Weekend art
Liz Anderson 4:49pm
The Chinese are coming — or, rather, they’ve come. China Design Now at the V&A is the latest arrival in the China Now Festival — a nationwide celebration of all things Chinese, leading up to the Olympic Games. It kicks off tomorrow – and runs until 13 July – but I was lucky enough to go to a special preview yesterday. The show, sponsored by HSBC, explores China’s ‘creative landscape’, focusing on three cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Posters, photographs, architectural models (including one of the new airport in Beijing), clothes and other design-oriented items can be seen in the stylishly arranged rooms at the V&A (the shop has some rather nice goodies, too). Well-worth a visit.
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Nicholas
March 14th, 2008 11:37pmWere they showcasing any of their special talents for repression and human rights abuse? Any demonstrations of public executions? Of internet censorship (which Brown's government would love to emulate) Of beating and kicking pro-democracy students to death? Of worker exploitation and local government corruption? Of being the main producer of fakes in the world? Just asking.