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CD
Solo exhibition with QU LEILEI (Ink and mixed media)
5 September - 6 November 2024

‘CD’ could be “Corpus Dei” in the sense of a pictorial reference, because Qu Leilei's work is immediately part of the classics, from Dürer to Michelangelo with the famous scene of the creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel, via Rembrandt, Rodin and Renoir, whose hands and nudes form an immense corpus in the history of art. The ‘CD’ of diplomatic corps could also be appropriate to the approach of the artist, who was born in a province in the north-east of China, but has lived in the London area for a long …