Although Xiao Lu’s Dialogue is written in the form of a novel, it is based on a true story. However, it is not only the story of a single individual. At the same time it presents a particularly important event in the history of Chinese contemporary art.
Although she belongs to the avant-garde generation that has done so well, internationally as well as within China, Xiao Lu nonetheless presents an alternative to the recognized artist. Contradictions abound in regard to her career: for one, she is considered a major artist on the basis of a very small body of work.
2022 “Strpping Out ! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art” Kunstforeningen GI Strand Copenhagen, Denmark “Stepping Out ! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art” Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway. 2020 “Democracies” TATE Liverpool, UK 2019 “Collection Galleries: 1970s – Present” MoMA, NY, USA “Photography 180 years in China” MOCA Yinchuan, China “Thousand-Armed Guanyin” Red Brick Art …
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.
