Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 12

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。12号

Sculpture: cast bronze, gold foil; 225 x 80 x 90 cm, 2008

雕塑。 铸铜，金箔

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 6

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。6号

Installation: sculpture (transparent resin, pure gold, gold foil); 31 x 45 x 100 cm, 2008

装置。透明树脂，纯金，金箔

Detail

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 3

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。3号

Installation: sculpture [silica gel, powdered milk, rice], bar table; 60 x 60 x 120 cm, 2008

装置。BAR桌，硅胶，奶粉，大米。

Detail

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 5

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。5号

Installation: sculpture (transparent resin), baby’s chair, silver leaf; 52 x 55 x 90 cm, 2008

装置。透明树脂，婴儿椅，银箔。

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 4

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。4号

Sculpture: fiberglass-reinforced plastic, picture frame; 68 x6 8 x 10 cm, 2008

雕塑。玻璃钢，镜框。

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 7

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。7号

Painting: rice, purple rice, silica gel; 120 x 100 cm, 2008

绘画。大米，紫米，硅胶

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 8

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。8号

Painting: sesame seed, chili powder, silica gel; 120 x 100 cm, 2008

绘画。芝麻，辣椒粉，硅胶

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 9

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。9号

Painting: husked kaoliang [sorghum], aniseed powder, silica gel; 120 x 100 cm, 2008

绘画。高粱米，大料粉，硅胶

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 10

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。10号

Painting: millet, black-seeded sesame, anise, silica gel; 120 x 100 cm, 2008

绘画。小米，黑芝麻，茴香，硅胶

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 11

是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。11号

Painting: acrylic paints, eiderdown duck feathers, flower-bud silk, “I love you” streamer, silica gel; 160 x 120 cm, 2008

绘画。丙烯颜料，鸭绒鸭毛，蕾丝，I LOVE YOU装饰带，硅胶

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 2

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。2号

Installation: lamp, transparent resin, light-emitting diode [LED]; 62 x 62 x 92 cm, 2008

装置。灯，透明树脂，LED。

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 1

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。1号

Installation: painting, photograph, artist’s stool; 270 x 250 x 240 cm [installation space dimensions], 2008

装置。照片，木板凳，油画

Who cares whose seed it is! It’s my pregnancy – No. 1 Detail

别管是谁的！我怀上了就是我的。1号 局部 

  Our Tomorrow is Sweeter than Honey 我们的生活比蜜甜

   Installation 2008

   Subtlety [group exhibition] – Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing (2008)

Happiness Index  2008  [幸福指数2008]

[mixed-media painting, included in the installation Our Tomorrow is Sweeter than Honey]

Subtlety [group exhibition] – Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, 2008

Happiness 幸福 Installation 2008

Subtlety [group exhibition] – Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, 2008

I’m merely borrowing an immense ascension (Forbidden City)

我只是借着一股强大的上升气流-故宫

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2007

I’m merely borrowing an immense ascension (Eiffel Tower)

我只是借着一股强大的上升气流-埃菲尔铁塔

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2007

I’m merely borrowing an immense ascension (Vatican City)

我只是借着一股强大的上升气流-梵蒂冈

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2007

I’m merely borrowing an immense ascension (Statue of Liberty)

我只是借着一股强大的上升气流-自由女神像

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2007

Pet 宠物

Installation 2008, plastic flowers, duck feathers, down, maize shafts;

150 x 150 x 150 cm – 3 parts (variable dimensions, courtesy of the artist)

New World Order [2008 group exhibition] –Groningen Museum, Groningen (The Netherlands)

In Person [2006 installation (showing an earlier form of the work)] –Song Zhuang, Beijing

[A large-scale solo exhibition of installations in diverse media, presented as a “drama”]

Sept. 22 - Nov. 11, 2007, at Arario Beijing

Prologue:  Some things must be read out loud, it’s important to read carefully

序幕：有些东西一定要读，要大声读，读得认真很重要。

Scene I:  The emperor commits suicide  第一幕：皇帝自杀了。

Heads of state of the powerful countries together dispatched a stainless steel coffin we’d made to encoffin him.

The emperor sawed off the doorsill himself – it abso-fucking-lutely annoyed him.

The telephone the emperor used to speak to the intellectuals.

The emperor’s favorite painting.

Scene II:  The hero departs  第二幕：英雄去了。

Following the road where heroes have trod, without care or concern we joyously advanced.

Straw mat favored by the hero.

Shoes for which the hero, while alive, had a hankering.

Fish bones spat out by the hero.

Scene III:  With one shot of the canon, a ton of gold  第三幕：大炮一响黄金万两。  

[literally, … 10,000 liang of gold]

Fireworks waste money, firearms earn money.

Coat-hanger constructed of bullets.

The awesome power of bullet shells.

A handcrafted gun.

Scene IV:  The Question of Thinking 第四幕： 思想问题。 

Our brain in fact doesn't always produce thought. But once it's produced, it's definitely distorted.

