2024
"Arrow of Eros 愛神之箭" Solo-Exhibition in EISENHERZ
Ausstellung: 1. ~ 31. Oktober 2024
Vernissage: Friday, 04. Oktober 18:00-20:00 Uhr
Eros ist in der griechischen Mythologie der Gott der begehrlichen Liebe. Ebenbürtig ist in der römischen Mythologie Amor, der als Personifikation der erotischen Begierde auch Cupido („Begierde“, „Leidenschaft“) genannt wird. Die Kunst von Musk Ming, ist wie die Pfeile der Eros, öffnet eine Fantasiewelt der Liebe und Freiheit.
Nach der erfolgreichen letzten Ausstellung bei Eisenherz, zeigt Musk Ming in der neuen Ausstellung einen Überblick von seinen Kunstwerken: Federzeichnungen, Malerei, digitale Arbeiten und bis jetzt noch unveröffentlichte Skizzen und Zeichnungen. Dazu die originalen Bilder für die Musik-Covers und einige Musik-Videos.
Eros is the Greek god of love and sex, his Roman counterpart is Cupid ('desire'). Musk Ming's art, like the arrows of Eros, opens up a fantasy world of love and freedom.
After the successful last exhibition at Eisenherz, he is showing an overview of his artworks in the new exhibition: Pen and ink drawings, paintings, digital works and as yet unpublished sketches and drawings, as well as the original pictures for the music covers and some music videos.
Special Guest Artist:
Shin Photography
Shin (Xin Chen) is a passionate photographer who specializes in analog photography. After a decade since acquiring his first analog camera in Madrid, he is excited to showcase his work in a public space for the very first time.
Shin (Xin Chen) ist ein leidenschaftlicher Fotograf, der sich auf analoge Fotografie spezialisiert hat. Zehn Jahre nach dem Kauf seiner ersten, analogen Kamera in Madrid freut er sich, seine Arbeiten nun zum ersten Mal in der Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren.
The exhibition shows: Set photos captured during the making of "In Search of Wushuang", Musk Ming’s music video as a documentary that follows queer artists Yumo Chen and Ziwei Huang as they prepare for their performance "The Little Whorehouse de Chinoise". Set photos taken during Musk Ming’s music video "Let Me In".
"Musk Ming Music Video Collection 2013-2024"
Prinz EinsenHerz Buchladen, Motzstr. 23, 10777 Berlin eisenherz.berlin
Musk Ming Art Calendar 2025
297x420mm Wandkalender 2025
Now available in / jetzt erhältlich in:
Buchladen Eisenherz
Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin, Germany
Musk Ming - Let Me In (Official Music Video)
Directed by: Musk Ming 麝明 | Production: LightGeist records | Dance Performance: Minghao Zhao 赵明浩 | Calligraphy Performance: Jiannyuh Wang 王建宇 | Camera & Set Photography: Shin | Intro/Outro Calligraphy: Quankun Ding 丁泉琨 | © 2024 LightGeist records
2024 Mandarin single "桃色嘴唇" (Peachy Lips) dedicated to 1997 novle of the same name by Chinese writer/film-maker 崔子恩 Cui Zi'en
"Peachy Lips / 桃色嘴唇 / Lèvres pêche", acrylic on paper, 36×48cm, 2024 © Musk Ming
Musk Ming photographed by Shin for "Let Me In" cover
Screening of "Put My Spell On You" at HDFK, Croatia
Musk Ming's MV/short film "Put My Spell On you" is shown together with other five films at the HDFK (Hrvatsko društvo filmskih kritičara / Croatian Society of Film Critics) program "Filmska kritika i kustoske prakse u Aziji (Film Criticism and Curatorial Practices in Asia)", co-curated by Maja Korbecka, Fang Yen Hsiang, Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa and Kong Rithdee, moderated by Sara Simić, on Friday, June 14, at 18:30 in Dokukin KIC (Ulica Petra Preradovića 5, HR-10000 Zagreb, Hrvatska) Croatia.
