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- Alice Ho
- Bowen Yang
- Celsivincys Kumar
- darren jorgensen
- Darren Jorgensen and Tami Xiang
- Debbie Gilchrist
- Eloise Viney
- Erika Johanson
- Felicity Ostergaard
- Harry Price
- James Enderby
- Jemma Yovacic
- Jessica Cottam
- Jiayang Qin
- Jinx Zhou
- Johan Sulaiman
- Kiara Player
- Kye Fisher
- Lucy Leech
- Lévi McLean
- Maddie Sarich
- Peter Kidson
- Rachel Ciesla
- Sam Beard
- Sam Beard
- Sara Fong
- Tami Xiang
- Valentina Sartori
Qi Zhilong in his studio, 2024. Photo by Kye Fisher
Li Xianting remarked of his role as an editor and a critic as follows:
“I just wanted to draw people’s attention towards a certain issue. I wanted to stir debate and stoke discourse”
Guan Kan 观看 attempts to stand in this tradition, and uphold Mr Li’s dedication to critical investigation on Contemporary Chinese Art. Below you will find a series of essays, criticism, interviews with artists, art theory and art writing, aimed at analyzing the history and future of art.
Scholarly debate and analysis is welcomed by the journal as well as negotiating intercultural differences which may arise.
To join this discussion, please get in contact with Guan Kan 观看
The Loneliness of Can’t Being Alone: Lassnig and her Dual-Shadow Body
A Chinese art critic, writing about an Austrian artist, being displayed in Beijing, for an Australian journal - what could be better! Jiayang Qin has plumbs the dwells into the duality of the body in Maria Lassnig's oeuvre recently exhibited at UCCA in Beijing. Sharply theoretical and deeply poetic, Jiayang makes a critical intervention, not only into art historical research but also philosophy of the body.
Field Notes: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong
The question of whether we can trace a ‘beginning’ of contemporary art in China requires an understanding of the historical circumstances which precipitated the creation and development of Chinese contemporary art within a global context.