Our friend Meng Ni Beh, who has translated English to Chinese for us on our website, curated a show in the Triangle Gallery at Chelsea College of Art & Design that was called PINK is the new Red (March 11-19 2008). The exhibition was an opportunity to see a spectrum of art practices being conducted by some staff and students from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, celebrating the exchange programme with Chelsea College of Art & Design that, together, we had instigated.
Shades of pink are everywhere. We are using shocking pink in our banner, a colour inspired by the latest Shanghai Biennale catalogue. This kind of pink makes an appearance in the Made Up banner and catalogue cover designs too! Pink is the colour for the upcoming Bluecoat show called Next Up, that includes work by Jay.
Perhaps we need to move on, or back to red? The Translocalmotion catalogue has some images that contrast Shanghai's past with the present. You can see the overviews of the city, the old racetrack and present day People's Square. The old Horse Racing Clubhouse is now the Shanghai Art Museum, the main home of the last six Shanghai Biennales.
Looking at past and present is what we will be doing on the blog for a while, and with special focus on the Bund and Dongdaming Lu in Shanghai and the Dock Road and Pier Head in Liverpool. This research will be part of the programme of support for a project that Philip and Hangfeng are working on at the moment.
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