Photos of Art: Caochangdi/草场地

November 21, 2008 | Category: China, Photography

Just returned from a very mixed attempt at beach vacationing (Thailand, about which more later) and have now finally gotten around to posting some long overdue photos. This set is from a trip my girlfriend and I took a couple months ago to Caochangdi, the village outside Beijing commandeered by Chinese uber-artist Ai Weiwei as a supposed alternativre to the Soho-ification of the 798 Art Zone, née Factory 798. The village’s name (草场地, literally “Grass Field”) suggests a rusticity and Woodstocky spontaneity I’m not sure it has, but…well, see for yourself.

Tags: beijing, photos, village

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Val Chin on November 25th, 2008
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Hi Josh – great photos. The rain added an interesting dimension to the photos in general, but especially to the picture of the entrance. So how does it compare to 798? Have artists moved to this “new” area from 798? Val

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Josh Chin is a freelance journalist based in Beijing. He also once worked as a sous chef in a French restaurant in San Francisco. Neither job has been good for his health.