?This year we?ve recognized Stalin and Mao?s power by switching off the lights in the main hall.? Colin Chinnery, ShContemporary?s director, holds back a laugh, looking up a the Sino-Soviet Friendship Building, now the Shanghai Exhibition Center, and home to this year?s ShContemporary exhibition. ?The building is so overpowering, we don?t want to overwhelm the art.?
There?s not much danger of that. After a two-year lull caused by the 2008 market crash, China?s edgiest fair, ShContemporary, is back in top gear. Chinnery, the former director of Beijing?s nonprofit Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), is a perfect fit for bringing cutting edge work to Shanghai?s fledging art market. read more
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