Machine Love: The Making of… “Everything Old Is New Again”

Imagine this. You pass a laneway in the dark. At the end of the dim, cavernous lane a beautiful woman flirts shamelessly. The object of her affection is not a handsome suitor but – a vending machine. She gyrates, blows kisses, and dances with the monolith. It puts me in mind of a famous scene from Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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The Making of… “They Don’t Call It Shanglow”

If you suffer from vertigo or fear of heights this artwork -  “They Don’t Call It Shanglow” - may be phobia-inducing. Panoramas and skylines, photographed in black and white, and populated with oversized LED animations, are a signatur...Read more

Didn’t We Just? The Making of… “The Fun We Had”

Let’s slip past the heavy front door of island6’s main gallery at the collective’s M50 headquarters in Shanghai. Join me and our cast of directors, choreographers and performing artists as we go behind the scenes of one of the photo-shoots for the making of “The Fun We Had,” a hybrid Liu Dao artwork that incorporates film and painting.

It’s after closing time on a balmy Shanghai evening ...Read more

Bending the Mountain and Honoring the Water: Shan Shui (山水) in the Work of Liu Dao

Liu Dao always strives to mix old and new as a reflection of China’s eclectic and ever-expanding cultural horizons. This dedication to the past, present, and future of China may be seen in both subject and medium. Liu Dao artworks are typically comprised of a multitude of media – paintings in acrylic and oil, Read more

A night to remember: ‘Geek Is The New Chic’ – island6 Shanghai, Friday 13 June 2014

A night to remember: ‘Geek Is The New Chic’ – island6 Shanghai, Friday 13 June 2014

Chic geeks and fashionistas mixed freely on the floor at island6 for Geek Is The New Chic.

Geeks rubbed shoulders with fashionistas as the flagship gallery of Shanghai’...Read more

‘The Artist Always Get Paid Last’ Opening Night @ island6 Bund

‘The Artist Always Get Paid Last’ Opening Night @ island6 Bund

As the champagne flowed, delicious canapés were prepared, and the well-travelled French oysters were shucked as our latest exhibition in our Bund space on the historic Fuzhou Road got underway on Wednesday night. The premise of the exhibition is that the artist always gets paid last… an unfortunate, universal truth. The guests mingled, and as well at the culinary treats on offer, consumed the art produced on-site by the Liu Dao collective in our main gallery and workshop in M50, the art district ...Read more

‘The Artist Always Get Paid Last’ Opening Night @ island6 Bund

‘The Artist Always Get Paid Last’ Opening Night @ island6 Bund

Quick pep talk before the opening!

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