“Protest”, “Gathering” joined “Bearing Witness”
In these works, artists across Asia and its diasporas address history and social change, transforming the body, language and visual traditions into forms of resistance.
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Xiao Lu: Explanation of the work Dialogue that was shot in 1989 in the National Art Museum of China, Beijing
In 1988 I was a student in the 1988 graduation class of the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art)1 and had embarked on the tense period of creating my graduation work.
Two Gunshots: The Curtain Call of the New Wave in Art!
Speaking on the basis of its lack of an avant-garde directing theory, the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition does not have an avant-garde character.
This is why I decline Geoff Raby
“Radio Free Asia” reported: Dissatisfied with collector Geoff Raby’s whitewashing of the CCP, Chinese artist Xiao Lu refused to attend the Sydney Art Exhibition. Reported link: https://bit.ly/3S3RLD9 This is a letter I wrote to Steven Alderton, CEO of the National Art School in Sydney, told him why I decline Geoff Raby. This is why I decline …
The Space of Negotiation: My Art across Borders
Speaker: Xiao Lu Host: Sarah E Fraser Hosted by CATS of University Heidelberg, Germany. Time: July 6, 2026, 18:15PM, CATS Auditorium R. 010.01.05
“Dialogue” joined “The Hooligans”
Artists: Ju Ji, Tian Longyu, Meng Site, Jin Shan, Li Wei, Samson Young, Liu Dahong, Huang Yongping, Xu Lei, Feng Mengbo, Jin Feng, Liu Ding, Xiao Lu, Chen Zhe, Wang Yuyu, Peng Yun, Chen Lingyang, Yan Lingyang Cuo Chunning, He yinping, He Yunchang, Ai Weiwei, Zhu Yu, Xu Zhen, Wu Chen, Ju Anqi, Song Yongping
“Dialogue” joined “Forever Tomorrow: Chinese Art Now”
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Cai Fei, Cai Yu, Chen Chunmu, Chen Haiyan, Chen Wei, Gen Jianyi, Guo Jian, He Yanyu, Li Binyuan, Lin Ke, Lin Yilin, Liu Xi, Lu Pingyuan, Lu Yuan, Luo Yongjin, Miao Ying, Nabqi, Ni Weihua, Pixy Liao, Pu Yingwei, Ren Hang, Shang Liang, Shi Xinning, Song Dong, Tamen+, Tao Siqi, Wang Haiyang, Wang Jinsong, Wang Jiuliang, Wang Tuo, Wang Ziquan, Xiao Lu, Xu Bing, Xu Zhen, Xi Yadie, Yang Fudong, Yang Yongliang, Zhang Huan,
“15 Gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” joined “The China Moment”
“The China Moment” explores the developments of Chinese contemporary art since the late 1970s, a period of profound social, political, and cultural change.
“Shot” joined “Unsettled”
Artists: Ai Weiwei；Chiharu Shiota；Shirin Neshat；Xiao Lu (肖鲁)；Roberta Di Laudo；Daniel Romano；Joshua Cosimo；Sandra Miranda Pattin；Francesca Morozz.
“Dialogue” joined “A Grain of Wheat: The 1980s Contemporary Art Memorial Exhibition”
Artists: Chen Baosheng, Chen Ren, Cong Ruri, Datongdazhang, Dai Guanyu, Dao Zi, Ding Fang, Ken Jianyi, Han Lei, Jian Hai, Kunming Photo studio, Liu chuanbao, Liu yiyuan, Mao Xuhui, Mao Yan, Mneg Luding, Pan Dehai, Ren Xiaoying, Sun Jianping, Wang Guangyi, Wei Guangqing，Wen Pulin, Wu Dayu, Xiao Feng, Xiao Lu (肖鲁）, Xiao Quan, Yan Binghui, Yan Li, Yang Chongguang，Yang Feiyun, You Jingdong, Yuan Qingyi, Zhang Linhai, Zhang Beili, Zhang Qun, Zhao Bandi, Zhao Dewei, zheng Lianjie, Zhu Yanguang.
Xiao Lu: First Gunshot of Chinese Feminist Art
Xiao Lu never raised her voice — she fired a shot. In 1989, with two bullets, she shattered not only a pane of glass but also the silence surrounding women’s autonomy in Chinese art. At the time, she did not speak of feminism.
