Performance

At this moment, I stand in the Bonn Women's Museum, amidst a patch of weeds, breathing in and out, conveying the unbreakable bond of life between us, while simultaneously confronting the value divide we cannot communicate with.
At this moment, I stand in the Bonn Women's Museum, amidst a patch of weeds, breathing in and out, conveying the unbreakable bond of life between us, while simultaneously confronting the value divide we cannot communicate with.

Performance / Installation

Germany

Nov 2025 – Feb 2026

Breathless

Performance / Installation

Germany

Nov 2025 – Feb 2026

Happening of various of the night or day, each performance involves the use a bottle of ink and 100 pieces of rice paper.
Happening of various of the night or day, each performance involves the use a bottle of ink and 100 pieces of rice paper.

Installation/Performance

Sydney

2024.6.14 – 7.16

Junk

Installation/Performance

Sydney

2024.6.14 – 7.16

December 10, 2022, World Human Rights Day. Xiao Lu participated in the Human Rights Day march organized by the Iranian Society in Sydney. Afterwards, She came to the Sydney Opera House and held up a piece of A4 white paper to express her support for China’s “White Paper Movement”.
December 10, 2022, World Human Rights Day. Xiao Lu participated in the Human Rights Day march organized by the Iranian Society in Sydney. Afterwards, She came to the Sydney Opera House and held up a piece of A4 white paper to express her support for China’s “White Paper Movement”.

Social Action

Sydney

Dec 2022

World Human Rights Day

Social Action

Sydney

Dec 2022

On October 1, 2022, Xiao Lu put on an umbrella and went to Belmore Park at Sydney Central Station to participate in the
On October 1, 2022, Xiao Lu put on an umbrella and went to Belmore Park at Sydney Central Station to participate in the

Social Action

Sydney

Oct 2022

Women Life Freedom Rally

Social Action

Sydney

Oct 2022

Xiao Lu was wearing a pink dress, with pink paint on his feet, and walked on a dark gray wallpaper that was ten meters long and seventy centimeters wide.
Xiao Lu was wearing a pink dress, with pink paint on his feet, and walked on a dark gray wallpaper that was ten meters long and seventy centimeters wide.

Performance

Germany

2022

Dirt – Trace

Performance

Germany

2022

Anti-extradition bill
Anti-extradition bill

Social Action

Hong Kong

2019.9

Anti-extradition bill

Social Action

Hong Kong

2019.9

Xiao Lu, wearing a long black dress stands in front of the work and tells the viewers: “This work is for Hong Kong.” She then enters the space shaped like a trilateral pyramid, two sides of which (including the base) are red, the remaining two sides being transparent, and which is almost hermetically sealed.
Xiao Lu, wearing a long black dress stands in front of the work and tells the viewers: “This work is for Hong Kong.” She then enters the space shaped like a trilateral pyramid, two sides of which (including the base) are red, the remaining two sides being transparent, and which is almost hermetically sealed.

Performance/Installation

Hong Kong

2019.9.12

Skew

Performance/Installation

Hong Kong

2019.9.12

On June 4, 2019, I went to Hong Kong for the first time to attend the June Fourth candlelight rally in Victoria Park. The candlelight vigil held by Hong Kong people for thirty years made me both touched and ashamed. Unexpectedly; this turned out to be the last time...
On June 4, 2019, I went to Hong Kong for the first time to attend the June Fourth candlelight rally in Victoria Park. The candlelight vigil held by Hong Kong people for thirty years made me both touched and ashamed. Unexpectedly; this turned out to be the last time...

Social Action

Hong Kong

2019.6.4

June 4th Victoria Park Rally

Social Action

Hong Kong

2019.6.4

Tides
Tides

Performance

Sydney

Jan 2019

Tides

Performance

Sydney

Jan 2019

Xiao Lu stands inside the plexiglass box, while the audience burns cigars made of absinthe leaves and inserts them into the holes of the box. As the fog intensifies, she starts to cough, cry and scream…  
Xiao Lu stands inside the plexiglass box, while the audience burns cigars made of absinthe leaves and inserts them into the holes of the box. As the fog intensifies, she starts to cough, cry and scream…  

Skew House, Beijing

April 2018

Coil

Skew House, Beijing

April 2018

On December 5, 2017, I saw the news about the eviction of the “low-end population” from Xinjian Village in Beijing’s Daxing District through WeChat in Hangzhou.
On December 5, 2017, I saw the news about the eviction of the “low-end population” from Xinjian Village in Beijing’s Daxing District through WeChat in Hangzhou.

