 2004, as well as assistant curator for Chinese Pavilion of the 50th Venice Biennale, 2003.
Given his great curatorial experience in China as well as in the...2013-04-1110 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastYang Yongliang's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This podcast is part of Schoeni Art Gallery's Conversation series, that was produced in celebration of the gallery's 20th Anniversary in November 2013.
Having been exposed to traditional Chinese art from an early age and training in painting and calligraphy for over a decade has definitely left its mark on Yang Yonglian's artistic expressions. Nevertheless, post-1980's technological advancements crept into his process of art making; resulting in contradictory usual representations of the rapid urbanization of Chinese cities imbued...2013-03-0807 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastSylvain Levy's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This podcast is part of Schoeni Art Gallery's Conversation series, that was produced in celebration of the gallery's 20th Anniversary in November 2013.
Sylvan Levy is an art collector and founder of DSL collection, who embraces the discovery and promotion of Chinese contemporary arts.
In November last year Sylvain Levy gave Schoeni Art Gallery some insight into his wife's and his art collection, called DSL collection and how it has developed over time. Another interesting topic he brings up...2013-03-0817 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastUli Sigg's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This podcast is part of Schoeni Art Gallery's Conversation series, that was produced in celebration of the gallery's 20th Anniversary in November 2013.
One of the most significant collectors of contemporary Chinese art, Uli Sigg talks about how he began to collect as an emphasis on the importance of documenting the biggest cultural space in the world when no one was doing so back in the late 1980s. He also talks about how his collection ended up being placed...2013-03-0808 minSchoeni Art Gallery's PodcastKaren Smith's Podcast by Schoeni Art Gallery<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/93/8b/65/54486/1400x1400_8108015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />In December last year, we caught up with Karen Smith renown curator and writer on the topic of Chinese contemporary art.
She had lived in Hong Kong from March 1989 to November 1992 and has been living in China ever since. In part two of our conversation series she takes us back to the Hong Kong Art Scene in the early 1990s, and compares it with the scene today, with great hope for its future.2013-03-0807 min