The museum is the meeting place for art and people, the artworks are there to be observed. But could the observation be turned into an art itself? Could it make us face each other? Qu challenges the possible roles of being a viewer, establishes a reflective, sensible atmosphere and turns the museum space into a live platform of activities and happenings.
Are we in front of art or are we in front of each other?
Jianan Qu is an interdisciplinary artist who works with performance, installation, objects and video. His performances that are conceptual, reduced and minimal have at the same time immense visual impact. Qu’s works have been shown at various renowned international institutions and festivals such as the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest, Vienna Art Week, Hong Kong Arts Festival, ImpulsTanz Vienna, Oslo LUX, euro-scene Leipzig, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Bruckner Haus, Linz or Festspielhaus, St. Pölten.
Jianan Qu lectures at Anton Bruckner Private University Linz (Austria), he is visiting professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria), and visiting lecturer at SOZO Kassel (Germany), CSM Alicante (Spain), Shandong University of Arts (China)
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