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Xiangqian’s Museum I, 2010
Xiangqian Hu
Xiangqian’s Museum I, 2010
Colour video, sound
14 minutes, 31 seconds
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
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Xiangqian Hu
Xiangqian’s Museum I, 2010
Colour video, sound
14 minutes, 31 seconds
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Xiangqian’s Museum is a fictional institution founded by the artist, comprising an ongoing collection of works that he has encountered or heard about. While collections are usually composed of physical objects, the artworks in Xiangqian’s Museum are represented through the artist’s body, conveyed to an audience by way of performance: using language and movement, Hu attempts to describe the works in his museum. This video shows a 2010 performance at Taikang Space in Beijing.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Xiangqian Hu
2010
Colour video, sound
14 minutes, 31 seconds
Film still
Hu Xiangqian’s art is inspired by current events and his immediate surroundings.
This publication takes as its starting point Yuko Hasegawa’s curatorial concept for Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:Emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography and March Meeting 2013.