Studio Visit with Zhang Qiang

Those interested in veering even further off the beaten path during their visit to the Caochangdi Art Village will love IOWA Collective: a complex of greenhouses just outside of the Caochangdi perimeters, converted into artist live-and-work spaces, with corn growing all around. IOWA residents often take part in sweeping collaborative projects and agree to a semi-communal lifestyle, with their doors remaining open morning to night.

Zhang Qiang is a conceptual artist living and working at an IOWA studio. He showed us around and talked about his art, as well as the challenging role of contemporary artists in China.

http://zhangqiangart.lofter.com/
http://forest-studio.net/
http://www.caochangdi.org/organizer/iowa

Music: We Play! Homecoming-Remixes by Nmls

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