Discover the work of Chinese artist Xiao Lu, whose iconic 1989 performance Dialogue is considered the first gunshot of Chinese feminist art. The meeting will highlight her courageous contribution to the avant-garde and her influence on the contemporary art scene. Xiao Lu's works mark an important milestone in the emergence of feminist perspectives in Chinese and international art. 

Xiao Lu (1962) is a Chinese artist specializing in performance art and installations. She rose to fame in 1989 when she participated in the exhibition “Chinese Avant-Garde” with her work Dialogue. Two hours after the exhibition opened, she shot her work with a pistol without warning, prompting the immediate closure of the exhibition. When the Tiananmen Square massacre took place a few months later, her action became highly politicized, referred to as “the first shots of Tiananmen.” After living in Australia for many years, she now lives between China and the United Kingdom.

On the initiative of the Performance and Body Art course. Echoing the artist's retrospective exhibition at the Frauenmuseum in Bonn, from November 9 to February 8.