Dark Creativity in Shanghai
Indonesian contemporary art went on display for the first time in China’s largest economic and financial center. Although the works of art are not all easy to understand it is good news to see them exhibited in a nation that harbors ambitions of becoming the lead player in international contemporary art.
September 15, 2010
A ROW of spotlights along the path of a city park surrounded by dozens of long, tall buildings, started to be dimmed. The leaves of lotuses in rounded jars still had raindrops on them, courtesy of a gently passing drizzle. After the start of Isya prayers at around 8pm when darkness descends, in a restaurant that stands amidst the sound of trickling water, in the middle of the complex of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Shanghai last July
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