Lu Hao (artist)

Lu Hao ( Chinese  陆昊 , Pinyin Lù Hào ; * 1969 in Beijing ) is a Chinese artist who combines traditional Chinese painting with contemporary conceptual art in his works.

life and work

Lu Hao grew up in a hutong in Beijing. Until 1992 he studied Chinese ink painting at the Central College of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. Until 1997 he painted pictures with traditional motifs, but then turned to the representation of Chinese tradition and modernity in equal measure. His first works in the new style were digital renderings of traditional Chinese architecture, and detailed architectural models were added over several years .

Lu Hao was quickly successful in the international art world and took part in the Biennale di Venezia for the first time in 1999 at the age of 30 . His contribution to documenta 12 , which was generally received rather critically , was two 50 m long rolls of paper with a realistic drawing of Beijing's main street, Chang'an Avenue, and was praised for its “amazing visual acuity”. In 2009, together with Zhao Li, he curated the Chinese pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale under the title What is to Come . He lives and works in Beijing.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1999: 48th Venice Art Biennale
• 2001: living in time in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin
• 2005–2007: Mahjong - Chinese contemporary art from the Sigg collection, shown at the Kunstmuseum Bern , the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg
• 2007: China Welcomes You at the Kunsthaus Graz (GA)
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel (GA). The two ink works recording 2005 chang 'an street (2005) and recording 2006 chang' an street (2006) were shown
• 2008: 7th Shanghai Biennale

Web links

• Lu Hao on kunstaspekte.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Lu Hao's 50-meter-long scroll paintings [...] have their own amazing acuity." Adrian Searle: 100 days of ineptitude In: "The Guardian" of June 19, 2007.
2. ↑ living in time - 29 contemporary artists from China in the Museum für Gegenwart in Hamburger Bahnhof, from September 19, 2001 - January 6, 2002.
3. ↑ Mahjong  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, July 21 to November 11, 2007, curated by Toni Stooss, Eleonora Louis, and Tina Teufel.
   Mahjong ( Memento of the original from June 26th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, September 15, 2006 to January 28, 2007, curated by Christoph Heinrich.
   Mahjong ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Kunstmuseum Bern, June 13 to October 16, 2005, curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Ai Weiwei . A catalog for the exhibition was published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005. ISBN 3-7757-1612-2 . (Retrieved June 17, 2009.)
4. ↑ China Welcomes You ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Kunsthaus Graz, June 7th to September 2nd, 2007, catalog published by König, Cologne 2007. ISBN 3-86560-271-1 . (Retrieved June 17, 2009.)
5. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. Entries ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Lu Hao on the official documenta website. (Accessed June 17, 2009) 
6. ↑ 4th Shanghai Biennale  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , September 9 to November 16, 2008

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lu is the family name here, Hao is the first name.