Press Release
Please join us at ART LABOR for the official world-wide release event for China’s rising new media star, a 3-D anime video about an androgynous superhero with very special powers, and a sophisticated plot line to save the future world from evolutionary disaster. This incredibly impressive anime is accompanied by a hundred page official character book, with art done by the enormously talented artist hhuuaazzii, and featuring the infamous Japanese “no gender” artist Mao Sugiyama, who is the model for Lu Yang’s cosplay version of UTERMAN. The show will also feature manga imagery from the project and new prints by Lu Yang, along with other mixed media. The video features EDM, dubstep and electronic hip hop by famous production duo SQUARELOUD (IDMONN x TUNELEE) from Beijing.
The idea for the project came from Lu Yang’s observation that the shape of the female uterus resembles a human with outstretched arms, and this was the genesis for the development of a non-gender character who does battle using a variety of biological means, many of which spring from our own genetic make up, or involve in her own words “genetic and hereditary properties, such as changing the enemy into a weaker and lower-level evolutionary species, or causing hereditary diseases or changing the enemy’s sex to lower its fighting ability, and then attacking.”
Lu Yang, “Baby Meteor Hammer,” 2013, Inkjet print on archival paper, edition of 8, H100 x 100 cm
陆扬，《子宫战士必杀技 – 婴儿流星锤》，2013，艺术纸微喷，限量：8，高100 x 100 cm
Lu Yang, “UTERUSMAN,” 2013, 1920×1810 HD 3D video, edition of 6, 10’15″
陆扬，《子宫战士》，2013，1920×1810 高清3D视频，限量：6，10分15秒
UTERUSMAN deals with the hidden issues of sexual orientation, genetics, reproduction, and problems with evolution.
Since graduating from The China Academy of Art in Hangzhou’s new media program, Lu Yang has received massive worldwide attention. Her very first solo exhibition in 2010 at ART LABOR was a critic’s pick with ART FORUM, and since then has shown in the Shanghai Biennale, the Guangzhou Triennial, The Royal Academy in the UK, with many other prestigious invitations too numerous to mention. She has also won residencies at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan and the world renowned SymbioticA Lab at the University of Western Australia, Perth, among other important institutions, has been featured on VICE Magazine’s Creator’s Project twice, and is always someone to watch for the newest most radical art springing forth from a reinvigorated Chinese art scene.
Lu Yang, “DNA Series Attack,” 2013, Inkjet print on archival paper, edition of 8, H120 x 75 cm
陆扬，《子宫战士必杀技 – DNA系攻击》，2013，艺术纸微喷，限量：8，高120 x 75 cm
Lu Yang, “Baby Weapon #2,” 2013, Inkjet print on archival paper, edition of 8, H83 x 120 cm
陆扬，《子宫战士必杀技 – 婴儿系武器#2》，2013，艺术纸微喷，限量：8，高83 x 120 cm
THE VIDEO WILL BE SHOWN IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
PRECISELY 9:30PM on SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST. DON’T MISS IT!
FIRST 50 PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE GALLERY RECEIVE A SIGNED LU YANG LIMITED EDITION POSTER.
DOORS OPEN AT 8PM.
THIS SHOW IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, DO NOT BRING ANYONE UNDER 12 YEARS OLD PLEASE.
