there's always a slight note of fear that strikes in one's heart when you get an address for a shoot along the lines of, '.... turn right at this farm, cross the main road after the signal light, make a left at the crocodile farm (what?), cross the first small bridge, and look for the house behind the bamboos...' Hm. GPS couldn't do much with that. But one traffic jam and three times up and down the same country track later, we finally arrived at artist Huang Zhiyang's studio. It was my fault I didn't do any research, but as I walked into the studio and was confronted smack-bang with a hanging golden sculpture, it was one of those 'oh, I've seen this before' moments. The converted space was, of course, amazing, (why else live in rural Beijing next to a crocodile farm?) and reigned over by a benign artist in beautifully cut Armani. Amidst the laid out canvases and works-in-progress, he posed with the French designer, Anne Valerie Hash. Together, they're doing that really cool thing where an 'X' gets added between their two names - can't wait to see the combination of her French-chic flowing pieces + his amazing colours. Of course the relationship between fashion and art inevitably came up for discussion, but really all answers could be found in Huang Zhiyang himself, who looked so dapper from head-to-toe, wearing shoes he designed himself.
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