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Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁:语嘿 is the first retrospective of leading contemporary Chinese artist Xiao Lu. The exhibition is anchored by Xiao Lu’s performance work
Dialogue from the landmark China/Avant-Garde exhibition at
the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in February 1989. This work,
in which the artist fires a gun at her own art installation, is a milestone in the development of contemporary art in China.
It has also has been read as a critical turning point in China’s recent history. While Dialogue remains an iconic work of that era, it is also one of the most misunderstood pieces of contemporary Chinese art. Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁:语嘿 examines Xiao Lu’s creative interest in deep emotion, extreme action, and chance. Spanning a period of 30 years, the exhibition presents significant performance works by Xiao Lu including a new commission that explores the artist’s ongoing connection to Australia.
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, until 24 March
Xiao Lu, One, performance, 5 Sept 2015, Valand Academy
University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo by Lin Qijian
Defining Place/Space: Contemporary Photography from Australia represents the current state of contemporary photography in Australia through the work of thirteen artists including several whose work is being shown in the United States for the first time. The featured photographers were nominated by five Australian senior curators of photography; finalists were selected by MOPA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Deborah Klochko.
The exhibition shows that art-making in Australia is not just about the flora and fauna of the country. The artists reflect many different perspectives on the creativity that exists in the country. The nomination of four Aboriginal artists touches upon the country’s relationship with indigenous people, and the ways that history affects art-making. Defining Place/Space is more than what people will expect...
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, until 22 September
Pat Brassington, Fall (2016) courtesy of ARC ONE Gallery
The two images above presented around the same time, along with this Mount Fuji, Dragon and signature brushwork by the renowned Samurai swordsman and Zen calligrapher Yamaoka Tesshū (1836-1888).
the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in February 1989. This work,
in which the artist fires a gun at her own art installation, is a milestone in the development of contemporary art in China.
It has also has been read as a critical turning point in China’s recent history. While Dialogue remains an iconic work of that era, it is also one of the most misunderstood pieces of contemporary Chinese art. Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁:语嘿 examines Xiao Lu’s creative interest in deep emotion, extreme action, and chance. Spanning a period of 30 years, the exhibition presents significant performance works by Xiao Lu including a new commission that explores the artist’s ongoing connection to Australia.
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, until 24 March
Xiao Lu, One, performance, 5 Sept 2015, Valand Academy
University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo by Lin Qijian
Defining Place/Space: Contemporary Photography from Australia represents the current state of contemporary photography in Australia through the work of thirteen artists including several whose work is being shown in the United States for the first time. The featured photographers were nominated by five Australian senior curators of photography; finalists were selected by MOPA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Deborah Klochko.
The exhibition shows that art-making in Australia is not just about the flora and fauna of the country. The artists reflect many different perspectives on the creativity that exists in the country. The nomination of four Aboriginal artists touches upon the country’s relationship with indigenous people, and the ways that history affects art-making. Defining Place/Space is more than what people will expect...
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, until 22 September
Pat Brassington, Fall (2016) courtesy of ARC ONE Gallery
The two images above presented around the same time, along with this Mount Fuji, Dragon and signature brushwork by the renowned Samurai swordsman and Zen calligrapher Yamaoka Tesshū (1836-1888).