In the pocket of the pants that were put in the wash, could be notes on which thoughts were written.

Thoughts very possibly were produced under this lamp.

With trust, it exists; without trust, it doesn't exist (indistinct turtle bone writing).

       Scene V:  Canine Monument 第五幕：狗纪念碑。

You are loyal, sensitive, fearless, and passionate – in profound memory of you, remembering all deceased dogs who had been trained by humankind.

The bird that dogs wanted to hunt the most.

Dogs’ favorite chewing toy.

Dogs’ most detested tool.

Intermission: History has presented many paths before us, but we can only walk on one of them

幕间休息：历史曾经摆在我们面前很多路，我们只从一条路走来。 

    Tip for living:  don't get lost.

Tip for living:  work and play should go together.

Tip for living:  be mindful of safety.

Tip for living:  go forward into the future.

Scene VI: Going to the moon  第六幕：登月计划。 

Originally, a means for communicating with heaven. For heavenly ascension, there's no better choice than this.

The moon carriage that has been prepared for a long time.

[The mythical] Chang'e took this pill when she flew to the moon. It is suggested that all astronauts take it. Its effect is great.

(Niuhuang Shangqing pill - a traditional Chinese medicine)

The most suitable pet to bring to the moon. (Wu)

Scene VII: Futuristic fashion 第七幕：未来时尚。 

If you're rich, you damn well better act rich.

To be dignified and stylish is essential.

The beautiful mustn't be in want.

One absolutely must have a treasure - the bigger, the better.

Scene VIII: Doing Damn Big Commerce  第八幕：干大买卖。 

Business - if you do it, do it on a grand scale. First of all, sell off those big shots closest to us.

Sell the Moon

Sell Mars

Sell the Sun.

(How to sell planets: Collectors, dealers or their local agents are all eligible. Whatever part of the scene you select is cut out

 right here, and my assistant mounts it on canvas. Even if you choose them all, they must be cut up and photographed as a

record, then the artwork is complete.)

（星球卖法：收藏家或其代理人、买办也行，将其选中的部分当场剪下来，由我的助手为其绷在画布上。即使全选

也要剪开，并且拍照留念，至此作品才算完成。）

Scene IX: Commendatory Rally 第九幕：表彰大会。

The [musical] March of the Athletes.

Microphones specifically used at rallies

Red flowers for the heroes.

The End.

New Narrative 新叙事

oil on canvas, each 160 x 120 cm, 10 paintings, 2007

New Narrative 新叙事 [Solo Painting Exhibition 2007]

dARTex / the Danish Cultural Institute, Beijing

Changes in secret No. 12 暗变烂烂 No.12

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2006

Changes in secret No. 13 暗变烂烂 No.13

oil on canvas, 220 x 300 cm, 2006

Changes in secret 暗变烂烂 [Solo Painting Exhibition 2006]

– Yibo Gallery, Shanghai, 2006

Provisions 粮食

Installation, 20 bags of flour, 40 cast-iron woks, 2005

(size varies according to the environment)

The developed countries and regions have already converted raw grain into the energy product and the financial

product. But the raw grain is just for eating against hunger in the developing countries and regions. An invisible

war must break out between these two different worlds.

– Xiao Yu, 2005

Clues – Fang Lijun / Wang Yin / Xiao Yu / Yang Maoyuan [group exhibition] – White Space Beijing, 2005

Untitled Series 2005 无题系列2005

Composite photographs (with digital editing) 110 x 135 cm, 110 x 140 cm, 110 x 142 cm, 110 x 133 cm, 2005

Untitled 无题

color photographs, 2005

Conspire [group exhibition] – The First Exhibition of TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Song Zhuang, Beijing, 200

In the Photographer's Studio 艺术影楼

Interactive installation: an invitational photography shop at Shanghai Art Museum

(Size change according to the environment)

5th Shanghai Biennale: Techniques of the Visible – Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, 2004

I'm A Screw 我是一颗螺丝钉

Installation, cast iron, chalk, spray painting, tapeline, 2004

height: 164 cm, bottom diameter: 48 cm

I’m a Screw [site-specific installation] – Zhaoweihuadeng Plaza, Beijing, 2005

Banana Surfer [group exhibition] – Ieum Gallery, Beijing, 2005

18VS1–Community in the Imagination [group exhibition] – Crystal Town, Tianjin, China, 2004

Is It Art? 什么什么艺术？

Performance / video, 2004

Process: two trucks, red silk, performing troupe of gong and drum, performing troupe of stilt and dancing,

black plaque written with gold characters

1. Make a black plaque (90 cm (h) x 260 cm (w) x 8 cm (thick)) inscribed with bronze characters "Is it art?"

and decorated with red silk around the plaque.

2. Two young people holding the plaque take the same truck with the performing troupe of stilt-walkers and

dancers. The performing troupe of gong and drum take another truck, with the cameraman in front.

