Space Occupation: Interview with Su Xiaobai
By Wei Hao Qi
Portrait of SU XIAOBAI. Courtesy Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei.
Based in a studio to the west of Shanghai’s city center, painter Su Xiaobai has been described as being hermitic. It is true that Su mostly avoids publicity and the courting of collectors that is today a seemingly fundamental component of artistic production. However, on arriving at his work space, what I found was a small commune with a contingent of workers.
