Overview
"I see patience, perseverance, and light."
Born in 1971 in the province of Sichuan, China, Lu grew up in the midst of the hustle and bustle of an opera house, joining her parents and their theatre group during their tours around the province. Inspired by the fervour of Chinese opera, Lu often applies elements of the visual and formal language of its gestures and costumes, physically intertwining and recontextualising the traditional garments into her art as the substance of drama to empower and rethink the notions of femininity, nationality, mediality, and belonging.
 
Known for her use of traditional Chinese costumes and vibrant textiles, Lu Luo encounters the canvas as a stage upon which stories come together, woven into a colourful tapestry through which narratives of identity and expression are felt in the intricacies of texture. Lu has developed her works into a distinct style that expresses an attunement to the complexities of beauty and pain, darkness and light, as the composition of surfaces in flux. The notions of strength and vulnerability form a union in the tangibility of the rhythms of colour, form, and materiality within her image, as Lu approaches them with a playful yet dauntless tenderness.
 
Moving away from the nostalgia of her earlier works, Lu has pushed the elements of memory and sentimentality further into divergent directions in her recent works. Her techniques have evolved from re-appropriating the original fabrics of traditional costumes into a more abstract approach to art, life, and the notions of form and representation, using gradients of colour and line to compose each piece into an affective environment that conceals and reveals the constant movement within – like a never-ending dance.
Works
  • Lu Luo, Fragment Diary , 2022
    Lu Luo
    Fragment Diary , 2022
    Coloured paper ropes on wood
    12 x 48 cm
    4 ¾ x 18 ⅞ in
  • Lu Luo, Fragment Diary , 2022
    Lu Luo
    Fragment Diary , 2022
    Mixed media
    72 x 103 cm
    28 ⅜ x 40 ½ in
  • Lu Luo, Fragment Diary, 2022
    Lu Luo
    Fragment Diary, 2022
    Coloured paper ropes on wood
    12 x 96 cm
    4 ¾ x 37 ¾ in
  • Lu Luo, Fragment Diary, 2022
    Lu Luo
    Fragment Diary, 2022
    Coloured paper ropes on wood
    24 x 24 cm
    9 ½ x 9 ½ in
  • Lu Luo, Opaque, 2022
    Lu Luo
    Opaque, 2022
    Mixed media on canvas
    150 x 200 cm
    59 x 78 ¾ in
  • Lu Luo, Silent drizzle, 2022
    Lu Luo
    Silent drizzle, 2022
    Mixed media on canvas
    150 x 200 cm
    59 x 78 ¾ in
  • Lu Luo, Tracing Lines, 2021
    Lu Luo
    Tracing Lines, 2021
    Rice paper threads on canvas
    120 x 120 cm
    47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in
  • Lu Luo
    Lu Luo
    Rice paper threads on canvas
    22 x 22 cm
    8 ⅝ x 8 ⅝ in
  • Lu Luo, Element Series
    Lu Luo
    Element Series
    Acrylic and Silk on Canvas
    20 x 20 cm
    7 ⅞ x 7 ⅞ in
  • Lu Luo, Horizon
    Lu Luo
    Horizon
    Mixed media on canvas
    140 x 220 cm
    55 ⅛ x 86 ⅝ in
  • Lu Luo, Kimono
    Lu Luo
    Kimono
    Oak wood
    160 x 50 x 70 cm
    63 x 19 ¾ x 27 ½ in
  • Lu Luo, Little Blue Dress
    Lu Luo
    Little Blue Dress
    Mixed media on canvas
    22 x 22 cm
    8 ⅝ x 8 ⅝ in
  • Lu Luo, Little Orange Dress
    Lu Luo
    Little Orange Dress
    Mixed media on canvas
    22 x 22 cm
    8 ⅝ x 8 ⅝ in
  • Lu Luo, Opera
    Lu Luo
    Opera
    Mixed media on canvas
    180 x 160 cm
    70 ⅞ x 63 in
  • Lu Luo, Pink Dress
    Lu Luo
    Pink Dress
    Mixed media on canvas
    180 x 160 cm
    70 ⅞ x 63 in
  • Lu Luo, Spectrum
    Lu Luo
    Spectrum
    Mixed media on canvas
    180 x 160 cm
    70 ⅞ x 63 in
  • Lu Luo, Sweet Dreams
    Lu Luo
    Sweet Dreams
    Mixed media on canvas
    160 x 180 cm
    63 x 70 ⅞ in
  • Lu Luo, Tracing Blue
    Lu Luo
    Tracing Blue
    Rice paper threads on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
    39 ⅜ x 39 ⅜ in
  • Lu Luo, 文 / Speech
    Lu Luo
    文 / Speech
    Mixed media on canvas
    180 x 160 cm
    70 ⅞ x 63 in
Exhibitions
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