source: vitamincreativespace

Xu Tan was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1957 and currently lives in Shanghai and Guangzhou. In the early 1990s he joined the “Big Tail Elephant Group” in Guangzhou with Lin Yinlin, Chen Shaoxiong and Liang Juhui. The aim of this group is to develop critical strategies for negotiating the rapidly changing economic and cultural life in China. He was among the first artists to participate in Location One’s International Residency Program in 2002, and his work has been shown around the world including P.S.1 in New York, Biennale di Venezia, Berlin Biennial, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane, Australia, Guangzhou Triennial, Taipei Biennial, De Appel in Amsterdam. Recent solo shows were held at the DAAD Gallery in Berlin, at the Vitamin Creative Space in Guangzhou, at BizArt is Shanghai.
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source: artreview

Xu’s use of video interviews and didactic presentations attempted to locate the elements of language that hold significance for contemporary society. In a similar way the current show brings together works from other parts of the artist’s practice that reveal visible and long-term social effects on the social landscape.
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source: vitamincreativespace

徐坦出生于湖北省武汉市于1957年，目前住在广州和深圳。 1993年，他成为了“大尾象工作组”（大味香），成立于广州的艺术实验组的成员。他的作品曾在世界各地，包括在第53届和第50届威尼斯双年展，第二届柏林两年期，第二届广州三年展暨第四届光州双年展，在其他之中。