Chinese artist Xiao Bai

Xia Xiaowan’s 3D artworks

Chinese artist Xia Xiaowan’s 3D paintings using multiple panes of glass to create depth are simple in concept, but the results are pretty captivating. His pieces look like strange cloud people appearing out of the ether. Read more

Luo Tao

I love this series of color etchings by Chinese artist, Luo Tao. Of the project, she says: ’since the 2008 Olympic games, China has grown like a giant and been frequently commented about by the British media. I have drawn on my perspective as a native Chinese person to comment on aspects of Chinese culture and education. I have this done through etching images that combine political satire, allegory and dark humor’. Read more

Wang Guangle

Chinese artist Wang Guangle has used terrazzo tiles — the preferred floor tiles in Chinese institutional buildings — as inspiration for six years now. His early paintings were realist renderings of light hitting the pieces of polymer resin infused with flecks of marble, but eventually the artist turned his entire canvases into tiles, abstracting the images. In some of his more recent works, he imitated the tradition from his home town where elderly people put a layer of paint on their coffins each year until they die. Read more

Bin Zhang’s comic book art

The work of Chinese comic artist Benjamin — nee Bin Zhang — is full of energy, and bright but contracted colours. He has published his comic book in seven European countries, and his book, Orange, was a big hit in the French market. After impressing fans with his fast and dynamic drawing skills at the Comic Convention in New York, the editors at Marvel Comics started to take notice of this young digital artist. Read more

Robot Shirts

The Robot Shirt brand was created by CiCi and Aaron, two graduates from Auckland University. Their slogan? ‘You wear shirts, we make them’. Indeed we do. [also read about New Zealand fashion label, Stolen Girlfriends Club]

Public Press

If you’re a fan of contemporary art, if you like t-shirts and toys, and if you’re in Auckland, New Zealand, then you’ll probably want to get along to Public Press at the Sideroom Gallery, featuring the work of 20 emerging artists. The exhibition runs until August 23.