ShanghART Night - Zhao Bandi gracefully reaches Shanghai with his Panda Couture
2008-01-05 14:55

ShanghART Night - Zhao Bandi gracefully reaches Shanghai with his Panda Couture

The ShanghART Night on January 15 is the first fashion party of 2008.

ShanghART Gallery is pleased to announce ‘ShanghART Night’ with a unique presentation of Zhao Bandi’s Panda Couture. The fabulous event will take place on board the Jinmao Shengrong Yacht on the Huangpu River beginning at 7:30pm. Here, ShanghART will host an exclusive dinner party with a selected group of specially invited art enthusiasts, artists, collectors and fashionistas. And it is the first show of Zhao Bandi’s after the Beijing International Fashion Week on November 4^th, 2007.

Following the fashion show last year, the famous contemporary artist Zhao Bandi got a lot of positive attention with his panda fashion. And this time he will present another unexpected surprise to the Shanghai fashion world. At the show, guests will have the honor to see the panda fashions in different characters, like a teacher, a policeman, a lesbian, a fan among others.

At the same time, the audience will also have the chance to purchase the Panda Costumes: The exciting bidding will sure be the upsurge of the banquet.

Listen, the boat is whistling. And a big party with fashion and art will soon begin.

 

Zhao Bandi was born in 1966 in Beijing, where he lives and works. He graduated from the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1988. Since 1993, his works have been shown at international exhibitions, and his project “Zhao Bandi & Panda” has been on public display in Shanghai, Milan, London etc. His main solo exhibitions include The Tales of Zhao Bandi and the Panda, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai (2006); Moving in the margins between history and society, Zhao Bandi creates a new, hitherto latent subject of social action. What does this mean?, Beijing Commune, Beijing (2006); The Panda Man Film Party-Who will attend the event?, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (2004), etc. His important group exhibitions include The 5th AsiaPacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5), Queensland, Australia (2006); The First Guangzhou Trienniale-Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000), Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2002); The 3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (2000); 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale-APERTO over ALL, Venice, Italy (1999); Every Day-11th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (1998).  

For further information please contact ShanghART.  Tel: +86-21-6359 3923 Fax: +86 21-6359 4570 info@shanghartgallery.com

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Panda Fashion Images Download:

Stage design on Sheng Rong Guo Ji Yacht

Zhao Bandi Fashion Show List

Policeman

Lesbian

Teacher

the image of Shanghart night--Zhao Bandi and Panda

the image for press 1

 

 

 

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