Comments on: YISHUS: The Inaugural Column About Art In China, From A Real Artist In Beijing http://beijingcream.com/2012/02/yishus-the-inaugural-column-about-art-in-china-from-a-real-artist-in-beijing/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: China’s Earliest Nude Picture | That's Beijing - Beijing and China News http://beijingcream.com/2012/02/yishus-the-inaugural-column-about-art-in-china-from-a-real-artist-in-beijing/#comment-240005 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:25:14 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=213#comment-240005 [...] In 1930, he published Album of Nude Photographs, which created – to say the least – a sensation. Look how far we’ve come. [...]

]]> By: » The Situation Is Excellent: The Week That Was At Beijing Cream Beijing Cream http://beijingcream.com/2012/02/yishus-the-inaugural-column-about-art-in-china-from-a-real-artist-in-beijing/#comment-32 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:00:37 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=213#comment-32 [...] was a week of firsts: the first art column, in which resident artist Lola B analyzed traditional Chinese ink and wash paintings and expressed [...]

]]> By: Kat Clauhs http://beijingcream.com/2012/02/yishus-the-inaugural-column-about-art-in-china-from-a-real-artist-in-beijing/#comment-20 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:58:01 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=213#comment-20 I liked this column a lot. Although it seems you do so in semi-jest, I don’t think it’s particularly fair to use Jeff Koons and the stereotypically vapid and image-conscious Western collector who might overpay for his work in order to join the art club to represent American art collectors. I feel that they are certainly the minority and that most Western collectors buy what they know and do so with zeal, passion and a high level of personal attachment.

Guohua would be more properly compared to Western mid-century or Modern art I think than to Koons or Hirst. And the question you ask about Met visitors checking out a Pollock vs a Qi Baoshi or the like, I actually think it would be a comparably short amount of time. I think the “average” non-expert sort-of-interested museum goer might find both Abstract Expressionism & Guohua to be relatively boring.

Returning to the Koons/Hirst issue (ugh, how I despise them both) I think the buyers of these artists can find their Chinese counterparts grossly overbidding on the likes of Feng Zhengie, Zhang Xiaogang, and Yue Minjun.

Anyway, just my two cents. Looking forward to reading your column!

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