Frank Fu
| Frank Fu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983, Inner Mongolia, China |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Performance Art, Experimental cinema |
| Notable work | Orange Confucius In Memory of Contemporary Art I Love Venice Biennale and Venice Biennale Loves Me Frank Fu Pompidou 1968 - 2008 The Asian Bubble |
| Movement | Avant garde, Contemporary Art |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Yves Gore |
| 🌐 Website | "http://www.frankfu.com" |
| Twitter= | |
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Frank Fu is a performance artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, Auckland and Inner Mongolia. His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of performance art, film, and social practice.[1] He is the founder of FU Institute[2] and is currently the Head of School. Frank Fu is also lectures at USC Theater Department in Los Angeles and other art schools internationally [3].
His work is often stylized as surreal, minimalistic and contemporary.[4] He is known for having desire and pain as a common thematic exploration.
Career[edit]
At Christchurch Biennial 2006, Fu did a performance called "Don't Misbehave: Welcome to the Bullshit and Boring Art World" and the "Reading Series" at Sydney's Biennale which launched his career internationally.[5]
In 2007, Fu performed "In Memory of Contemporary Art" at the Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland.[6][7] He then performed "I Love Venice Biennale and Venice Biennale Loves Me" at Venice Biennale and "Contemporary Art Context" at Germany's dOCUMENTA. Later that year, he was invited to participate in Asian Contemporary Art Fair (ACAF) 2007, the first art fair dedicated to Asian contemporary art in New York City, to perform "The Confidence Man: Just Roll Up".[8]
In 2008, Fu was at the Asian Contemporary Art Week, performing "The Asian Bubble" at the Rubin Museum of Art[9] and at Paris's Centre Georges Pompidou for his performance "Frank Fu Pompidou 1968 - 2008.[10]
At the 66th Locarno International Film Festival 2013, Fu was invited to participate in its Filmmakers Summer Academy with his film "You Know Nothing About Me", in which only 25 participants around the world are selected to participate. During the Festival, Fu did a personal performance on "Selfies" with all the academy's guests, including filmmakers like Werner Herzog and Peter Zeitlinger.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Otago Polytechnic SCOPE Academic Article - An Online Chat Between Frank Fu and Mr Bald".[dead link]
- ↑ "Frank Fu Institute".
- ↑ "LECTURE ROOM, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART - Who Does the Artist Think She Is? by Frank Fu".
- ↑ "WM - Whitehot magazine of contemporary art - January 2008, Frank Fu interview". whitehotmagazine.com.
- ↑ http://puehu.tumblr.com/post/33548333698/frank-fu-and-the-bullshit-and-boring-art-world
- ↑ "Gow Langsford Gallery". gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz.
- ↑ "A showcase of China's sinister side". The New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Saatchi Art Artist: Erin Kornfeld; "Frank Fu, NYC, November 2007"". saatchiart.com.
- ↑ "Asian Contemporary Art Week". acaw.info.
- ↑ Frank Fu Pompidou 1968 2008. Vimeo.
- ↑ "Filmmakers Academy, 11 – 17 August 2013". pardolive.ch.
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- Asian Contemporary Art Week - Artists in Conversation: Frank Fu
- The Listener, New Zealand
- Contemporary Artists From China
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