Lu Lei is a Beijing based artist. His works often incorperate materials and references from a bygone era: monumental towers and triumphal halls; Morse code lamps, maps of military barracks and sculptures of Mao Zedong. These are fragments of a recent history, yet in Lu's hands they become illusory artefacts of an alternative reality. His meticulously laid plans bear comparison to the utopian projects of mid-century China. Watercolour paintings provide a draft for the realization of his penultimate installations, yet the artist himself- born in the early 70s- possesses no first-hand experience of Maoist China. In this sense the artist does not attempting to restore a socio-political truth but forges symbols and narratives of an idealised past.
Read MoreLu Lei graduated from China Fine Arts College in 1998. Recent exhibitions including: Jungle II, Platform China, Beijing (2013); Evidence, Newage Art Gallery, Beijing(2012); Blackboard, ShanghArt H Space, Shanghai (2009); Lu Lei solo exhibition, Hanart TZ gallery, Hongkong (2008); Amateur World, Platform China, Beijing (2007); Thirty-Eight Solo Exhibitions, 2577 Creative Garden, Shanghai (2006).
