Exhibition Opening: Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue

EDMUND CAPON AM, OBE, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF 4A, AND MIKALA TAI, DIRECTOR OF 4A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE OPENING OF:    _Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁: 语嘿_ [https://www.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dce4715ce2b8f617885225776&id=a9ff009e17&e=d26face23b] Exhibition opening: 4-6PM, Saturday 19 January _Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁: 语嘿_ is the first retrospective of leading contemporary Chinese artist Xiao Lu. Part of Sydney Festival 2019,  this major EXHIBITION examines Xiao Lu’s creative interest in deep emotion, extreme action, and chance. Spanning a period of 30 years, _Impossible Dialogue_ presents significant performance works by Xiao Lu including a new commission that explores the artist’s ongoing connection to AUSTRALIA. This OPENING EVENT STARTS AT 4:00PM with drinks and an OPENING ADDRESS FROM JULIE EWINGTON, independent writer and curator, living in Sydney. RSVP TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT BY FRIDAY 11 JANUARY. EXHIBITION RUNS 19 January - 24 March 2019. Curators: Claire Roberts, Mikala Tai, Xu Hong. Curatorial Assistant: Kelly Doley #XiaoLuImpossibleDialogue @4a_Aus www.4a.com.au [http://www.4a.com.au/] Image above: Xiao Lu, _One_, performance, 5 September 2015, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Photograph by Lin Qijian, courtesy Xiao Lu. _Xiao Lu: Impossible Dialogue 肖鲁: 语嘿_  is produced and presented by 4A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART and is part of Sydney Festival 2019. This EXHIBITION AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMING ARE SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIA-China Council of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship project led by Dr Claire Roberts_Reconfiguring the World: China. Art. Agency. 1900s to Now_(FT140100743), and the Faculty of Arts, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne.