Cities Here and Now: Paintings and Installation Works by Lu Hao

This catalogue is an accompaniment to the Singapore Art Museum exhibition Cities Here and Now: Paintings and Installation Works by Lu Hao. On show from 29 August to 25 October 2009, Cities Here and Now features about 30 paintings and sculptures, including works from the Flower, Bird, Insect, Fish series, which first brought contemporary Chinese artist Lu Hao to international attention and critical acclaim at the 1999 Venice Biennale. This catalogue includes an essay by Guest Curator Professor Wu Hung, Director and Founder of the Center for the Art of East Asia at The University of Chicago.

Publisher: Singapore Art Museum
Author Biography: Lu Hao was born in Beijing in 1969 and graduated from the Chinese Ink Painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 1992. He had become recognized as an accomplished ink painter by 1997 when he began to explore other ways in which to express his concern about the clash between the legacy of China’s great classical civilization on the one hand and the drive to modernity propagated by the Chinese government on the other. The propelling theme of Lu Hao’s intellectual life has been his deep dismay at the destruction of China’s ancient cities. Lu Hao is one of a brilliant new generation of artists which represents a new direction of thinking in China today.
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 84
Binding: Softcover
Search words: Lu Hao, Singapore, Painting, Installations