Big Tail Elephant  大尾象 is a group of three artists from Guangzhou :

Liang Juhui 梁矩辉  ( 1959-2006), Lin Yi Lin 林一林 (1964 ), Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄

( 1962 - 2016  ) then joined by Xu Tan 徐坦 ( 1957 ) .

They want to protest against the rapid urbanization of Guangzhou and its consequences

through photography, performance, installation and video in peculiar locations of their

city ( parking lots, works in progress, parks ).

1991 / 1997

The group put together 6 exhibits in different places throughout Guangzhou :

1991

1st exhibition 29.01 04.02 in the premises of the Worker's Palace.

1992

2nd exhibition in October Big Tail Group: Broadcast / Television at University.

1993

3rd exhibition at the Red Ants Bar.

1994

4th exhibition 28.11 03.12 No Room, 14 San Yu Road, in an old shanty house located

east of the center of town.

1995

5th exhibition in Linhe Road, a street of Guangzhou.

1996

6th exhibition 06.01 07.01 Possibility – Big Tail Elephant, The Basement of Zhongguang

Building, Guangzhou

1998

The most recent works from the group are exhibited at the Polytechnical University

in Hong Kong.

1998

05.09 18.10 First exhibition outside China, in Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland and last one

as a group.

The group stops working together but each artist individually takes part in international

exhibitions.

2003

PAUSE 4th Guangzhou Biennial.

2005

Zone d'Urgence 50th Venice Biennial.

2016

First retrospective of the group at the Guangdong Museum in Guangzhou.

Chen Shaoxiong   陈劭雄

The artist coats with black paint the plastic curtains from the hall and marks the date

every time to show his detachment from Time.

Lin Yi Lin  林一林 - performance - video

Safely Maneuvering Across Linhe Road :

From demolition debris, the artist builds a wall, piece by piece, from one side of a street

then moves them to the other side where he builds them up again transforming

the movement of circulation.

Lin Yi Lin  林一林- installation

The Result of 1000 pieces:

A wall of bricks is built all around him.

Liang Juhui  梁矩辉- Performance

One Hour Game:

The artist plays video games for an hour in a construction site elevator.

XuTan  徐坦 - Multimedia installations

The artist uses fluorescent tubes from nightclubs’ karaoke of the town for his multimedia

installations.

Danièle Sicard

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Big Tail Elephant 大尾 象  -  Lin Yilin 林一林

Big Tail Elephant 大尾 象  -  Xu Tan 徐坦  

Big Tail Elephant 大尾 象 - Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄

Big Tail Elephant  大尾 象 -  Liang Juhui 梁矩辉

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