Hong Kong, Mar 14, 2025, on-line, https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk In this lecture, Pierson traced the development of blue ceramics in China. She started off with the first known appearances of blue pigment under preceding centuries, then Talked about Tang and ended up by adding a bit about the following dynasty, Song. Blue and white ceramic can be…
Hong Kong, Feb 27, 2025, on-line, https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk Pierson is a professor of Chinese ceramics at SOAS London and currently a visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong. This was a first lecture in a series of four. The topic of this lecture was (interior) architecture used for porcelain displays. She started from the most…
After the very problematic transmediale last year, that resulted in the quiet and early departure of director Nora O Murchu, I was quite worried how this edition will turn out. My worries increased when another anti-projewish message was posted on the tm web in November. Would the paying visitors be again taken innocent hostages to…
Prague, 14 June – 29 September, 2024, https://matterof.art For this edition, the itinerant biennial moved to the large hall of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletrzni Palac) of the National Gallery. Another half of the show was in the City Gallery of Lidice outside of Prague. This linked into the theme of the show, which focused…
Frankfurt/Main, August 3 – 11, 2024, https://www.instagram.com/marsfrankfurt/ A group of befriended artists from Japan and Germany organised a show together. Different styles, different media, different gerenrations. The connecting point seems to have been some kind of residency program, and the motivation the obtaining of some Japanese artist mobility grants to enjoy a European summer culture…
Busan, May 8 – June 30, 2024, https://www.kukjegallery.com/ Na Kim is a well known Korean graphic designer who “made it” in New York. Capitalising on her fame in Korea, she now branched out into painting. The exhibits where classical acrylic-on-canvas or acryllic-on-wood paintings, taking up motives and assemblages from her scrapbook. One could clearly see…
Busan, May 1 – May 24, 2024, http://www.f1963.org An exhibit of many handcrafted paper dolls showing a scene of … I think it was a Japanese envoy visiting Korea? 300 hundred something years ago? It seems to be an important event in Busan, that is also regularly commemorated. Unfortunately all the text was in Korean…
Busan, December 8, 2023 – June 16, 2024, https://motorstudio.hyundai.com/busan Jimin Park curated show. A furtniture designer and curator. It was quite educational/illustrative. Artworks that show/explain something. Somehow more like a experiential sociological/marketing study about smart home target groups. Even though the intent behind individual artworks might have been different, maybe even opposite, the overall assembly…
Busan, http://www.f1963.org A wire factory reconstructed as a multicultural complex. A nice place to hang out for everyone. Nice architecture. The biggest floor space was taken up by a large cafe. The surrounding area contained enough land for future development… we all know how it goes… Build a nicely designed culture space in a converted…
Yongin, March 21, 2024 – August 18, 2024 (Blockchain) / February 23, 2025 (Wake Up), https://njp.ggcf.kr This was my third visit to the Nam June Paik Art Center (after 2012 and 2013). One decade later, the exhibition titles are new, but I was greeted by the same TV garden, the same Paik robot, the same…