ShanghART Gallery is pleased to present Lu Lei’s solo exhibition “Wander Giant” on 6 November during 2019 Shanghai Art Week. This is Lu Lei’s first solo show in Shanghai and his second with the gallery, featuring the artist’s latest works from the past four years since his 2015 solo “Echo” at ShanghART Beijing.
“I would like to write ‘a novel’, about my memories and perceptions, as well as all the absurd ideas...” - Lu Lei
This exhibition is a part of the project “Wander Giant” which Lu Lei has been planning for years. Using textual narrative as an attempt, the artist depicts a “fantasy of wander giants”, through five sculptures and installations. This show continues until 29 December, 2019.
About the Artist
Lu Lei (b.1972, Jiangsu) lives and works in Beijing. He graduated from the Sculpture Department of China Academy of Art in 1998. Recent exhibitions include: The 1st Airport Biennale, Airport Town, Guangzhou (2019); Heteroglossia, How Art Museum, Shanghai (2018); Forty Years of Sculpture · The First Term, Shenzhen Contemporary Art and Urban Planning Museum, Shenzhen (2017); The 3rd Today’s Documents - BRIC-á-brac: The Jumble of Growth, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2016); Post-sense Sensibility: Trepidation and Will, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing (2016); Lu Lei: Echo, ShanghART Beijing (2015) etc.

Opening reception : 4 pm, 6 November., 2019
Free entry

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