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F*CK THAT pretentious talk! Screw it to politics! YOU COULD BE full of happiness, love and passion for life and make amazing contemporary arts!

Passion. Love. Sex. China. After the "New New Generation" of Chinese new media artists and photographers made their Canadian debut in the No Pandas group exhibit at Xpace Gallery , we are now on the move to Smoke Gallery at Niagara Falls. For this recent successful hit show just finished in Toronto, curator Siya Chen has assembled a selection of works exploring the intricate and emerging cultural landscape of China in the new millennia.


223, a younger (and better looking) Chinese version of Terry Richardson, is making his numeric name an international staple with rough and ready images of sexually ambiguous moments with his fellow artists and friends. While his online blog is being stalked by millions on a daily basis, 223 has yet to use a digital camera, preferring to document his "own little private Broadway" with "Lomo" or point and shoot cameras. His belief that anyone who knows how to live a life can be a photographer is humorously articulated through imagery such as hot young girls making out in superman outfits.

My Little Dead Dick is Madi and American-Chinese PatPat, a fresh young couple who explore their passion for life and sexuality through self-portraits of world travel. Their work is a combination of raw emotion and passion collected from one-hour-photo developing places and ranges from naked photos over city landscapes in Tibet and Nepal to the joy of after-sex in hostels.

The exchange of culture is also evidenced through illustrators Kulico and GumGum. While the work of GumGum's Jun comes off "tres artistique" and reminiscent of early album covers, his female partner Mee's works are provokingly sexual featuring naked cutie girls pleasuring themselves alongside obscure cartoon images of female legs on pieces of raw meat. Equally provocative are the works of Kulico, which draw on ideas of sexual repression and fetish through simple yet surprising powerful sketches.

Aside from overtly sexual images, of which there is no shortage, there are also more tranquil displays. Birdhead, a young male duo, exhibit their experimental documentation of China's changing city landscapes in the form of everyday snapshots of themselves and each other. Similarly, Alex So, the brainchild of the Coldtea online-magazine, presents the mutating southern city of Guangzhou as a backdrop to the young, beautiful and seemingly narcissist local youth.

While the selection of talented twenty-something artists showcasing here are some of the most familiar new wavers, there is also a glimpse of a much larger emerging culture found within various e-zines and regional publications. A selection of graffiti arts and short videos from the underground rock and indie music scenes will also be screened during the exhibition.

Admission is free.

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http://dm.sohu.com/s2007/midimarket/

Here are just few to give you an idea of what is waiting for you @ Xpace.


i-Mart – Creative Market
"…and so the exciting 'i-Mart' project began, calling on the brightest creatives in South China to make their very own flea market."


In 2005, Chinese student Wang Yiying at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London wrote the book "Fashion Market". Featuring interviews with 16 artists and designers at London's Spitalfield's and Portobello Market, the book's popularity among young Chinese spurned the idea of a creative flea market in China. But that's not as easy as it sounds, with city administrators frowning upon street stalls, branding them unworthy.

Inspired by the book, Guangzhou-based City Pictorial magazine decided to challenge this misunderstanding, and prove that flea markets can be positive places where fresh original creativity rises, flows and grows.
"Creative markets are already very popular abroad. But there's no such cool place in China for young talent to show their works. Since we have the resources, why not create one by ourselves?" says Liu Qiongxiong, editorial director of City Pictorial. And the exciting "i-Mart" project began, calling on the brightest creatives in South China.

The first "i-Mart" was launched on a basketball field in Guangzhou last July, drawing crowds of local youngsters from designers and art students to Hip-Hop dancers and rappers. Young designers were able to experience the fun of selling their works and at the same time make connections with other like-minded artists.

"i-Mart" has now become a regular event every two months and is attracting more and more fresh talent and a growing number of experienced artists. Support has never been better, with both government and advertisers on board. And it's not just restricted to Guangzhou, 'i-Mart" has successfully developed its brand of creative youth culture in other cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen, breathing life into the respective scenes through its carnival-like atmosphere.
(excerpted from That's PRD )

This year, "i-Mart X Midi Music Festival" was held on May 1 - 4 at Haidian Park, Beijing, then it return to Guangzhou in June. For more information visit imart.creativecn.cn

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Updated on July 25th
The Opening party was such a amazing success!! Photos from the opening are now uploaded here!

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Updated on July 24th

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Turned out the press/media like us!! Woohoo!!

Up-to-date press coverage is available now at the press button, or --->here

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Updated on July 2nd

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City Pictorial magazine will be on site at the exhibit around lounge area for you to explore more of the emerging exciting scene of young contemporary life and creative environment in China.

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