THE HAIRDRESSER
Artist: Guo Qiang
Opening: 2016.11.05 16:00
Duration: 2016.11.05–12.18

The owner of a hair salon has a Golden Lion haircut. Once Ao Peng and I came across the hair salon and saw the owner’s haircut, and Ao Peng said, this is fit for the role of a monster. The boss heard this, of course, and fierce lightning bolts immediately shot from her eyes. I guiltily ran inside and apologized to the owner. Ao Peng joined me and muttered that only a Golden Lion can be like an angry bird. This hair salon subscribed to the government’s recent fashion of pretty salons, and Ao Peng was this place’s “number one” customer. After this, whenever I passed the hair salon, I bolted past it.
I only go to the “Ayi” hairdresser when I need to get a trim. Her hair salon doesn’t appear to have a name, so it’s fitting to call it the “Ayi” hairdresser. This is a hair salon only for old people and children—unhurried, like the time of the village.
—Guo Qiang
2016.09.22

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Guo Qiang (b. 1977) graduated from the Sculpture Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts in 2005, and began his painting practice in 2011. Exhibitions of his work include Sasa, Huamo Trade Town, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (2015); The Cabinet of Wonder, Beijing (2014); Sketch, AMUNA, Jiangsu (2014); 21 Trees, Quanzhou (2013); and Haigui Artists, iGallery (2013).