Join us in welcoming the newest addition to the ARTSHARKS Blog family: Monk Eastman – A purveyor of iniquities, Monk has come to appreciate the wisdom of Oscar Wilde’s observation that “nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.”  Or an artist for that matter.  For what is art if not vanity, a history and celebration of personal and collective iniquity?  Nowhere is this more evident than in Beijing, “the new center of the international art world” according to the New York Times art critic and Monk’s city of residence.  Monk looks forward to sharing with ARTSHARKS readers both established and up-and-coming Chinese artists’ unique take on the transgressions and vanities of modern society.

He can be reached at monkeastman@ymail.com.