Xiangqun Lee, noted Chinese sculptor and professor at the Tsinghua University Academy of Art and Design, will open the first solo exhibition of his 34-year art career on September 22 at the National Art Museum of China. Shown in Exhibition Halls 1, 8, and 9, the exhibition will present a number of series, including the Mao Zedong portraits and Heaping Cloud and Snow. Another work in the exhibition, entitled Big Forbidden City, covers an area of nearly 200 square meters after unfolded. It is cast in cupronickel, and took six years to complete. Many of the works in this show will be presented to the public for the very first time, creating a completely new visual experience for audience.

For this exhibition, Lee has improved some of the works, so that he presents completely new ways of thinking. Through this display of his artistic ideas and experiments, he advocates “touching history.” Sculptures can directly touch the audience, resisting and criticizing personal history and reality, to obtain breakthroughs in both artistic and political modernity. Because his creative ideas transcend existing fixed concepts and the current definition of artistic experimentation, his artistic experience is full of soul and emotion.

Walking was curated by Peking University professor LaoZhu and supported by the Peking University Center for Visual Studies. The Center has conducted academic and archival research in support of the exhibition. On the day of the opening, the National Art Museum of China will hold an academic and theoretical seminar. On September 23th, Peking University will host the Xiangqun Lee Lecture Series. Two top international scholars, Professor Peter Krieger of the Institución de Investigaciones Estéticas in Mexicoand Professor Gehard Wolf of Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, along with Professor LaoZhu, will give a brilliant series of lectures.

Walking is an exciting and entertaining presentation of Xiangqun Lee’s work to the Chinese public.


 The scene of the opening ceremony


The scene of the opening ceremony


The scene of the opening ceremony


The scene of the opening ceremony