Beijing

Took a short trip to Beijing over the weekend from my current home base of Shanghai. Saw all the standard sights ..Great Wall, Forbidden City, Olympic Stadium etc. but the trip was definitely highlighted by a visit to the 798 Arts area.

The area is an old factory complex on the outskirts of Beijing thats been converted into artist studios, galleries and cafes. I was kind of surprised to find this in a city like Beijing...the youth are standing up!


798 area


some of the sculptures outside of a studio.


the main gallery at 798. check the maoist slogans left on the ceiling from the old factory.


personal fav of mine. old AK-47 graffiti. seemingly protected (via fence) from anyone going over it. if you don't know about AK-47. read up. one of..if not 'the'.. first graff artist in Beijing.


still functioning factory tracks. something tells me kenji is gonna want this photo.

Coming home soon. Excited to get back and create some new work.

Shanghied

So..I'm kinda slowly getting this thing off the ground. But its still better than an outdated portfolio site.

I'm currently 'living' in Shanghai, China for 3+ weeks on assignment for Converse. They have a new office over here and I'm working with the team to get them up and running.

Overall an amazing experience so far. Few pics from the stay below...


Rise and shine!


City scenes


Old town.


Till next time...