Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong
New Exhibition Opens at the Museum of Vancouver May 28, 2026
The Museum of Vancouver is happy to announce the opening of a new exhibition, Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong, which is set to open on May 28, 2026. The exhibition is the most comprehensive display of Gu Xiong’s artistic practice and the major influences that defined it.
An internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist, Gu works across mediums. His work redefines how we understand migration, hybridity, and globalization. Highlights include Enclosures (1989-2026), an installation not seen since the 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition; the Crushed Cans painting and silkscreen print series (1991-93), an embodiment of Gu’s experience with culture shock; and Yellow Cargo (2016-26) a large-scale installation that explores globalization through the lens of migrant workers in Canada.
The exhibition will encompass three gallery spaces. The first covers his start as an artist in China, his discovery of the Group of Seven and his role in China’s Avant-Garde movement. The second gallery is highly personal, chronicling the years Gu and his family navigated the boundaries between two cultures and when Gu filled manual labour roles—dishwasher, janitor and pizza chef—while continuing his creative practice in his basement home. In the third space, the artist looks beyond personal experiences towards the global movement of migrants.
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