May 5, 2010

• Easy Kid Crafts Ideas and Benefits

  Easy kid crafts are great to keep any kid occupied while driving their creativity and igniting their artistic senses. Although you can buy made crafts in the store, why not make them? (…)

January 27, 2010

• Da Vinci's Wisdom: The Man Behind The Code

  If you have a television, radio or read the newspaper, you will have heard of the big controversial subject that has spread like wildfire across the world! (…)

November 23, 2009

• Artists – Make Yourself Available to Grow Your Fanbase

  I recently had an email from a concerned woman. Her husband, a self taught artist, had tried several ways of marketing his artwork, all to no avail. (…)

October 26, 2009

• Which is Your Type of Art Form

  Art in Latin means "skill" or "craft" and it is generally accepted to be "the product or process of the effective application of a body of knowledge, most often using a set of skills, which from concept to creation adheres to the "creative impulse" of the maker." As centuries of art study reveal, art has taken many forms and has touched upon many disciplines. (…)

September 30, 2009

• The Beauty of an Abstract Painting

  Have you ever been to an art museum and looked at an abstract painting? Did you find yourself asking what was this artist thinking when he created this abstract painting? (…)

September 2, 2009

• Organic Art…painting with food, berries, and flowers!

  Author: Deb Haugen
  The other day I started experimenting with alternative art materials. There are so many ways to create really original art. (…)

July 22, 2009

• Anime – See The Best Anime On The Internet

  As anime grows continually more popular as a form of animation, the most dedicated fans of anime who call themselves Otaku could not be happier! (…)

• J-Pop – Find The Best J-Pop On The Web

  As anime grows constantly more popular as a form of animation, the most devoted fans of anime who call themselves Otaku could not be happier! (…)

July 3, 2009

• Learn Oil Painting – Basic Beginner Steps

  Author: Bryon Zirker
  Oil paint dries very slowly, Unlike acrylic paints which dry very quickly. Acrylic paint was initially created as an underpainting medium for oil painting. (…)

April 30, 2009

• Internet Marketing Influencing Art

  I have a friend who is actively involved in the world of arts both in the educational and business aspect – offline. (…)

April 29, 2009

• MAD FOR REAL

  Cai Yuan and JJ Xi performance 1999-2005
  Edited by Katie Hill
  Published by Carrots Press London 2005
  in a limited edition of 500 copies
  ISBN 0955107407
  Pages 128
  Binding Soft back
  Illustration 135 colour, 19 b&w illustrations
  Dimensions 260mm x 210mm
  This book is a very richly illustrated full-colour catalogue of JJ Xi and Cai Yuan's performance work from 1999 to 2005, with an essay by Dr Katie Hill and an interview by the curator Sally Lai. (…)

• Madness Duplicity and Reality

  Katie Hill
  Manchester, September 2004. The audience wait in the dark gallery for something we know will be shocking, bizarre, a spectacle. (…)

April 24, 2009

• In The Name Of Art

  Sally Lai interviews Cai Yuan and JJ Xi
  Yishu Journal Contemporary Chinese Art, Issue of December 2004
  Original from China, Cai Yuan and JJ Xi have been living and working in the United Kingdom since the 1980s, having trained at Goldsmiths and Royal College of Art. (…)

• Curriculum Vitae

  Cai Yuan
  1980 – 1983 Nanjing College of Art, Nanjing
  1986 – 1989 BA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
  1989 – 1991 MA, Royal College of Art, London
  JJ Xi
  1982 – 1986 BA, Central Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing
  1993 – 1994 MA, Goldsmiths' College, University of London
  Exhibitions and projects
  2007
  Soya Sauce and Ketchup-Universal Project, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
  Chinese Performance Photograph Documentation Since 1979, Inter Art Centre, Beijing
  Transfiguration, Performance, Louis T Blouin Foundation, London UK
  Legacy, Rossi & Rossi Ltd, London
  Mad For Real Film, BBC big screen, Clayton Square, Liverpool
  2006
  On the Big Screen, Corner House, Manchester
  Vital, Manchester, UK
  Dou-pi-gai: struggle criticise reform, Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil
  Monkey King Sculpture and Live Art Project, Private ZOO, Colchester Arts Centre, UK
  Point to the East, Strike in the West, photo and performance, 798 Dashanzi, Beijing
  Dou-pi-gai: struggle criticise reform, performance, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin
  2005
  Monkey King Photograph Project, Artists Link Shanghai, British Council
  Transposition, Office for Contemporary Arts Norway, Oslo
  Apple of My Eye, V&A Museum, London
  Monkey King at Layso School, ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
  2004
  The Culture of Cooking Salon Series, Home, London
  Liverpool Live, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool Biennial
  Answer with YES and NO!, Nasubi Gallery, Mori Museum, Tokyo
  Face to Face, AURA gallery, Shanghai
  Happy & Glorious, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester
  THINK UK, DaDao International Live Art Festival, Beijing
  Monkey King causes havoc in the Heavenly Palace, British Museum
  Alive, Alive-O! (…)

• Biography

  Born in China in 1956 and 1962 respectively, Cai Yuan and JJ Xi have been living and working in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. (…)