Guided Tour in Mandarin
Guan Xiao: TEENAGER
中文导览：关小：青少年

The first solo exhibition in Austria by Guan Xiao (b. 1983, Chongqing, China) comprises an entirely new body of work in sculpture and painting. Teenager returns to fundamental subjects such as food, clothing and shelter to address questions of progress and civilisation, tradition and spirituality that are central to the multi-faceted, playful and poetic work of Guan Xiao.

The guided tour by Li Yizhuo invites Vienna’s Chinese-speaking community, from families with Chinese roots to students and professionals, to reflect on the theme of change in personal and cultural history through Guan Xiao’s exhibition. The event also welcomes anyone with knowledge of (or curiosity about) Chinese language and culture, to explore how contemporary art engages tradition, identity and society.

The guided tour is free with a valid exhibition ticket.

Li Yizhuo

Li Yizhuo is a researcher and director of BEK Forum. She is a co-investigator of the FWF research project, Performing Postsocialism in Twenty-First-Century China, at the University of Vienna. Her work examines the history and concept of experiment in contemporary Chinese art and artistic forms of transnational postsocialism. Founded by Li in 2025, BEK (conceptually, Büro für experimentelle Kunst) supports production and research in visual arts, performance, and music from its Vienna exhibition space and internationally. Prior to Vienna, Li directed nonprofit programmes and led projects with galleries and private collections in New York and Beijing.

导览活动
中文

关小（1983年生于中国重庆）在奥地利的首次个人展览《青少年》（Teenager）呈现了艺术家全新的雕塑和绘画系列。关小的创作多面、俏皮且充满诗意，此次展览回归衣食住等基本命题，探讨其作品中的核心议题：进步与文明、传统与精神。

导览活动由李艺卓主持，邀请维也纳的中文社群（从华裔家庭到中国留学生和职场人士）通过关小的展览，共同思考个人与文化历史中的变迁。活动也欢迎所有具备中文及中国文化知识（或对此感兴趣）的公众，探索当代艺术与传统、社会及身份认同的对话。

持有效展览门票可免费参与导览活动。

李艺卓

李艺卓是当代艺术学者，任BEK

Forum总监以及维也纳大学奥地利科学基金（FWF）项目的联合研究员。其研究聚焦中国当代艺术中实验这一概念的历史和含义，以及跨国后社会主义的艺术形态。2025年创立BEK

Forum，通过位于维也纳的展览空间及国际平台，支持视觉艺术、表演与音乐领域的创作及研究。她曾于纽约和北京主持非营利机构，并主导画廊与私人收藏的合作项目。