Social Action

Beijing

2017

Evacuating the Low-End Population

Social Action

Beijing

2017

Xiao Lu places 27 blue acrylic plates (40 x 60 cm) from east to west in a diagonal line in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, and pours a bottle of Moutai (53% alcohol) into 7 white porcelain bowls.
Xiao Lu places 27 blue acrylic plates (40 x 60 cm) from east to west in a diagonal line in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, and pours a bottle of Moutai (53% alcohol) into 7 white porcelain bowls.

Venice, Italy

13 May, 2017

Holy Water

Venice, Italy

13 May, 2017

Two blocks of frozen water and two blocks of frozen ink suspended mid-air, drip continuously onto xuan rice paper. Xiao Lu walks towards the first black ice block, caresses it and spins it, moaning softly, letting the black ink drip onto her white dress.
Two blocks of frozen water and two blocks of frozen ink suspended mid-air, drip continuously onto xuan rice paper. Xiao Lu walks towards the first black ice block, caresses it and spins it, moaning softly, letting the black ink drip onto her white dress.

Skövde Art Museum (Konstmuseet), Sweden

Feb. 2017

Suspension

Skövde Art Museum (Konstmuseet), Sweden

Feb. 2017

I was inspired by the Arctic icebergs: the ice block was the barrier to break through. While cutting the ice with a knife, I hurt myself: my blood started to spill all over the ice surface, as if my life was truly touching the aura of the Polar Regions.
I was inspired by the Arctic icebergs: the ice block was the barrier to break through. While cutting the ice with a knife, I hurt myself: my blood started to spill all over the ice surface, as if my life was truly touching the aura of the Polar Regions.

Danish Cultural Center, Beijing

Oct. 2016

Polar

Danish Cultural Center, Beijing

Oct. 2016

Xiao Lu scattered bullets and millet to Piazza San Marco in Venice. Pigeons gathered around her and ate up the millet, leaving the bullets.
Xiao Lu scattered bullets and millet to Piazza San Marco in Venice. Pigeons gathered around her and ate up the millet, leaving the bullets.

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy

May, 2017

War & Peace

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy

May, 2017

The work, People, continues Xiao Lu's response to the concept of yin and yang. In Eastern philosophy, yin and yang, as the two core elements that make up nature, reinforce and neutralise each other.
The work, People, continues Xiao Lu's response to the concept of yin and yang. In Eastern philosophy, yin and yang, as the two core elements that make up nature, reinforce and neutralise each other.

Beijing Kirin Contemporary Art Center

Mar 2016

Human

Beijing Kirin Contemporary Art Center

Mar 2016

Ink is Yin, Water is Yang, Yin and Yang becoming One is the Way of the Universe.
Ink is Yin, Water is Yang, Yin and Yang becoming One is the Way of the Universe.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Sep. 2015

One

Gothenburg, Sweden

Sep. 2015

It was a repetitive and slow performance, an action which women have done for thousands of years. But of course with a signification beyond that of only cleaning household linen.
It was a repetitive and slow performance, an action which women have done for thousands of years. But of course with a signification beyond that of only cleaning household linen.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Aug 2015

Money Laundering

Gothenburg, Sweden

Aug 2015

A door opened, Xiao Lu went into a room, and the door closed behind her. In the darkness, there are more than eighty square-shaped candles.
A door opened, Xiao Lu went into a room, and the door closed behind her. In the darkness, there are more than eighty square-shaped candles.

Performance

Guangzhou, China

Dec 2014

Open Close

Performance

Guangzhou, China

Dec 2014

Using “skin paper”(pizhi,mulberry bast fibre paper), Xiao Lu constructed a room of 20 square meters, imitating the Daoist method of Pigu (Pigu, literally “refrain from eating grains”, a Daoist isolation exercise).
Using “skin paper”(pizhi,mulberry bast fibre paper), Xiao Lu constructed a room of 20 square meters, imitating the Daoist method of Pigu (Pigu, literally “refrain from eating grains”, a Daoist isolation exercise).

Expo Museum, Shanghai, China.

Oct – Nov 2013

Bast paper room

Expo Museum, Shanghai, China.