Musk Ming - "Queer Power" music video
Musk Ming - "We Are United" music video
2023
Musk Ming Art Calendar 2024
YOUR DAILY MALE 2024
tear-off calendar, 368 pages full-color, 14,8 x 21 x 4,2 cm
www.yourdailymale.nl / www.mooi-man.nl
Musk Ming's artwork "Gourmet 饈饌" (ink on paper 46×61cm) feutured in HIM magazine's article on YOUR DAILY MALE 2024 art calendar.
Musk Ming's art-shirt "Go Wealth 恭喜發財"
During the 18-years retrospective exhibition "18+ Goodbye to Puberty" (July 2023) in the LGBTQ bookstore Eisenherz Berlin, Musk Ming presents his art-shirt 2023 edition "Go Wealth 恭喜發財".
Single Jersey 100% Organic ring-spun Combed Cotton. Size(EU): M, L, XL
Now available in / jetzt erhältlich in:
Buschladen Eisenherz
Musk Ming's art-mugs "Rainbow Riot" and "Pop MM"
Keramiktasse mit optimaler Spülmaschinenbeständigkeit von über 2000 Spülvorgängen. 300ml
Now available in / jetzt erhältlich in:
Buschladen Eisenherz
Musk Ming's Art Calendar 2024 featured in "Contemporary Queer Chinese Art" Book Launch x Artist Talk x Gespräche in Shedhalle Zürich
(mit Diyi Mergenthaler, Ziwei Huang & Yumo Cheng und Daniel Berndt) 2023-11-27, Shedhalle, Seestrasse 395, 8038 Zürich, Switzerland
"新尋找無雙 In Search of Wushuang" music video
A documentary of a Berlin rehearsal for an art performance "青樓 Little Whorehouse de Chinoise" by La Chinoise (Yumo & Ziwei) 柏林藝術綵排紀錄 / Directed by: Musk Ming 麝明 / Production: LightGeist records / Starring: Yumo Cheng 成禹墨 and Ziwei Huang 黃子威 / Set Photography: Shin
© 2023 LightGeist records
"18+ Goodbye to Puberty 成年禮 (18 Years in Berlin)" Solo-Exhibition in EISENHERZ
Ausstellung: 1. ~ 31. Juli 2023
Vernissage: Sa 04. Juli 18:00-20:00 Uhr
Musk Ming, in China geboren, lebt und arbeitet seit 2005 in Berlin. In den letzten 18 Jahren, kombinierte Musk Ming alte Traditionen der chinesischen Malerei mit den modernen, neuen Techniken, seine Arbeiten visualisieren die Sehnsucht nach einem aufgeschlossenen China. In dieser Ausstellung gibt er einen Überblick von seinen Kunstwerken der letzten 18 Jahren: Federzeichnungen, Malerei und digitale Arbeiten, sowie Kunst-Shirts und Tassen mit ausgewählten Motiven.
18 Jahre wäre die Zeit, dass man nach der Kindheit erwachsen wird. Zurückschauend zeigt er auch einige frühe „Baby-Arbeiten“ aus seiner Heimat. Es ist eine Retrospektive, die seine Entwicklung und Geschichten aus der Welt von „muskboy“ bis Musk Ming, wie ein paar Seiten aus seinem Tagebuch, zeigt.
Musk Ming, born in China, has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. In the last 18 years, Musk Ming has combined old traditional Chinese painting with contemporary techniques and Western aesthetics, his works reflect a longing for a world where sexual diversity is celebrated. In this exhibition he presents an overview of his artworks of the last 18 years: ink drawings, watercolor/acrylic paintings and digital works, as well as art shirts and mugs with selected motifs.
After 18 years of creative art, Musk Ming says: “Goodbye, puberty”. Looking back, he also shows some early "baby works" from his homeland. It's a retrospective, showing his development and stories from the world of "muskboy" to Musk Ming, like a few pages from his diary.
