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Everything about art and CAAN art. Postscripts of art events, art critiques, artist interviews, essays and more.

Aug 21, 2022

Dialogue | Ye He

"An Anti-Modern Narrative on the Edge of Control and Loss of Control" - Ye's works usually fly between psychoanalysis and the occult, exploring the margins and extreme forms in the spiritual world.

Dialogue | Ye He

Aug 13, 2022

Dialogue | Shiqian Pan

Shiqian is focused on bringing out the incongruities that hide, unappreciated, beneath the surface of everyday life, into her spotlight.

Dialogue | Shiqian Pan

Jun 25, 2022

Pioneer Salon | A Nomad in Liminal Space and Time

Back and forth between the East and the West, He Gong's life and creation practice the spiritual pursuit and political responsibility of exiles.

Pioneer Salon | A Nomad in Liminal Space and Time

Jun 15, 2022

Artists Present Recap | Reborn from between freedom and surrender

This article will combine guest Elinor sharing and relevant theoretical research to tell the story of Dora Marr from the perspective of gender and class, and make a sincere response to "what is the meaning of feminism".

Artists Present Recap | Reborn from between freedom and surrender

Jun 12, 2022

Dialogue|Sonia Jia

Sonia's work studies and discusses many fields including Bataille's philosophy, Hedonism, Feminism, LGBTQ, Psychology, sociology and so on. Her creating style and medium of work are still changing and in the process of experiment.

Dialogue|Sonia Jia

Jun 6, 2022

Pioneer Salon|Lianjie Zheng: Scene is history, record is art (II)

10 questions that our audiences asked Lianjie Zheng in our first pioneer salon event.

Pioneer Salon|Lianjie Zheng: Scene is history, record is art (II)

May 19, 2022

Pioneer Salon|Lianjie Zheng: Scene is history, record is art (I)

Zheng's works are based on the exploration of the connection between macro narration, environment and life experience, and record the concrete "reality" under the interweaving of time and space with images and actions, trying to touch the sorrow and tenacity in the historical torrent, whether intimate or distant.

Pioneer Salon|Lianjie Zheng: Scene is history, record is art (I)

May 15, 2022

Dialogue|Yujie Zhou

Yujie works on self-reflective projects close to home, seeking to interrogate dominant historical narratives and individuality. The main topic in her artistic work is to explore the relationship between personal life experience and mainstream history storytelling.

Dialogue|Yujie Zhou

Apr 13, 2022

Dialogue|Yaozhi Liu

Yaozhi focuses on the topics of urbanization, environmental change, and protection by using landscape photography and multimedia installations.

Dialogue|Yaozhi Liu

Apr 4, 2022

Artists Present Recap | Imagine multiple identities and possibilities

In the Critique panel, CAAN took the concept of "performance art" as the theme and focuses on the work of young artist Yao Yucen and Zhang Yumeng.

Artists Present Recap | Imagine multiple identities and possibilities

Apr 1, 2022

Artists Present Recap | Have a Talk with the Changing Times

In March, we invited 5 artists to show their works to the audience, describe their creative experience, exchange their creative experience, and have an in-depth discussion with the host and audience on the future direction of the project.

Artists Present Recap | Have a Talk with the Changing Times

Mar 25, 2022

The Dark Side of the Moon: Consensual Imagination and Practice

How do we define overseas Chinese art? From what point of view can such labels lead art to new territory rather than to self-limitation?

The Dark Side of the Moon: Consensual Imagination and Practice

Mar 17, 2022

Dialogue | Luhu Lan

A performance artist in Chicago. Observing social problems through the window of art, express concerns and make changes through works.

Dialogue | Luhu Lan

Feb 20, 2022

Dialogue | Beihua Guo

Explore the fragile relationship between man and nature, and the blurred boundary between natural environment and built environment.

Dialogue | Beihua Guo

Feb 9, 2022

Screening plan | "Endless Shadowlands"

The documentary document of screening of documentary "Endless Shadowlands"

Screening plan | "Endless Shadowlands"

Jan 16, 2022

We talked about "Metaverse"

As we head into 2022, the words "Metaverse" and "NFT" are popping up more and more frequently in conversations. We did a quick check, and over the past 12 months, NFT has been valued at $23 billion to $40 billion.

We talked about "Metaverse"

Jan 9, 2022

Dialogue | Wanyue An

Explore the relationship between individualism, feminism and society.

Dialogue | Wanyue An

Oct 31, 2021

Welcome to CAAN - Chinese Artists in America Network

A short introduction of us.

Welcome to CAAN - Chinese Artists in America Network

Artist Present Recap | Bygone: Life Outside the Secret Anxiety

Artist Present Recap |  Bygone: Life Outside the Secret Anxiety
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