“Dialogue”,”15 gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” joined exhibition at MMCA Seoul
Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists attempts a new examination of the contemporary meaning of post‒1960s art by Asian women from the perspective of ‘corporeality.’
“Dialogue” showed at Half the Sky: Women in Chinese Art
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS), the museum has organized a special exhibition entitled Half the Sky: Women in Chinese Art, referencing by Chairman Mao Zedong’s 1968 quotation “Women hold up half the sky,” meaning that they are the equal of men.
Junk
Solo Show: JUNK Artist: Xiao Lu Work: JUNK (Installation/Performance) Passage Gallery, Sydney 14 June -19 July 2024 About “JUNK” A black room, visible round the clock from the outside through glass. A black table, a bottle of ink, a brush-pen, several stacks of xuan paper. Eight red light bulbs. I come to Passage Gallery …
In Dialogue with Xiao Lu
On February 29, 2024, Xiao Lu’s solo exhibition “The Dignity of Remembering” opening at the MARS Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
Xiao Lu’s solo show “JUNK” open at passage gallery in Sydney
Opening on June 14th, between 6PM-8PM is renowned performance artist Xiao Lu’s latest installation and performance ‘JUNK’ at passage Gallery in Sydney.
Dignity of remembering
On February 29, 2024, Xiao Lu’s solo exhibition “The Dignity of Remembering” opening at the MARS Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The opening ceremony started at 6 pm, and some Hong Kong people posted Stickers next to three photos of Hong Kong’s “return in progress” in 2019.
“Dialogue” showed at “Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century”
Opening Exhibition of the New Taikang Art Museum in Beijing “Engaging with the World: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Since the Dawn of the 20th Century”. Xiao Lu’s work “Dialogue” was exhibited.
“Money Laundering”, “Polar” Joined “ IV Festival De Artist As Chinas 2023” in Mexico
Curator: Elizabeth Ross
Location: Morelos Theater, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Time: 17 Oct. 2023 – 22 Oct
Lecture: Xiao Lu with Her works
Lecture: Dialogue XIAO LU
“Open Fire”, “One” join exhibition “China the new frontier of Art” in Italy
Exhibition: China the new frontier of Art, Curator：Vincenzo Sanfo, Location：Cultural & Institutional Center, Milan, Italy., Time：23 June, 2023 – 8 October
Lecture: Art as chance encounter with me
Whenever I look back at my works, it is like going back to a certain moment of that former me. The overlapping of past and present, the collision of time and life intertwined together, can always find traces of survival in the crevices of the works.
“Dialogue” showed at “Framing the Revolution”
The exhibition “Framing the Revolution” has opened on January 28, 2023 at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Portland State University in Oregon, USA. Xiao Lu’s work “Dialogue” has been exhibited.
“15 Gunshots…from 1989 to 2003” showed at “20th-Century Galleries Collection 1960s-2000”
“15 Gunshots…From 1989 to 2003” (2003) is being exhibited at “20th-Century Galleries Collection 1960s-2000” in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Soil” join exhibition “Stepping Out ! ” in Austria
STEPPING OUT! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art is the first exhibition in twenty-five years to offer a comprehensive survey of the output of Chinese women artists working today.
Art work as chance encounter with life
Whenever I look back at my works, it is like going back to a certain moment of that former me. The overlapping of past and present, the collision of time and life intertwined together, can always find traces of survival in the crevices of the works.
Time and Tides: Xiao Lu’s Recursive Art, 1989-2019
The inescapable focus of any commentary on the art of Chinese-born female artist Xiao Lu is the action of her firing a gun into her installation Dialogue 对话 (1988-89).
“Dialogue”, “Polar”, “Coil” joined exhibition “Stepping Out !” in Denmark
In Stepping Out! you’ll get a unique insight into China’s contemporary art scene through 80 works by 26 prominent female artists. The exhibition includes performance, video, photography, sculpture, ink drawings and oil paintings, offering a surprisingly rich range of themes, approaches and perspectives.
“One” showed at “China-The Past is Present”
The original idea of “Dialogue” stems from personal despair. The work shows a man and a woman making a call; the phone line hangs in the middle, proving the impossibility of such a dialogue. In this contradictory state of mind lies the original idea of the installation “Dialogue”. The last gunshot was a roar out of suppressed emotions.
