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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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==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 affliationaffiliation 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>

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== Art Fairs ==

Leo Xu Projects has been present at a number of international art fairs, including SH Contemporary,[[Frieze Art Fair|Frieze New York]] and [[Art Basel|Art Basel Hong Kong]]. At the Frieze Art Fair in New York in 2013, a selection of works by the Beijing-based artist [[Liu Chuang (artist)|Liu Chuang]] was presented, which focus on the indigenous culture of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, a region in south China populated with migrant works. Through installation works, the arist examines and calls into attention the immediate reality of contemporary China, exploring in particular how the notion of [[Shanzhai]] - the phenomenon of piracy and plagiarism in mass manufacturing and consumption- has infiltrated and inflected the local population and their ideological landscape.<ref>"Fair | FRIEZE NEW YORK 2013." ''Leo Xu Projects''. Leo Xu Projects, n.d. Web. 04 July 2013.<http://leoxuprojects.com/?p=1413></ref> <ref>Smith, Roberta. "40 Nations, 1,000 Artists and One Island." ''New York Times ''11 May 2013, New York ed., Art Review sec.: C1. ''NY Times.com.'' New York Times, 10 May 2013. Web. 28 July 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/arts/design/frieze-new-york-at-randalls-island.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>.</ref> At Art Basel HK 2013, Leo Xu Projects premiered a photography-based project by the Beijing-based artist [[Chen Wei]] that investigates the youth culture of mainland China — music and life-style in particular. This series, set primarily on club dance-floors or at party scenes - aims to capture the moment of trance from the life of Chinese youth, who grow up in the post-89 years and are heavily influenced by imported and pirate cultural products such as pirate music cassettes, CDs, DVDs, unofficially translated literature and art publications.<ref>"Fair | ART BASEL HONG KONG 2013." ''Leo Xu Projects''. Leo Xu Projects, n.d. Web. 04 July 2013. <http://leoxuprojects.com/?p=1419>.</ref><ref>"The Highlights Of Art Basel in Hong Kong {2013}." ''Yatzer.com''. Yatzer, 30 May 2013. Web. 27 July 2013. <http://www.yatzer.com/highlights-art-basel-hong-kong-2013>.</ref>

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