Children's Day
A small patch of green has sprung up in the concrete jungle of Jinqiao. To celebrate events around Children's Day at Life Hub@Jinqiao, the greens call on young people to care for nature. A toy train has also been built at the site to welcome children for rides. Landscape designer Yu Minggao has made a gazebo in the open yard.
10 am-10 pm, until June 3. Life Hub@Jinqiao, 3611 Zhangyang Lu (Road), Pudong New Area, Shanghai. 021-5038-8378.
Guangzhou
No 223 on display
An exhibition of Lin Zhipeng's images is ongoing at a gallery in Guangzhou. Lin, commonly known as No 223, is a celebrated photographer, whose 10-year career has been captured through the display. Before he began freelancing, the Beijing-based photographer worked for fashion magazines. His images focus on the new generation of popular culture, presenting young people's subtle yet complicated emotions.
10 am-10 pm, daily until May 28. Venue 1 at Kui Yuan Gallery, 9 Xuguyuan Lu (Road), Yuexiu district, Guangzhou. 020-8765-9746. Venue 2 at VOUTU SPACE, 9 Qiming Yi Lu (Road), Yuexiu district, Guangzhou. 020-3761-6006.
The Maserati show
US band Maserati is going to pump it up for fans in Guangzhou on May 30. Founded in 2000, the band makes liberal use of guitar, bass and drums. But the sound also bears a mix of post-rock and psychedelic influences. Their music is often used in BMX and skateboard shows.
8:30 pm-11 pm, May 30. SD Livehouse, Building 7, Huacheng Wangshi Park, 132 Gongye Dajie (Avenue) North, Haizhu district, Guangzhou.
Nanjing
Feel the skin
It is a basic yet fundamental form of visual art but painting is increasingly becoming the subject of marketing hype. That apart, it has been gradually marginalized by prevailing practices of experimental and conceptual art, where artists use multiple media. The confusing state of affairs in contemporary art is expressed through the portraits of He Duoling and Mao Yan, whose joint exhibition Skin's Literary Form is ongoing in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. The two artists have been committed to oil painting for years and through delicate and sensitive brushwork, they stress on the vulnerabilities of the human skin. They convey that painting should regain its energy not via reproductions and repetition, but by being more sensitive and reconstructing its vocabulary.
9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays, until May 24. Art Museum of Nanjing University of Art, 15 Huju Bei Lu (Road), Nanjing, Jiangsu province. 025-8349-8761.
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