“Tennis Court” is artist Xu Qu’s first large scale outdoor installation, and the second installment of the terrace project since our initial collaboration in the project “Control” with architect Wang Zhenfei. “Tennis Court”continues Xu Qu’s interest in studying movement of his previous line of thoughts, in focusing the momentary state observed in the movement of the object. The artist presents a 1/6 of a regular size tennis court for the viewers, and with the help of mechanical power, we can see the unique moments of a tennis ball in this court. This installation prompts us to inquire into the new ways of observation and the right of imagination.
Xu Qu, born in Jiansu Province in 1978, received a master degree in painting and film studies from the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany in 2008, who currently lives and works in Beijing.
The Terrace Project is an outdoor project established in 2013 at Taikang Space, a platform for cross-disciplinary artistic experiment. In collaboration with young artists, architects and designers on the third floor terrace of Taikang Space, it allows them to create works in an outdoor space of approximately 90 square meters, that aims to effectively explore on subjects such as public space in the contemporary artistic discourse, public art practice, concepts of the spectacle, and the multiple possibilities of the artist’s identity and etc.
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Tennis Court, 2014, Installation(painted iron panel, wire fence, High-pressure fan,PVC-U pipe), 592×880×350cm -
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Xu Qu: Tennis Court
2014.09.11 - 2016.01.23
Artist(s)：Xu Qu
2017
- Light Pavilion Project / Ce. Zhenhao: Fong Fo Film Studio
- Drawing Pogo
- Light Pavilion Project / Jiu Jiu: Fantastic Grounds - Tomorrow
- Light Pavilion Project / Good Painting
- Portrait Hot: Taikang Photography Collection
2016
- Taikang New Generation Curator Program / Toward the Emergence of Resistance
- Light Pavilion Project / Liu Zhangbolong: La Gaya Scienza
- Centennial Presents in Return: Exhibition of Alumni Donation from Chen Dongsheng and Li Yifei
- Light Pavilion Project / Wang Tuo: A Little Violence of Organized Forgetting
- Light Pavilion Project / Yang Guangnan: Dyspepsia
- LOVE-ADDICT
- The Weight of Spirit: Selection of Taikang Collection 2016
- Ghost in Flash: After Photography
- Light Pavilion Project / Hu Qingtai: Two Parts
- Light Pavilion Project / Liang Ban: Slightly Concussed
- Light Pavilion Project / Hao Jingban: Over-romanticism
- Bio-archiving: Underground Music in Shenyang 1995-2002
2015
- POLIT-SHEER-FORM MEETING: THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF POLIT-SHEER-FORM
- Norman Bethune: Coevolution of Hero and Photography
- Back Home, Run Away: A Sample of Artistic Geography
- Fusion: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art since 1930s
- At China: Early Photography And Photographic Techniques
2014
- THE FIRST DAWN
- LOVE STORY
- SLOW SHUTTER
- Xu Qu: Tennis Court
- Poppy: Zhang Hai'er Photography
- Pull Left: Not Always Right
- You Are Damn Wrong
- Transience: Intractable Objects
2013
- Jia Xiaoding: ENDLESS
- From Fuxingmen to Caochangdi: Taikang Space 2003—
- Wang Zhenfei: CONTROL
- Liu Xinyi: EXCITATION WAVES
- Groundwork Community
- Pessimism or Resistance?
2012
- Rural North China 1947-1948
- Cai Dongdong: PULLING TO THE LEFT
- Sunset Vacuum Plug
- Gao Weigang: SUPERSTITION
- Painting: Jin Shangyi & Zhang Shujian
- La Chambre Claire
2011
- Three Openings of Xiangqian Art Museum
- EXHIBITION
- Holy Land of Revolution & Legends of Shanghai: 4th Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- IMAGE·HISTORY·EXISTENCE——TAIKANG LIFE 15th ANNIVERSARY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION
- Present Continuous Past(s)
- Valiant & Heroic Peripateticism: 3rd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡：16 Emerging Chinese Artists
2010
- 51㎡: No.16 Wang Yuyang
- 51㎡: No.15 Liang Yuanwei
- 51㎡: No.14 Yan Bing
- Genuine Colors & Images•All Sorts of Flowers Are in Bloom: 2nd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡: No.13 Liu Chuang
- 51㎡: No.12 Ma Qiusha
- 51㎡: No.11 Xu Qu
- 51㎡: No.10 Lu Zhengyuan
- 51㎡: No.9 Pei Li
- 51㎡: No.8 Xin Yunpeng
- 51㎡: No.7 Hu Xiangqian
- 51㎡: No.6 Cai Weidong
- 51㎡: No.5 Li Mu
- In Between: Han Lei Photography Exhibition
- 51㎡: No.4 Wang Sishun
2009
- 51㎡：3# Zhao Yao
- 51㎡：2# Su Wenxiang
- Beijing Hotel and the Great Hall of the People: 1st Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡：1# Zhao Zhao
- Subjective Images
- Luo Yang
2008
- Lost Fuchun Mountain: Shu Hao Solo Exhibition
- Peppermint: Drawings by Yan Cong
- Spirit | Life: Jiang Jianjun’s Aesthetic Narrative
- Good Times: Chen Hongbo Solo Exhibition
- Chen Weiqun: Photo-Chromato
2007
- One Work: Propitiation of Liu Wei + Chen Haoyu
- Illusion–Running Away: Shu Hao’s Exhibition
- Box Space, Space Box: Ma Qiusha’s Photographs
- TIME LAPSE
- Mirage: Sun Hongbin Solo Exhibition
- Beautiful Plan: Han Yajuan Solo Exhibition
