Chinese contemporary art is synonymous today with the works of artists such as one of China’s pioneering abstract artist Zhu Jingshi, award-winning beeswax sculpting artist Ren Ri and veteran member of avant garde art collective Ma Kelu. All three artists have been internationally recognised for their unique works by Pearl Lam Galleries.
The eponymous founder of the gallery collective, Pearl Lam, has been hailed as an iconic figure of the art world, who played a major role in turning Hong Kong into one of the biggest art markets in the world today. She is hailed as the most prominent ambassador of Chinese contemporary art and is largely credited for the international status it enjoys today.
But back in the early 1990s when she explored the art world in Shanghai, it was a different scene altogether. In her new broadcast series, The Pearl Lam Podcast, she paints a different picture of the early days of the Chinese contemporary art scene in China.