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Xiao Lu and the “fight for authorship” over her art

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of gunshots used for art-making.  Note: quotations taken from Xiao Lu were translated from Mandarin to English by a translator at the event.  Nestled deep in Sun Wah Centre on Keefer Street is Centre A, a public art gallery displaying “contemporary Asian and Asian-diasporic perspectives.” On September 29, the gallery hosted a talk by Chinese-Australian artist, Xiao Lu, done in partnership with SFU’s David Lam Centre. The presentation, delivered in both Mandarin and English, captured the stories behind some of Lu’s most thought-provoking works of art, such as “Polar,” “Holy Water,” and…

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