A Chinese Art ‘Star’ in His Sphere: Despite his general excitement with China’s art scene, Mr. Huang seems increasingly ambivalent about the direction Chinese contemporary art has been headed in recent years, and by what he sees as an excessive reliance on market tastes. “We have adopted, for art, the same language that we use when talking about the Olympics. We are constantly exulting over some new ‘record,’ no matter whether it is the highest price ever paid for a Chinese piece, or the biggest international auction. And in this way, many young artists think that they have already become part of a world movement, but we are not there yet,” he says. [WSJ]
Jeff Wall’s Unlovely World: The work, typical of this Canadian artist, manages to be enigmatic and enervating, cruel and farcical, monumental and banal — all at once. For all that Wallworld is mean, ugly, and cold, however, this unlovely work somehow demands attention. [NY Sun]
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