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TRIUMPH|JIANGRT Booth A24
2024.05.19




TRIUMPH GALLERY is pleased to announce that the gallery will attend the 5th edition of JIANART at T-10 / SKP-S from May 23 to 26, 2024,  gallery Booth A24.

In this Art fair, the Gallery will present Xu Qu‘s solo project SPECIAL COLUMN: NO EVIL, NO JOY.

For a long time, Xu Qu has conveyed his attitude towards society and his understanding of the world through artistic practice, exploring the interconnections between social systems in different dimensions and fields. His artistic practice is diversified, involving painting, performance, video, installation, and sculpture. At the end of last year, Xu Qu's solo exhibition NO EVIL, NO JOY at Nanshan Society was precisely a refinement of "evil" in his works and an embodiment of a "bad" attitude.

Xu Qu's exploration begins with an acute observation of the minutiae within his field of vision, allowing him to derive profound insights from the subtle details. From the corner of a banknote to the smudged color patches on a hand towel, from discarded Buddhist wood carvings to the animals around him, his exploration originates from a keen and profound understanding of social reality. He navigates through various value systems and aesthetic experiences, extending his reflections on the interconnectedness of societal systems. Independently operating systems are interrelated, ultimately weaving the tapestry of human existence. As Xu Qu articulates, without humans, all value systems cease to exist and become invalid.




JIANGART 2024


VIP PREVIEW

05/23    13:00 - 20:00
05/24    13:00 - 20:00


PUBLIC DAYS

05/25    11:00 - 20:00
05/26    11:00 - 20:00


VENUE

86 JIANGUO ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING




Artists
Xu Qu
Xu Qu was born in 1978 in Jiangsu, China.  Xu Qu graduated with a  MFA in Diplom of Fine Art and Film at Braunschweig University of Art, Germany in 2007.  The artist is currently lives and works in Beijing.

Xu Qu conveys his attitude towards society and his understanding of the world through artistic practice.  He focuses on exploring the interconnections among social systems in different dimensions and fields.  Starting from a profound insight into social reality, Xu Qu uncovers the subtle aspects within his field of vision, revealing the macro through a grasp of the micro.  He navigates through various value systems and aesthetic experiences, extending his reflections on the interplay of social systems.  Guided by his pursuit of concise and clear presentation, Xu Qu employs diverse media to address different topics, resulting in a multidimensional artistic practice that encompasses painting, performance, video, installation, and sculpture.

Xu Qu's recent solo exhibitions include Emergence, Triumph Gallery, Beijing, China, 2024; No Evil, No Joy, Nanshan Society, Xi’an, China, 2023; Advent, Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China, 2023;  Central Axis, Tang Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 2023;  Rejuvenation, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2021;  Straight Line, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China, 2021;  Desert, Each Modern, Taipei, China, 2020;  Fineness, Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong, China, 2019;  Chaos, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy, 2019;  Ache, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China, 2018.  Xu Qu has participated in group exhibitions at renowned institutions both domestically and internationally, including Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris, France), K11 Art Foundation (Hong Kong, China), UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing, China), Taikang Space (Beijing, China), OCAT Shanghai (Shanghai, China), 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai, China), Long Museum (Shanghai, China), Guangdong Times Art Museum (Guangzhou, China), Song Art Museum (Beijing, China),  and He Art Museum (Foshan, China).
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