Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Xu Tan 徐坦

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Xu Tan

 
 

徐坦

 
     
 

  Xu Tan 徐坦  -  portrait  -  chinesenewar

 
     
 
 
   

1957

Xu Tan  徐坦 was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province  China.

   

1983

After his bachelor degree, he studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
   

1989

He obtained a Master degree from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

  ( oil painting department )
   

1993

He joined Big Tail Elephant group, an experimental art team composed of :

 

Lin Yilin 林一林  Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄 and Liang Juhui.

 

He participated in two Big Tail Elephant group exhibitions in 1994 and 1996.

   

2002

He received a fellowship of Rockfeller Foundation, New York  United States.

   

2004

He was artist in residence of DAAD, in Berlin.

   

2009

He took part to the 53rd International Venice Biennial.

   
 

He lives in Guangzhou and Shenzhen  China.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   


   
 

Solo exhibitions  selection

   

2005

Loose Vitamin Creative Space Guangzhou  China

2005

Air is good DAAD Gallery Berlin  Germany

2007

Searching for keywords Art Center New York  United States

2008

Key words School Bonniers Konsthall Stockholm  Sweden

2009

Key words School Vitamin Creative Space Guangzhou  China

2009

Key words School Asia Art Archive Hong Kong  China

2009

Key words School COWIN Company Qingdao  China

2009

Whose Exhibition Is This ? Art Museum Taipei  Taiwan

2009

Key words School Yerba Buena Center San Francisco  United States

2010

Key words School University Toronto  Canada

2013

19.08 22.11 Questions,Soil And Socio-botanic Vitamin Creative Space Guangzhou  China

   
 

Collective exhibitions  selection

   

2004

19.06 12.09 A l'Ouest du Sud de l'Est /A l'Est  du Sud de l'Ouest C.R.A.C. Languedoc Roussillon

 

Sète  France

2009

10.02 03.05China ! China ! Visual Art Centre Sainsbury  United Kingdom

2009

10.02 03.05 China ! China ! Visual Art Centre Sainsbury  United Kingdom

2011

30.11 04.12 Guang Zhou Live - Internation Action Art Festival You You Gallery Guangzhou China

2012

03.01 26.02 Position Pure Space Beijing  China

2016

09.01 13.03 Linguistic Pavilion Minsheng Museum Shanghai  China

2017

16.03 16.07Big Tall Elephants - One Hour, No Room, Five Shows OCAT Beijing  China

2017

06.10 07.01Art and China after 1989: -Theater of the World Guggenheim Museum New York

 

United States

2017

15.12 15.03 Bi-City Biennial of Urbanism Shenzhen  China

2018

09.06 19.08 Dismantling the Scaffold Old Baileys Gallery Hong Kong  China

   


 
 

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 Xu Tan 徐坦  - A l'Ouest du Sud de l'Est / A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest,
avec photo de Xu Tan


Xu Tan 徐坦 - A l'Ouest du Sud de l'Est / A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest
avec photo de Xu Tan

 


 

 

Books, catalogues, articles on Xu Tan and his  work could be alone
the object of a publication. - selection.

       

 Xu Tan 徐坦 - Loose 2005

 

Xu Tan: LOOSE

Vitamin

 

booklet 20 p  

2005

  in english in chinese  
 

+ DVD in box

 
 

28,5 cm x 14,5 cm

 
  500 copies

 

     
     
       
       
 Xu Tan 徐坦  

Xu Tan

 
 

supplement to the exhibition China Welcomes You … Desires,

 
 

Struggles, New Identities

 
 

at Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum, Graz Austria

 
 

text  Xu Tan, Hu Fang

 
 

in english in german

 
 

92 p

 
     
       
       

 Xu Tan 徐坦 - Dictionary of keywords

 

Xu Tan

Vitamin
 

徐坦

Creative
  Dictionary of Keywords Space
  in english in chinese 2008
  14,5 cm x 13,5 cm  
  287 p  
 

isbn  978 981 05 9852 5

 
       


 
 

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