LEO XU Projects: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:37, 27 July 2013

Revision as of 00:04, 28 July 2013

Line 1:

'''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>

==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.

==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. <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>.</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 affliation with the city in either geographical or cultural terms, and a mobile library that captures Shanghai’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's solo exhibition ''[http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155 Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin] ''mounted at Shanghai Rockbund Art Museum in the spring of 2012.<ref>"Model Home: A Proposition by Michael Lin." ''Rockbund Art Museum''. Rockbund Art Museum, n.d. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_exhibitions_exhibitionDetail.asp?id=155>.</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>Ibid.</ref> The show was realized through the collective effort by Michael Lin and several other artists. [[Cheng Ran]] produced a ten-channel video installation that incorporates a documentary of the making of Lin’s Model Home' as well as footages on the architectural environment and people.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Dutch artist [[Gabriel Lester ]]<nowiki/>gave a talk on the relationship between time and space as part of the exhibition program.<ref>Ibid.</ref> 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>Ibid.</ref>

==<br>Artist<ref>"LEO XU PROJECTS." ''LEO XU PROJECTS''. LEO XU PROJECTS, n.d. Web. 25 July 2013. <http://leoxuprojects.com/>.</ref>==

LEO XU Projects represents and collaborates with the following artists:<br />

[[Chen Wei]]<br />


[[Cheng Ran]]

[[Cui Jie]]

[[Gabriel Lester]]<br />


[[Guo Hongwei]]<br />

[[Li Qing (artist)|Li Qing]]<br />Li Shurui<br />

[[Liu Chuang (artist)|Liu Chuang]]<br />Michael Lin<br />

[[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]<br />Zhang Jungang & Li Jie<br />

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

{{Uncategorized|date=July 2013}}