3. Beating drums and circling around the old village, place the plaque at a position previously determined at

the village’s entrance gate.

4. In the show room, screen the whole process of delivering the plaqu.

Is It Art? [group exhibition] – Xi’an, China, 2004

People Walk Up, Water Flows Down   人往高处走，水往地处流

Installation, glass, steel, sanitary equipment, clean water, cycling pump, 2003

Junction: Architectural Experiment of Chinese Contemporary Art

[group exhibition] – Lianyang Architecture Art Museum, Shanghai

People walking up is a type of activity that serves people's basic instincts, desires and their subconscious,

it requires almost no exercise of rational judgment. The impulse to ascend always lacks a clear aim; in the

process, limbs largely act in advance of the brain. Water flowing down is the result of rational judgment

and a realization of people's objectives. The recognition of water running deep may promote rational behavior

 among people - for example, how to utilize, how to control, and how to dispose of water.

-Xiao Yu, 2003

Friendly Interaction 友好往来

Installation, 175 x 390 x 55 cm, 2003

(exhibition counter and exhibition plate produced by 798 Factory, family gas tin, ashtray, cigarette end, fish thread)

Left Hand, Right Hand; a Sino-German Exhibition of Contemporary Art

 [group exhibition] – 798 Art Space, Beijing, 2003

Runway 五羊城

Installation, 145 cm (h) x 1000 cm (diameter), 2003

(five white sheep, round runway, self-made dolly, fodder, and transparent shading plate)

Distance: A Collection of the Guangdong Museum of Art Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition

 [group exhibition] – Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, 2003

Round Wheel 转轮

Performance / installation, 250 x 250 x 100 cm, 2003

(metal frame, bearing, computer bag, suite and tie)

Hang up a hollow metal round wheel having a diameter of 2.5 meter and a width of 0.9 meter. The round

 wheel can move forwards but can't move backwards. Attired in suite and tie, one assistant with a suitcase

under his arm walks in the round wheel.

Distance: A Collection of the Guangdong Museum of Art Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition

 [group exhibition] – Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2003

Sharp-shooter 狙击手

Installation, 240 x 240 x 240 cm, 2003

(toy gun, hood, projector, camera, non-sensitization print paper, wood plate, red and black fabric) 

Second Hand Reality [group exhibition] – Today Art Gallery, Beijing, 2003

Villa Museum 别墅美术馆

Installation, neon light, transducer, 300 x 250 x 10 cm, 2003

Place: Hui gu geng yuan, Beijing

Passageway 通道

Permanent installation, sealed with square steel tube, water pond, 2003 

Location: Zang Gu, Shijiazhuang

Form of Artwork: starts from the tunnel of the platform on the square, self-twisting for one and half

turns of a circle, then inserted in the seed warehouse.

Background: Zang Gu is a product of the agricultural technology from the era of Chairman Mao. It

 was a seed study institute. Now it has been developed into a public space by the property developer,

who named it Zang Gu. During the construction process, there were 300 observers in the area, who

 walked or crawled through the tunnel, Later, the security staff stopped them. After completion, it was

 made permanently open to the public free of charge.

Washbasin 城市因我而可爱

Installation, red plastic washbasin, toothpaste, toothbrush, plastic cup, 500 x 500 x 500 cm, 2003 

City Net Asia [group exhibition] – Seoul Museum of Art – Seoul, Korea, 2003

Welcome 欢迎来到美术馆 

Performance / video, neon light, transducer, 2003

Video Type: DVD 00:03:01

Material for Performing Part: 40 female young pioneers, 40 male young pioneers, 40 bunches of

plastic flowers, 80 red scarves, one dresser.

1.  A dresser applies makeup on 40 female Young Pioneers.

2.  40 female Young Pioneers and 40 male Young Pioneers, with plastic flowers in hands, stand

alongside the entrance gate.

3.  40 female Young Pioneers, waving their plastic flowers, exclaim “Warm welcome!”  40 male

young pioneers applaud and exclaim, “Good-bye, come again to the art museum next time!”

4.  The performance part lasts for one hour.

Second-hand Reality:[group exhibition] – Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2003

FISH 王永刚说：‘要保护鱼’ 萧昱说：‘一定要保护鱼’

Installation, fish, fish net, fish jar, 2002

W.X.Y. [3-artist exhibition] – China Art Archives & Warehouse, Beijing, 2002

FIow 流动

Installation, banyan, turf, flower mud, two stainless glass cases, 2002

Artists: Xiao Yu, Wang Yonggang

Run Jump Crawl Walk – the East Modern Art Center, Beijing, 2002

Too Much Flavor – 3H Art Center, Shanghai, 2002

FIow 流动

Installation, pine tree, turf, flower mud, two stainless glass cases, 2002

Artists: Xiao Yu, Wang Yonggang

[Permanent Site-Specific Installation]:Zhong-guan-cun Life Science Park, Beijing, China, 2002