Xiao Lu works on “Stepping Out” catalog published by HATJE CANTZ

Stepping Out! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art is the first book and exhibition in twenty-five years to present a broadly representative selection of works by China’s contemporary women artists. Since the late 1980s, they have been stepping out of the shadow cast by their male colleagues—who largely dominate contemporary Chinese art—with a consistently open and occasionally provocative attitude. In the tense field occupied by tradition, ideology, and upheaval, the twenty- six selected artists investigate and unsparingly reveal personal and social fears, contradictions, and hopes. Their works demand equal rights, question traditional roles and forms of representation, and break taboos in order to bring current social and gender issues self-confidently before the public eye.

Stepping Out! Female Identities in Chinese Contemporary Art

 Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, May 14 – October 16, 2022

 Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen, December 1, 2022 – March 12, 2023

 Museum der Moderne Salzburg, April 1 – July 2, 2023

Curatorial Team / Kuratorteam:

Nils Ohlsen (Chief Curator / hovedkurator, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum), Christina Penetsdorfer (Co-curator / medkurator, Museum der Moderne Salzburg), Anne Kielgast (Curator / kurator, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND), Feng Boyi (Associate Curator / tilknyttet kurator, Beijing), Liu Xi (Associate Curator / tilknyttet kurator, Shanghai)

Advisory Board / Kunstnerisk rád: Luise Guest (Sydney, Australia), Monica Merlin (Doha, Qatar), Shu-chin Tsui (Brunswick, ME, US), Sasha Su-Ling Welland (Seattle, WA, US)

Artist in the exhibition

Wen Hui（文慧）,  Lin Tianmiao（林天苗）,  Xiao Lu（肖鲁）,  Yin Xinzhen（尹秀珍）,  He Chenyao（何成瑶）,  Yu Hong（喻红）,  Xing Dansen（邢丹文）,  Cui Xiuwen（崔岫文）,  Xiang Jing（向京）,  Bu Hua（卜桦）,  Peng Wei（彭薇）,  Tao Aimin（陶艾民）,  Chen Qiulin（陈秋林）,  Li Xinmo（李心沫）,  Cao Fei（曹斐）,  Sun Shaokun（孙少坤）,  Ma Quisha（马秋莎）,  Geng Xue（耿雪）,  Hu Yinping（胡尹萍）,  Fan Xi（范西）, Luo Yang（罗洋）,  Liu Xi（柳溪）,  Cao Yu（曹雨）,  Chen Zhe（陈哲）,  Tong Wenmin（童文敏）,  Liang Liu（良秀）.

Buy catalog link

https://www.hatjecantz.com/products/59739-stepping-out?variant=47427731587418