Exhibition Traces: Liu Xiaodong opened in Beijing Angle Mordern Art on September 18, 2009. Here is a map which can help you to get a better idea of the layout of this exhibition:
After entering the entrance, there are Liu Xiaodong’s eight early sketches on your right side. Continue along the wall (Part A), you will see Liu’s sketches, notes, documentaries, photographes displayed in reverse chronological order. There are seven documentaries, A Family of Cuba (2009), Festering Heat, Eat First (2008), Grain Rain(2008), Nowincoming (2007), Beneath the Sakure Flower, Hot spring(2007), Dong (2005-2006), Domino (2006). The exhibition presents the creation process of Liu Xiaodong. The integration of motion and stills images introduces multiple ways of experiencing this process.
The dotted lines in the center shows Liu’s sketch book from 1989-1996, the sketches are displayed in hanging acrylic panels.
Part B is the video Stepping into Reality: A Conversation between Wu Hung and Liu Xiaodong.
Part C is a reading area where you can read all sixteen of Liu Xiaodong’s publications.
Part D is a slide show of Liu’s snapshot photographs and sketches.
This exhibition is not to emphasise final work but process. These are memories of the artist, which is usually kept to himself while the exhibition showed these memories to the audience for the first time by seeking the traces scattered in sketches, notes.
We look forward to your visit to the exhibition.
Co-curators: Wu Hung | Ou Ning
Exhibition Time: September 18 – October 29, 2009 (Closed during the National Day holiday)
Opening Hours: 2pm–8pm, Monday–Friday
Address: Beijing Angle Modern Art, 4/F, Tower 1, Zhongguo Hongjie (China View), Jia 2 Gongti Dong Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing