Urban Flux magazine: Context & Content – A transposition of boundary

Fan Ling: Fat, Flat, Float

CU Space, 706 Beisanjie, 798 Art Zone, Beijing

11 – 24 June, 2011

Urban Flux magazine cover

Rather than at its appearance as part of this show at CU Space, the first encounter I had with Fan Ling’s work was as part of the Focus on Talents Finalists Exhibition at the Today Art Museum in Beijing, where the works FAT and FLAT were transposed to the new venue. Thus the art museum provided the original context for my understanding of his work and that provides a launching off point for my appreciation of it.

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