XU QU

After returning to China, Xu develops his works through a wide variety of mediums, such as video, painting, sculpture and installation, preoccupied with confronting the reality of our globalized world. He not only depicts the phenomena and underlying aspects of power but also highlights the dynamic nature of power. His artistic practice has always been focused on the aesthetic considerations behind social connections through direct movements.

Xu’s selected solo exhibitions include: ‘Advent,’ The Long Museum, China 2023; ‘Fineness’, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong, China 2019; ‘Chaos’, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, Italy 2019; ‘Ache’, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China 2018; ‘Currency Wars’, Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium 2015; and ‘Intercourse’, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China 2015. Selected group exhibitions include ‘Abstraction(s)’, Song Art Museum, Beijing, China 2019; ‘Remapping Reality’, OCAT, Shanghai, China 2019; ‘Ghosts in The Information’, PPPP, Beijing, China 2018; ‘Long March Project - Special Economic Zone’, Guangdong Times Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2018; ‘ZHONGGUO 2185’, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK 2017; ‘Huan Zhong – Nature Follows Abstraction’, KWM Artcenter, Beijing, China 2017; ‘Hack Space’, k11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 2016; ‘Bentu, des artistes chinois dans la turbulence des mutations’, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France 2016; ‘Stereognosis Zone’, Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, China 2015; The Third Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2015; ‘Cosmos - Limited and limitless, existence and co-existence’, Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2014; and ‘On/Off’, UCCA, Beijing, China 2013.

Courtesy Each Modern