Frank Fu

Frank Fu is a Chinese-Mongolian performance artist and experimental filmmaker based in China, Auckland and New York City. His work is often stylized as surreal, minimalistic and contemporary.^[1] He is known for having pain and desire as a common thematic exploration.

Career

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.^[2]

In 2007, Fu performed "In Memory of Contemporary Art" at the Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland.^[3][4] 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".^[5]

In 2008, Fu was at the Asian Contemporary Art Week, performing "The Asian Bubble" at the Rubin Museum of Art^[6] and at Paris's Centre Georges Pompidou for his performance "Frank Fu Pompidou 1968 - 2008.^[7]

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.^[8]

References

External links

• Official Site
• Asian Contemporary Art Week - Artists in Conversation: Frank Fu
• The Listener, New Zealand
• Contemporary Artists From China