Secret Lives: Zhou Haiming, word trafficker

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Zhou Haiming speaks about his daily transformation from a lowly traffic assistant to one of Shanghai’s underground spoken word poets "Two identities? I have five or six identities," says traffic assistant and poet Zhou Haiming. "I’m a dad too. My ...
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Mr Lan: 从街头涂鸦到纹身店

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Mr Lan: 从涂鸦到纹身店 Mr Lan 是上海最出色的涂鸦艺术家之一,现在他的生意从上海的墙壁转移到当地人的皮肤上 Mr Lan trades in his paint cans for the tattoo guns and needles. 身高约一米七三,头戴一顶黑白相间卡车司机帽,下巴留着一绺硬直的胡子,这就是 Zhang Lan(又叫 Mr Lan),现年 25 岁,他是最低调的怀疑者,最不惹眼的嘻哈男孩,却又刚好是中国最有名的涂鸦艺术家之一。 ...
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Gallery: The strange world of America according to Phillip Toledano

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Interview with Phillip Toledano Photographer Phillip Toledano brings a different side of America to the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival Often thought-provoking and definitely alternative, this is one of Toledano's pieces on display titled "Regions ...
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Mr Lan: From street graffiti to the tattoo parlor

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Mr Lan: From graffiti to the tattoo parlor One of Shanghai’s best graffiti artists, Mr Lan, moves his trade from Shanghai’s walls to local skin Mr Lan trades in his paint cans for the tattoo guns and needles. Standing roughly 5’8”, black and white ...
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Interview: Jasper Wong, the least-uptight straight man in Hong Kong

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With a homoerotic Mr. T as his muse, illustrator Jasper Wong injects a much-needed shot of humor into Hong Kong's art scene Jasper Wong is totally floored by art. That's his own on the floor of the G.O.D. at The Peak. Hawaiian-born, Hong Kong-based ...
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Singapore's alternative art spaces: No commercials and no free wine

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5 Singapore alternative art spaces You can find works by local artists, and curators who really know their stuff in Singapore, you really can School's out, but art is in at Night and Day. The gallery's unconventional look is matched by the ...
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