Comments on: Chinese art market confidence http://blog.escdotdot.com/2010/01/13/chinese-art-market-confidence/ intangible cultural activity in china Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sylvain levy http://blog.escdotdot.com/2010/01/13/chinese-art-market-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 sylvain levy Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:45:39 +0000 http://blog.escdotdot.com/?p=899#comment-1413 Why should one collect chinese contemporary art Historically, great art comes out of periods of change — and certainly China is in one of those periods. There are significant issues for artists to address, and work is being produced that is no longer merely about Mao, but about issues of genuine concern — the largest population movements from rural to urban environments in history (and the resulting challenges and dispossessed), the transformation from pre-industrial to post-industrial society in a period of a few years rather than decades or centuries, the bombardment of the digital age, and the desire to reconnect with a disjointed history and rich cultural tradition. There has been a lot of money flowing around the Chinese art scene over the past few years that has had a dramatic effect on the art scene and the nature of the art being produced. This volume of funds is going to fluctuate in the coming year or so, which is not a bad thing. It might make artists reflect upon the quality of the work they are producing, and encourage some of the new galleries to formulate more productive strategies to deal with a slackening off in the market. So, hopefully, these recent events will have a positive impact. Many people in China today are only just becoming aware of the contemporary art produced by local artists As two years ago, few could name even a single Chinese collector of contemporary art. It was a truism that the Chinese preferred to spend their money acquiring antiquities and classical works. Since then several well-known mainland collectors have emerged on the scene. Looking at the continued innovations of the older generations of artists, as well as the growing number of young graduates from art academies around the country, I think we can safely say that Chinese contemporary art is far from an imminent demise. It might have been a bit under the weather in recent months given the mood of the international and the domestic art markets (and the media), but being still young, vibrant Sylvain Levy Founder of dsl collection dsl collection represents more than 90 of the most chines contemporary artits. the collection is exhibited on the web at <a href="http://www.dslcollection.org" target="_blank">www.dslcollection.org</a> Why should one collect chinese contemporary art
Historically, great art comes out of periods of change — and certainly China is in one of those periods. There are significant issues for artists to address, and work is being produced that is no longer merely about Mao, but about issues of genuine concern — the largest population movements from rural to urban environments in history (and the resulting challenges and dispossessed), the transformation from pre-industrial to post-industrial society in a period of a few years rather than decades or centuries, the bombardment of the digital age, and the desire to reconnect with a disjointed history and rich cultural tradition.
There has been a lot of money flowing around the Chinese art scene over the past few years that has had a dramatic effect on the art scene and the nature of the art being produced. This volume of funds is going to fluctuate in the coming year or so, which is not a bad thing. It might make artists reflect upon the quality of the work they are producing, and encourage some of the new galleries to formulate more productive strategies to deal with a slackening off in the market. So, hopefully, these recent events will have a positive impact.
Many people in China today are only just becoming aware of the contemporary art produced by local artists
As two years ago, few could name even a single Chinese collector of contemporary art. It was a truism that the Chinese preferred to spend their money acquiring antiquities and classical works. Since then several well-known mainland collectors have emerged on the scene.
Looking at the continued innovations of the older generations of artists, as well as the growing number of young graduates from art academies around the country, I think we can safely say that Chinese contemporary art is far from an imminent demise. It might have been a bit under the weather in recent months given the mood of the international and the domestic art markets (and the media), but being still young, vibrant
Sylvain Levy
Founder of dsl collection
dsl collection represents more than 90 of the most chines contemporary artits. the collection is exhibited on the web at
http://www.dslcollection.org

]]> By: escdotdot http://blog.escdotdot.com/2010/01/13/chinese-art-market-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 escdotdot Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:16:03 +0000 http://blog.escdotdot.com/?p=899#comment-1047 Thank you JingDaily, good information there and you have an interesting website, I will be keeping an eye on it. A benefit from a dearth in the big names could be renewed attention on lesser known (and, in my opinion, more interesting) artists, thereby encouraging development in market content. Thank you JingDaily, good information there and you have an interesting website, I will be keeping an eye on it. A benefit from a dearth in the big names could be renewed attention on lesser known (and, in my opinion, more interesting) artists, thereby encouraging development in market content.

]]> By: JingDaily http://blog.escdotdot.com/2010/01/13/chinese-art-market-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 JingDaily Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:26:43 +0000 http://blog.escdotdot.com/?p=899#comment-1033 The report is really bullish on established, historical artists. Yang Fudong, Ai Weiwei and Xu Bing topped both the Confidence Ranking (Short-term) and the Longevity Ranking (Long-term). The report also pretty definitively states that prices should continue to trend upward, especially if internal demand keeps driving scarcity of those historical artists that are popular in the mainland. We recently covered the ArtTactic survey here: <a href="http://www.jingdaily.com/en/culture/new-arttactic-survey-shows-confidence-in-chinese-contemporary-art-market-is-back/" target="_blank">http://www.jingdaily.com/en/culture/new-arttactic...</a> The report is really bullish on established, historical artists. Yang Fudong, Ai Weiwei and Xu Bing topped both the Confidence Ranking (Short-term) and the Longevity Ranking (Long-term). The report also pretty definitively states that prices should continue to trend upward, especially if internal demand keeps driving scarcity of those historical artists that are popular in the mainland.

We recently covered the ArtTactic survey here: http://www.jingdaily.com/en/culture/new-arttactic…

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