Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁: 语嘿
When
Saturday, 19 January 2019, 5:00am
Location
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
181-187 Hay St, Haymarket
SYDNEY. 19 JANUARY – 24 MARCH 2019.
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.
Xiao Lu (born 1962, Hangzhou) works with performance and installation. She is a graduate of the Subsidiary School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing and Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (China Academy of Art), Hangzhou. Her graduation work Dialogue was included in the China/Avant-Garde exhibition in Beijing in 1989 and became famous after she fired a gun at it, which led to her temporary arrest and an extended period of residence in Sydney. Xiao Lu’s fictional memoir Dialogue《对话》, published in Chinese and English in 2010, exposed powerful forces affecting women artists in contemporary China. Xiao Lu’s work has been included in important international exhibitions, most recently Performer and Participant, Tate, London (2018) and Art and China After 1989: Theatre of the World, Guggenheim Museum, New York (2017), and been collected by public and private institutions including the Tate, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Taikang Insurance Group Art Collection, Beijing; and White Rabbit Collection, Sydney. Xiao Lu lives and works in Beijing and Australia.
Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue is produced and presented by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. This exhibition and associated programming are supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-China Council of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship project led by Dr Claire Roberts Reconfiguring the World: China. Art. Agency. 1900s to Now (FT140100743), and the Faculty of Arts, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne.
“肖鲁：语嘿” 是中国当代著名艺术家肖鲁的首次回顾展。展览从肖鲁1989年2月在北京中国美术馆内举办的，具有里程碑意义的中国现代艺术展上的装置行为作品《对话》——艺术家对着自己的装置开枪开始。这件作品在中国当代艺术发展中具有重要意义，被普遍认为是中国现代历史转折的文化信号，但它也成为当代中国艺术中最容易被误解的作品之一。 “肖鲁：语嘿”展示了艺术家对深层情感、极端行动和不同语境的创造发挥，同时也显示艺术家作品的鲜明特质。展览的作品跨越肖鲁30年艺术发展过程，包括一个全新的与悉尼相关的作品。通过这次回顾展，让观众探讨艺术家与澳大利亚的持续关系。
肖鲁（1962年生于杭州）从事行为表演和装置艺术。她毕业于北京的中央美术学院附属中学和杭州的浙江美术学院（中国美术学院）。她的毕业作品《对话》在1989年北京的中国现代艺术展览中展出，她在开枪后被临时拘捕，之后长期居住在悉尼。肖鲁的自传体小说《对话》中英版于2010年出版发行，此书揭露了影响当代中国女性艺术家的一股强大力量。肖鲁的作品已被选入重要的国际展览，近期包括：“表演者与参与者”，泰特，伦敦（2018年）和”1989年之后的艺术与中国：世界剧场”，纽约古根海姆博物馆（2017年）。其作品被公共和私人机构收藏，包括：伦敦泰特美术馆；纽约现代艺术博物馆；北京泰康保险集团艺术收藏；以及悉尼白兔收藏。肖鲁在北京和澳大利亚生活和工作。
“肖鲁：语嘿”由4A当代亚洲艺术中心制作和展出。本次展览及相关教育项目得到了澳大利亚政府，澳中理事会的支持、以及罗清奇博士主持的澳大利亚研究理事会（ARC）前程研究项目《重设世界：中国、艺术与动力 1900年至今》（FT140100743）和墨尔本大学文化与传播学院艺术系的支持。
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Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁: 语嘿
19 January – 24 March 2019
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
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