Prinz EinsenHerz Buchladen, Motzstr. 23, 10777 Berlin
eisenherz.berlin csd-berlin.de/programm/kunst-von-musk-ming
Online 360° 3D View of the exhbition: https://www.webvr360.de/MuskMing18+GP/
Musk Ming in "HoF Music Ausstellung/Verleihung 2023"
26. Mai 2023 19:00h
Concordia Loge Berlin e.V., Fontanestr. 12A, 14193 Berlin
Huntenkunst 2023
12., 13. und 14. Mai
Koje 66 Musk Ming
SSP-HAL, DRU-Iaan 2, 7071 MB Ulft, Die Niederlande
www.huntenkunst.org
Musk Ming interviewed by Indiefferential music magazine
Musk Ming is interviewed by Indiefferential Magazine in "What's New?" February 23 Issue (Printed & Ebook Version). Indiefferential will be published as a main magazine throughout the year, to keep our labels, producers and readers up to date on new artists and releases, we're launching a monthly insert featuring interviews with major creators from around the world to highlight the next big thing in the industry. The full printed publication will be available at the end of the month.
Weihnachtsausstellung 2022 in Stiftung Starke Löwenpalais
Ausstellung: 11.11.2022 ~ 26.02.2023
Vernissage: Freitag, 11. November 2022, 19:00 Uhr
Finissage: Freitag, 24. Februar 2023, 19:00 Uhr
Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Koenigsallee 30-32, 14193 Berlin, Germany
2022
RADII China Wechat account published Interview with Musk Ming
RADII WeChat account article "麝明：是什么让男人性感?" (December 23, 2022) - Chinese version of the RADII Musk Ming interview (Jun 17, 2020)
撰文: Tomás Pinheiro | 设计: Zhuohan Shao
翻译: Senki Yu | 编辑: Shooca Z
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6r_6zPxZCs0HtayzVxw52Q
Musk Ming Art Calendar 2023
Now available in / jetzt erhältlich in:
Buschladen Eisenherz
Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin, Germany
Group-exhibition Your Daily Male 2023 EXPO "The Gay Candy Store"
Opening: Sundy, December 11, 2022, 4:00pm (gallery open from 3pm)
The exhibition shows a preview of more than 100 works of 32 artists, a selection from Your Daily Male 2023.
Galerie Mooinman Male-Art, Noorderstationsstraat 40, 9717 KP Groningen
Gruppenausstellung: "Einblick - 洞见" in Lancini Berlin
Vernissage: 16. November 2022, 18:30h / Ausstellung: 16. - 30. November 2022
Der Ausdruck (wörtlich: „Blick aus der Höhle“) beinhaltet einen alten chinesischen philosophischen Begriff. Gemeinsam blicken wir durch die Phänomene hindurch auf das Wesentliche. Wir sehen uns selbst, Himmel und Erde, alle Wesen. Wir verstehen, dass Freude und Sorgen nur "Gefühle" sind. Wenn man diese abstreift oder übersteigt, findet man das wahre Selbst, oder in Buddhistischem Sinne, das Nicht-Selbst: ein In-Sich-Ruhen, frei von äußeren Einflüssen auf den Körper, die Emotionen und das Bewusstsein. Einblick eben in die Zukunft, in die Ruhe, in die Natur, in die innere Welt und äußere Welt.