Oct – Nov 2013

Xiao Lu carried a bucket of sediment dug out of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in China to The Grand Canal Exhibition in preparation to smear it all over herself before jumping into the Canal Grande in Venice and washing the sediment off her body.
Xiao Lu carried a bucket of sediment dug out of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in China to The Grand Canal Exhibition in preparation to smear it all over herself before jumping into the Canal Grande in Venice and washing the sediment off her body.

Museo Diocesana di Venezia, Venice, Italy

31 May 2013

Purge

Museo Diocesana di Venezia, Venice, Italy

31 May 2013

The title is derived from the French sbsurdist play The Bald Soprano, written by famous playwright Eugene lonesco in the 1950s. In this case, because the words for
The title is derived from the French sbsurdist play The Bald Soprano, written by famous playwright Eugene lonesco in the 1950s. In this case, because the words for

Xiao Lu, Li Xinmo, Lan Jing

Beijing

3 Mar 2012

 

Bald Girls

Xiao Lu, Li Xinmo, Lan Jing

Beijing

3 Mar 2012

 

On 1 January 2011, I copied out a Tang poem using Chinese medicine for oral administration that I had to hand. Continuing to copy Tang poetry for several successive days, I experienced a feeling of physical and mental well-being, so I decided to continue for 365 days in order to copy out the entire Three Hundred Tang Poems.
On 1 January 2011, I copied out a Tang poem using Chinese medicine for oral administration that I had to hand. Continuing to copy Tang poetry for several successive days, I experienced a feeling of physical and mental well-being, so I decided to continue for 365 days in order to copy out the entire Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Beijing, Hangzhou,  Florida

January – April 2011

Menopause

Beijing, Hangzhou,  Florida

January – April 2011

Sixteen bottles of red wine were arranged in a circle, and Xiao Lu began to drink. When she got to the fourth glass, the viewers of their own accord came up to her to clink glasses and drink with her.
Sixteen bottles of red wine were arranged in a circle, and Xiao Lu began to drink. When she got to the fourth glass, the viewers of their own accord came up to her to clink glasses and drink with her.

La Bellone, Brussels, Belgium

15 October 2009

Drunk

La Bellone, Brussels, Belgium

15 October 2009

One of the most simple; the most complex issues. I took this question to a small town in Europe, Ljubljana ( fomer Yugoslavia)
One of the most simple; the most complex issues. I took this question to a small town in Europe, Ljubljana ( fomer Yugoslavia)

Ljubljana,The Republic of  Slovenia

11th Oct. 2009

What is Love ?

Ljubljana,The Republic of  Slovenia

11th Oct. 2009

On 5 February 2009, at the “Twenty Years Anniversary of the China/Avant-Guade Exhibition”, I performance a wedding ceremony for myself at the “Wall Art Museum” in Beijing.
On 5 February 2009, at the “Twenty Years Anniversary of the China/Avant-Guade Exhibition”, I performance a wedding ceremony for myself at the “Wall Art Museum” in Beijing.

Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China

PM, 5th Feb. 2009

Wedlock

Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China

PM, 5th Feb. 2009

Project: The famous international art project “Long March Project-Yan’an” arrived in Yan’an in May of 2006. More than forty other artists along with several dozen experts and scholars arrived in Yan’an to undertake experimentation, creation, study, debate, and exhibition proposals.
Project: The famous international art project “Long March Project-Yan’an” arrived in Yan’an in May of 2006. More than forty other artists along with several dozen experts and scholars arrived in Yan’an to undertake experimentation, creation, study, debate, and exhibition proposals.

Installation/Performance

May 21-23, 2006

Sperm

Installation/Performance

May 21-23, 2006

Fifteen years ago, after I fired those two shots at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, The National Art Museum was closed.
Fifteen years ago, after I fired those two shots at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, The National Art Museum was closed.

The Spaciousness of 798, Beijing, China.

2 May 2004

A Dialogue about “Dialogue”

The Spaciousness of 798, Beijing, China.

2 May 2004

Take fifteen framed works to the shooting. Range, and uses a 77 pistol to fire at each one, fifteen shots in all.
Take fifteen framed works to the shooting. Range, and uses a 77 pistol to fire at each one, fifteen shots in all.

Beijing

2003.10.19

15 Shots…From 1989 to 2003

Beijing

2003.10.19

Dialogue
Dialogue

Installation / Performance

Beijing 1989.2.5

Dialogue

Installation / Performance

Beijing 1989.2.5

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