Qi
Mu Space is to hold Zheng Lu’s solo “ How and Why” on July 27, 2019. At the
exhibition will be a large-size two-hour installation based two of the events
the artist experienced in 2017 and 2019.
In
this exhibition Zheng Lu continues to explore “root metaphor” (his exhibition“Root
Metaphor” is now on show at Sundarm Tagore Gallery in New York). As a concept, “root
metaphor”, inherent in the conceptualization of abstract ideas, has nothing to
do with the everyday, identifiable phenomenal world: it is a hidden, invisible
kingdom that prioritizes reflection about the essence of life.
According
to the American sinologist Sarah Allan, “root metaphor” is not a literary
device but a concrete model that derives from a metaphorical structure whose
connection involves a hidden law and order. The two seemingly unrelated occurrences run across at the miraculous moment, but it
seems more like an appointment. It is interaction that inspired “How and Why”.
When a brook runs into a stone or milk into coffee, the world of regularity
gives to confusion. The artist produces a two-hour torrent in this light. Due
to the limitation of the material used for the exhibition, a demonstrative
performance is available only on the opening day. Presence from all walks of
life will be appreciated.
Zheng
Lu,born in Inner Mongolia in 1978, holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of Sculpture of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts and a Mater of Arts from the Department of Sculpture of Central Academy of Fine
Arts. In 2005 he won a LVMH Prize and got three months’ training at The École
Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, ENSBA, Paris. His exhibitions include “Root
Metaphor” (Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York), “Partial
Phenomena” (Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai), “Re-sist-ance” (Long Museum,
Shanghai), “Reflection on Still Water” (Parkview
Green, Beijing), “Shiaosai” (Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei), etc.