Lancini Kunstgalerie, Seelingstr. 29, 14059 Berlin
Musk Ming featured in The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (JCCA) 's Article by Valentina Pedone & Federico Picerni
"Body and language as carriers of transculturality in two Sinophone transnational artists", Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 9, Numbers 1-2, 1 July 2022, pp. 133-155(23)
Co-editor: Dr. Hongwei Bao, University of Nottingham
In a global context characterized by a growing complexity of the dynamics of Chinese transnational mobility, we find the need to resort to a new vocabulary to understand the localized artistic expressions related to such dynamics. In this article, we focus on two Chinese artists, Musk Ming (1979‐present) and Tony Cheung (1987‐present), who live and work across China and Europe, reflecting on how their transnational life trajectories combine with the transculturality expressed in their works. Considering body and language as two privileged sites of ethnicity, the article suggests that, in their representation, the authors engage in a process of critical deconstruction of ‘national culture’ and ‘ethnic identity’. Such deconstruction is achieved by disconnecting cultural tokens from their ‘ethno-national’ or historical referents, creating instead unlikely or unexpected associations with elements extracted from non-Chinese contexts, or using them to critique the very cultural lineage they are supposed to embody. Considering the critical reception of the artists’ work in Europe, the article also discusses how this act of defamiliarization provokes the viewer by contesting both the ‘Chineseness’ and the ‘westernization’ of the artwork itself. The critical representation of body and language thus creates a powerful discourse to question the equation of ethnicity and culture, compelling viewers to go beyond a superficial characterization of the two artists’ work as either ‘genuinely’ Chinese or ‘critically’ hybrid.
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jcca/2022/00000009/f0020001/art00007
Mandarin single "放了手" music video
Huntenkunst 2022
20., 21. und 22. Mai
Huntenkunst ist ein jährliches, internationales, visuelles Kunstevent. Man findet hier Werke von Künstlern aus über 30 verschiedenen Ländern. Die Kunstmanifestation Huntenkunst findet in der SSP-Halle im DRU Industriepark in Ulft, Die Niederlande statt. Die alten Fabrikgebäude der Eisengießerei haben hier einen neuen einzigartigen Zweck erhalten.
Koje 17 Musk Ming
SSP-HAL, DRU-Iaan 2, 7071 MB Ulft, Die Niederlande
www.huntenkunst.org
"G R E N Z E N L O S | 無限"
Rolf Hemmerich & Musk Ming
Ausstellung:
Parallel zum GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2022: Fr 29.4. 18-21 h, Sa 30.4. u. So 1.5. 12-18 h.
Folgende Woche: Mo bis Sa (2.5. - 7.5.) jeweils 15-18 h oder nach Vereinbarung
Ort: Atelier Rolf Hemmerich, 10785 Berlin, Pohlstr. 11, Bogen 8
Online 360° virtual exhibition (Berlin24TV):
www.webvr360.de/MuskMing-Grenzenlos/
http://www.pohl11-berlin.eu/bogen8.html
Exhibition during the GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2022 (29 April - 1 May) and the following week.
rolfhemmerich.com muskming.com
Musk Ming's artwork in JUTURNA Male Art Magazine 14
JUTURNA Edition 14, April 2022
Male Art Magazine von Patrick Mc Donald Quiros
Chinese Interview with Musk Ming by ChenShiSi陳十四
Wechat article link: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wQE12oUP2KsH1fiVcuD1Xg
Musk Ming's "Do It" Screening @ CINEMQ 42: 双生丨DOUBLE
CINEMQ returns for a new season of queer short film + parties with DOUBLE, films exploring the roles queer people are expected to play, our practices of disruption, and ways of celebrating ourselves. CINEMQ将以“双生”为主题回归，呈现一晚精彩的酷儿短片放映+派对。本次主题聚焦多元而错综的酷儿身份，关于我们如何面临、应对社会所赋予的多重期待，关于颠覆性的角色表达，也关于我们赋予自身的彩虹礼赞。
周四 01月20日 THURSDAY 20TH JANUARY
电影放映 Film Screening: 8.30PM 映后派对 After party: 10.30PM
地点 VENUE：ELEVATOR, 南丹东路265号地下1楼,近漕溪路 B1, 265 Nandan Dong Lu, near Caoxi Lu, Shanghai
CINEMQ is a queer cinema collective in Shanghai. It is run by a group of queers with too much on their minds to sit still for long. We curate a monthly thematic screening + party series, an eclectic mix of short films, visuals and music from around the world. CINEMQ是一个短片展映和深夜派对的合成体，由一群位于上海的异想天开的酷儿们筹划。我们的重头戏是每月一次的主题展映+映后派对，选片内容涵盖来自世界各地的剧情/纪录短片、实验影像以及音乐录影带等等。