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Wednesday 16 October4.30-5.30pm

He Xiangyu “Yellow Book” Discussion & Book Signing

  • He Xiangyu, artist

  • Li Zhenhua, independent curator

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He Xiangyu

He Xiangyu

He Xiangyu

Conceptual artist He Xiangyu (1986, China) has developed projects that take as their subject the goods and products that symbolize the mass production and consumption of the world while evoking the state of contemporary Chinese society.

The Lemon Project, started in 2016, turns towards the practice of scientific research to produce an encyclopedic collection of the multitude of meanings and functions of lemons and the color yellow, leading him to immerse himself in the abyss of historical, psychological, medical, and cultural meanings associated with the color yellow. The book in a Japanese binding includes essays on the color yellow. On the inside of the uncut pages are more than 500 of He Xiangyu`s drawings entitled “Research on Yellow.”


Image courtesy of Li Zhenhua

Image courtesy of Li Zhenhua

Li Zhenhua

Li Zhenhua has been active in the artistic field since 1996, his practice mainly concerning curation, art creation and project management. Since 2010 he has been the nominator for the Summer Academy at the Zentrum Paul Klee Bern (Switzerland), as well as for The Prix Pictet (Switzerland). He is a member of the international advisory board for the exhibition "Digital Revolution" at the Barbican Centre in the UK in 2014, received as member of the international advisory board for Videotage and Symbiotica in 2015.

Since 2000 focus on curating and dialog with the 6th generation film makers and documentary film makers from China, since 2004 involved in CIFF. 2010 curated Heat: Zhang Yuan solo show in Nanjing, China. 2007 work as producer on Shen Shaomin's documentary film I am Chinese. Since 2003 worked as jury in the film and arts field, such as Shorti (Span 2003), Napolis Film festival (Italy 2006), Transmediale (Berlin, Germany 2009), CCAA (Beijing, China 2012), CIFF (Nanjing, China 2012), Fantoche (Switzerland 2012).

Li Zhenhua has edited several artists' publications, including "Yan Lei: What I Like to Do" (Documenta, 2012), "Hu Jieming: One Hundred Years in One Minute" (2010), "Feng Mengbo: Journey to the West" (2010), and "Yang Fudong: Dawn Mist, Separation Faith" (2009). A collection of his art reviews has been published under the title "Text" in 2013.