M50

testing out the auto post service on posterous.

every so often i go through these fits of anxiety and wanderlust brought on by the relentless travel bug. i fantasize about winning the lottery so i can buy little homes throughout the world, starting with a crash pad in shanghai. everyone knows contemporary chinese art is so "hot" right now (a la mugatu) and has been for awhile. there's a great little arts district / zone in shanghai, abutting the river, called moganshan 50. it's basically a complex of galleries and studios. i was gleeful and blissed out just wandering around there. it's one place to go check out one facet of the crazy arts scene, but those in the know will probably tell you there are far better places to get your fix. one of my big dreams is to work in the contemporary arts in china or taiwan. that would be the coolest thing.

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Jan 14, 2009
REMOTE RYAN said...
I heard about M50 through your pics first, and then from Nate when he was in shanghai. I wonder how a district/scene like M50 got started in the first place? Someone on top set their land up for this, or artists started using the space unofficially and it turned that way...?

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