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'''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>"Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai." ''TripAdvisor''. TripAdvisor, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013. <http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d2515606-Reviews-Leo_Xu_Projects-Shanghai.html>.</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==

Leo Xu Projects is the eponymous gallery founded by Leo Xu in the year of 2011 and is housed in a three-story building in Shanghai's former French Concession, around the intersection of West Fuxing Road and Wulumuqi Road.<ref> "Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai." ''TripAdvisor''. TripAdvisor, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013. <http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g308272-d2515606-Reviews-Leo_Xu_Projects-Shanghai.html>.</ref> It represents a younger generation of artists from China and overseas who experiment with a variety of media in their artistic endeavors. The group focuses on the language of urbanism, architecture and new cinema and strives to explore how such vocabularies have inflected the visual culture of modern China. Leo Xu Projects is envisioned as a platform for artistic experiments that investigate and explore through the aesthetic lens the phenomenon of [[Shanzhai|Shanzhaiism]]ism, namely bootleg culture, in the contemporary Chinese society. It also takes special interest in artworks that discuss and examine Chinese diaspora in other parts of the world and how such changing demographics have come to reshape the cultural landscape of the country.

==Exhibition==

The gallery space was inauguratedby a grand group exhibition ''Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'' that featured a roster of artists from China and abroad, including Liu Wei,Liang Yuanwei, [[Cheng Ran]], [[Chen Wei]], [[Gabriel Lester]], Sun Xun, etc.<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>.</ref> Subsequent exhibitions include a series of solo exhibitions by young Chinese artists, such as [[Cheng Ran]] (''Cheng Ran: What Why Now''), [[Chen Wei]](''Chen Wei: More''), [[Liu Chuang]] (''Liu Chuang: Works #16-21)'', Michael Lin (''Michael Lin: Shanghai Daily''), [[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]] and Li Shurui and Harbin-based duo Zhang Jungang & Li Jie, provided a visual narrative of the relationship between the artists' life and the contemporary landscape.<ref>"Cui Jie, Li Shurui, Zhang Jungang & Li Jie." ''SmartShanghai''. SmartShanghai, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.smartshanghai.com/event/16657>.</ref> The latter portrays and explores 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 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/>.</ref> ''Boy: A Contemporary Portrait ''presents works produced by a group of artists who work with diverse medias, including the French choreographer [[Jérôme Bel]], video artist [[Cheng Ran]], [[Guo Hongwei]], Hu Xiangqian, [[Li Qing (artist)|Li Qing]], [[Liu Chuang]], fashion photographer Mei Yuangui, [[Wolfgang Tillmans]],Fred Tomaselli, [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], [[Danh Vo]],[[Yang Fudong]] and Zhou Haiying.

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