Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens The Space of Negotiation: My Art across Borders

Xiao Lu is a pioneering figure in contemporary Chinese art and one of the earliest artists associated with Chinese feminist practice. Long before she consciously embraced feminism, her body had already become a site of artistic and social intervention. Throughout her career, she has remained committed to translating lived experience into art. In this lecture, she reflects on the changing space available for artistic practice in China and internationally, discussing the opportunities, constraints, and negotiations that have shaped her work across different cultural and institutional contexts.