art in BJ

singing along with Lou Reed: such a perfect day...., i had one of those yesterday. i went with a bunch of friends on a tour to SongChuang Art village, the "world biggest" (sic!) art village. as the wellknow art district 798 becimes more and more commercial, just as the chinese art itself, with more cafes than interesting art, we thought SongCHuang would offer something new, fresh and more authentic. so - guided by Kasper a dutch artist i met 2 years ago, and who is liekwise in holidays here- we travelled far far in the outskirts of BJ, probably even in another province, cause it took is bus-subway- 1 hour bus and 30 min walk. and we ended in a gallery-studio-appartment, and in the local museum. but mmmm... to be honest all a bit dissapointing. i dont know what will happen with the area in 1-2 years., althugh it seems some of chinese artist are builing there their new spaces. such as cui xiuwen. a student of vicky and a famous photographer. 

but most fun was to explore somthingtogether with nice friends and ending  in a superb Yunnan restaurant, so nice. 

kasper and alex

the museum

everything is 'art' in the art village, even restaurants ;)

photo by Cui xuiwen