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{{Short description|Art gallery in Shanghai, China}}

'''LEO XU Projects''' is a contemporary art gallery based in [[Shanghai]] exhibiting young and international artists.<ref>"LEO XU PROJECTS." ''ArtSlant''. ArtSlant, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013. <http://www.artslant.com/cn/venues/show/26276-leo-xu-projects>.</ref><ref name="TripAdvisor">{{Cite web |title=Leo Xu Projects (Shanghai) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d2515606-Reviews-Leo_Xu_Projects-Shanghai.html |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=Tripadvisor |language=en}}</ref><ref>"Leo Xu Projects." ''BLOUIN ARTINFO''. BLOUIN Media, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/814309/814308/home-overview>.</ref>

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The gallery space was inaugurated by a grand group exhibition, ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'', which featured a roster of artists from China and abroad, including Liu Wei, Liang Yuanwei, [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]], [[Chen Wei (artist)|Chen Wei]], [[Gabriel Lester]], and Sun Xun.<ref>"Group Exhibition: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." ''Asia Art Archive''. Asia Art Archive, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.aaa.org.hk/WorldEvents/Details/18555 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052822/http://www.aaa.org.hk/WorldEvents/Details/18555 |date=2014-08-08 }}>.</ref>

Subsequent exhibitions included a series of solo exhibitions by young Chinese artists, such as [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]] (''Cheng Ran: What Why Now''), [[Chen Wei (artist)|Chen Wei]] (''Chen Wei: More''), [[Liu Chuang (artist)|Liu Chuang]] (''Liu Chuang: Works #16-21)'', [[Michael Lin (artist)|Michael Lin]] (''Michael Lin: Shanghai Daily''), [[Cui Jie (artist)|Cui Jie]] (''Cui Jie''), and [[Guo Hongwei]] (''Guo Hongwei: Editing'').

Two group exhibitions have also been held at the venue, ''Cui Jie, Li Shurui, Zhang Jungang & Li Jie'' and'' Boy: A Contemporary Portrait.'' The former, featuring works by the Beijing-based [[Cui Jie (artist)|Cui Jie]] and Li Shurui and Harbin-based duo Zhang Jungang & Li Jie, provided a visual narrative of the relationship between the artists' lives and the contemporary landscape.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cui Jie, Li Shurui, Zhang Jungang & Li Jie {{!}} SmartShanghai |url=https://www.smartshanghai.com/event/16657 |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.smartshanghai.com}}</ref> The latter portrayed and explored the concept of masculinity while surveying the cultures, sub-cultures and ideologies that have been instrumental in defining young men in the first decade of the 21st century.<ref>Gregory, Hannah. "Boy: A Contemporary Portrait." ''Frieze Magazine''. Frieze, 01 May 2012. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.frieze.com/shows/review/boy-a-contemporary-portrait/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729113907/http://www.frieze.com/shows/review/boy-a-contemporary-portrait/ |date=2013-07-29 }}>.</ref> ''Boy: A Contemporary Portrait ''presents works produced by a group of artists who work with diverse media, including the French choreographer [[Jérôme Bel]], video artist [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]], [[Guo Hongwei]], Hu Xiangqian, [[Li Qing (artist)|Li Qing]], [[Liu Chuang (artist)|Liu Chuang]], fashion photographer Mei Yuangui, [[Wolfgang Tillmans]], Fred Tomaselli, [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], [[Danh Vo]], [[Yang Fudong]] and Zhou Haiying.

==Off-site projects==

Leo Xu Projects also collaborates with other institutions and organizations on off-site projects, including ''Voyage: Recent Videos by Young Chinese Artists'' at ShContemporary Art Fair 2011, ''ArtistTalk: Apichatpong Weerasethakul''<ref>"ARTIST TALK: APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <[https://archive.today/20130415173459/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=279]>.</ref> and ''Artist Talk: Timespace'' by Gabriel Lester<ref>"ARTIST TALK: TIMESPACE." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=314 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914034411/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_activityDetail.asp?id=314 |date=2013-09-14 }}>.</ref> at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, and ''Shanghai Surprise'', a project realized through the collective effort of Leo Xu and Azure Wu that comprises two parts: a group exhibition featuring young Chinese and expat authors who boast a close affiliation with the city in either geographical or cultural terms, and a mobile library that captures Shanghai’sShanghai's transforming cultural landscape.<ref>"「上海」上海惊奇：一场关于上海当代艺术的群展." ''豆瓣''. Douban.com, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.douban.com/event/18328876/>.</ref>

Leo Xu Projects also contributed to [[Michael Lin (artist)|Michael Lin]]'s solo exhibition ''Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin'',<ref>[http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 ''Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325230816/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |date=2012-03-25 }}</ref> mounted at Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum in the spring of 2012.<ref name="ModelHome">"Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <{{cite web |url=http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |title=Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin |accessdate=2012-04-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325230816/http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 |archivedate=2012-03-25 }}>.</ref> The exhibition was intended as a response to the Bauhaus contention that architecture should serve as a vehicle through which multiple forms of art, including architecture, painting and sculpture, are combined and integrated as a single unity.<ref name="ModelHome"/> The show was realized through the collective effort by Michael Lin and several other artists. [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]] produced a ten-channel video installation that incorporates a documentary of the making of Lin's Model Home, as well as footage on the architectural environment and people.<ref name="ModelHome"/> Dutch artist [[Gabriel Lester]] gave a talk on the relationship between time and space as part of the exhibition program.<ref name="ModelHome"/> Leo Xu curated a sound project that extended the exhibition into a subtle soundscape that further facilitates the philosophical rumination over the dynamics between architecture, people, and urban landscape.<ref name="ModelHome"/>

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* [[Chen Wei (artist)|Chen Wei]]

* [[Cheng Ran (artist)|Cheng Ran]]

* [[Cui Jie (artist)|Cui Jie]]

* [[Gabriel Lester]]

* [[Guo Hongwei]]

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