Happy Chinese New Year!

Flying Dragonm 32" x 32" with 67 cm x 67cm with silk brocade mat
By Artist Chan Da Bei

Today is New Year, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. This is the year of the water dragon. The Year of the Dragon is considered the luckiest in the Chinese Zodiac. I hope it treats you well.

wunderkammer hat

Over a year ago magpie & whiskeyjack commented on the animal-as-headgear trend. Where do you go from there? What's next after wearing animals as hats? Well, you need contemporary-psychedelic fungi-jellyfish-sea anemone ladybugs-cabinets of curiousity on your head. I'm telling you, expect it on the catwalks next.

Check out the portfolio of Chinese artists Zhou Fan.










{via but it does float}

Sculpting about the Economy

This photo of Chinese sculptor Chen Wenling's “What You see Might Not Be Real," comes via the Wall Street Journal of all places. This is because the bull represents Wall St and the man is Bernie Madoff. The sculpture is a critique of the financial crisis. It helps to know that fang pi in Chinese is both "to fart" and slang for "to lie".


“What You see Might Not Be Real"

A lot of satire, some surrealism, and many pigs can be found in his work.


Chen Wenling, The God of Material, 2008 Sculpture, Fiberglass, 200 x 365 x252cm presented by Xin Dong Cheng Gallery


Uninvited Guest, 2008.


“Valiant Struggle No. 10″, 2006


"Happy Life No. 8"


Sunny Boy


Happy Life No. 3