Mister Sea (Hai gongzi) by Pu Songling (1640-1715)
This brief story is one of nearly five hundred pieces included in Pu Songling’s famous collection Strange Tales from Liaozhai. Falling between tale and anecdote, “Mister Sea” is narrated in a deceptively straightforward manner in the objective stance befitting “The Historian of the Strange,” the sobriquet that Pu adopted for himself.
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Geng Xue’s latest solo show “Spirituality · Being · Caves” is presented by Zhejiang Art Museum
Geng Xue’s ongoing series ‘Socrates‘ Square’ is shown in a current exhibition at Hi-Tower Art Gallery, Beijing…
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The Washboard is a Language: A Study of Nüshu (女书) and Women’s Histories in Tao Aimin’s Her Secret Code
The artist has collected over a thousand washboards from women living in China’s countryside, transforming them into sculptural and two-dimensional works. In Her Secret Code, Tao’s first exhibition in Australia, the arched ridges of the washboard—bearing the unique traces of their former user’s touch—methodically re-appear and haunt the space in imprints and impressions.
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Tao Aimin featured in today’s issue of The Australian
Tao Aimin is featured in today’s issue of The Australian on the occasion of her solo exhibition Her Secret Code: Tao Aimin and Nüshu, opening tonight.
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Her Secret Code: Tao Aimin and Nüshu
In this time of a continuing “#MeToo” reckoning, and a long overdue reappraisal of the work of female artists, Vermilion Art celebrates the work of women with three significant solo shows in March to July 2023.
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