Works by artists Bo Yun and Zhang Jianbo will be displayed at Creation Gallery.

Well trained in the skills of painting, both consistently explore new ways of creating art to express their feelings. Bo mainly employs different media and will exhibit his mixed media works with various abstract and concrete symbols and elements. Zhang is a passionate artist who retains a personal peacefulness towards the world we live in. His works always impress people for their freshness.

Time/date: 10 am-7 pm, July 5-13

Location: north end of Ritan Road

Tel: 8561-7570

可創銘佳藝苑，日壇路北側

Prayer from the grassland

Four artists from Inner Mongolia will jointly stage an exhibition at the New Millennium Art Gallery.

The artists, Wang Haiyan, Zhang Peng, Han Xingchao and Song Haijun, will bring their latest works that are strongly hued local geographic features and reveal their devout prayer for life. The works are expected to inject a freshness to city life.

Time/date: 9 am-6 pm, July 5-29

Location: Diyang Building, 2 Dongsanhuan Beilu

Tel: 8453-6193

迪陽大廈，東三環北路2號

Made in Beijing

Paintings reflecting on Chinese cultural standards will be showcased at the Red Gate Gallery in early July.

While consuming goods tagged Made in China is common worldwide, artist Yang Mian warily focuses his efforts observing the standards for buildings in an ideal residential zone which is marked by the title Made in Beijing. Preview will be held on July 5 from 3 to 5pm.

Time/date: 10am - 5pm, July 5-23

Location: Dongbianmen Jiaolou

Tel: 6525-1005

紅門畫廊，東便門角樓

Work: what's the point?

Work has become meaningless as a way of survival in today's industrialized society, according to photos by Zhou Hai to be displayed at 798 Photo Gallery.

In Zhou's eyes, work has to go on, as with life in a society where material wealth has become the only measurement for people. Workers have become unknowingly institutionized as a small and characterless part of a big machine after doing the same work on assembly lines year after year as a way to make a living. Ironically this has boxed them into a narrow, fixed space which makes it harder for them to fit into a fast-changing society.

Time/date: 10am-6:30pm until July 15

Location: 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu

Tel: 6438-1784

798百年印象攝影畫廊，酒仙橋路4號

Meditation on existence

This art exhibition mainly features recent art works from the famous 'artist' village in Songzhuang where about 300 artists live.

Exhibits are mostly the results of meditation by artists on the meaning and value of existence after the sudden outbreak of SARS, which made people re-think their daily lives.

Time/date: 9am-12pm, daily (appointment required)

Location: 71 Xiaopu Village, Songzhuang

Tel: 6959-536

宋莊小蒲村