Su in front of his paintings The White Slab 2, 3 (稟白 - 2、3). Photo was taken at the "Xiaobai Su: 2012–2014" exhibition in Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, in 2014.

Su Xiaobai (Chinese: 苏笑柏; pinyin: Sū Xiàobǎi; born 1949) is a Chinese artist.

Su Xiaobai
Traditional Chinese蘇笑柏[1]
Simplified Chinese苏笑柏

Exhibitions and collections edit

Su's works are in the permanent collection of several museums, including the Langen Foundation, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the National Art Museum of China, and the Shanghai Art Museum.[2] In addition, the Brooklyn Museum's collection includes Moonlight Halo,[3] the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's collection includes Three Colours – Crimson,[4] and the Art Gallery of New South Wales's collection includes Magnanimous – Blue.[5]

Solo exhibitions include:

Group exhibitions include:

References edit

  1. ^ Sullivan (2006).
  2. ^ Gao & Alexander (2016a), p. 364.
  3. ^ Su Xiaobai (2013). Moonlight Halo (Oil, lacquer, linen, and wood, 60 5/8 x 58 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (154 x 149 x 13 cm)). Brooklyn Museum. 2015.92.1.
  4. ^ Su Xiaobai (2013). Three Colours – Crimson (Oil, lacquer, linen, and wood, 88 x 77 x 5 7/8 in. (223.5 x 195.6 x 15 cm)). Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2014.55.
  5. ^ Su Xiaobai (2016). Magnanimous – Blue (Oil, lacquer, linen, and wood, 173.0 x 165.0 x 15.0 cm). Art Gallery of New South Wales. 356.2017.
  6. ^ PAC Curitorial Board (2015a).
  7. ^ Tsao (2009a); Zhang, Cahill & Cahill (2009), p. 209.


Books edit

Shanghai Art Museum 2007 edit

  • Shanghai Art Museum, ed. (2007). Dà xiàng wúxíng: Sū Xiàobǎi zuòpǐn zhǎn 大象无形 : 苏笑柏作品展 [Intangible Greats : Works by Xiaobai Su] (in Chinese and English). Shanghai: Shanghai Bookstore Press. ISBN 978-7-80678-680-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)


  • [Yè Tíngfāng] 叶廷芳. "Yǐn qùle wùxiàng, zhùrùle qínghuái hé zhé sī—Màn yì Sū Xiàobǎi de yóucǎi huà" "隐去了物象,注入了情怀和哲思—漫议苏笑柏的油彩画" (in Chinese). In Shanghai Art Museum (2007), pp. 40–41.
  • [Táo Yǒngbái] 陶咏白; [Sū Xiàobǎi] 苏笑柏; [Shàng Huī] 尚辉; [Lǐ Jiànguó] 李建国; [Jiǎ Fāngzhōu] 贾方舟; [Xú Hóng] 徐虹; et al. "Sū Xiàobǎi zuòpǐn yántǎo huì" "苏笑柏作品研讨会" (in Chinese). In Shanghai Art Museum (2007), pp. 164–181.

Tsao 2009 edit

  • Tsao Hsingyuan (2009). Wù xiàng huàjìng: Chuántǒng sīwéi dí dàng dài chóng shù 悟象化境 : 传统思维的当代重述 [Transforming pictures: A contemporary (re)presenting of traditional thoughts] (in Chinese and English). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 978-7-119-05762-0.

Beyer 2010 edit

  • Beyer, Nicole, ed. (2010). Xiaobai Su: Die Dynastie der Farben (in German and English). Mainz & Neuss: ZDF & Langen Foundation. ISBN 978-3-940661-01-2.

Pearl Lam 2012 edit

  • Pearl Lam Galleries, ed. (2012). Zhōngguó chōuxiàng yìshù, 80 niándài zhìjīn: Yì yuán 中國抽象藝術, 80年代至今 : 憶原 [Chinese Contemporary Abstract, 1980s Until Present: Mindmap] (in Chinese and English). Hong Kong: Pearl Lam Galleries.

Tsai 2013 edit

  • Tsai Chao-Yi, ed. (2013). Dà jìng: Sū Xiàobǎi yìshù zhǎn 大境 : 蘇笑柏藝術展 [Grand Immensity: The Art of Xiaobai Su] (in Chinese and English). Taichung: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. ISBN 978-986-03-6690-7.

Pearl Lam 2014 edit

  • Pearl Lam Galleries, ed. (2014). Sū Xiàobǎi 蘇笑柏 [Su Xiaobai]. Hong Kong: Pearl Lam Galleries. ISBN 978-988-12441-9-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

PAC 2015 edit

  • PAC Curitorial Board, ed. (2015). Jing Shen: The Act of Painting in Contemporary China (in Italian and English). Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana. ISBN 978-88-366-3173-5.

Gao & Alexander 2016 edit

Tina Keng 2018 edit

Tina Keng 2021 edit

Other print edit

  • Gao Minglu, ed. (2012). Zhōngguó chōuxiàng yìshù, 80 niándài zhìjīn: Yì yuán 中國抽象藝術, 80年代至今 : 憶原 [Chinese contemporary abstract, 1980s until present: Mindmap]. Hong Kong: Pearl Lam Galleries.
  • Sullivan, Michael (2006). "Su Xiaobai". Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-520-24449-8.
  • Vis-à-Vis (PDF) (Exhibition catalogue). Hong Kong: Pearl Lam Galleries. 2018.
  • "KIAF Special Artists: Su Xiaobai". Art in Asia. Sep–Oct 2013. pp. 34–35. ISSN 1976-9210.
  • The Luxe Museum (Sep–Oct 2008). "From Imagery to Abstraction: An Exhibition by Invitation of Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting". AsianArtNews (Advertisement). 18 (5): 50–51. ISSN 1023-5884.

Online edit

Further reading edit

  • [Gāo Mínglù] 高名潞, ed. (2008). Kǎo gōng jì: Sū Xiàobǎi zuòpǐnjí 考工記: 蘇笑柏作品集 [Kao Gong Ji: Art of Xiaobai Su] (in Chinese). Shěnyáng Shì: Liáoníng měishù chūbǎn shè. ISBN 978-7-5314-4212-7.


  • Gao Minglu, ed. (2014). Kǎo gōng jì: Sū Xiàobǎi de yìshù jí qí dīdiào zhéxué 考工记 : 苏笑柏的艺术及其低调哲学 [Kao Gong Ji: Art of Xiaobai Su and His "Reserve Philosophy"]. The Chinese Contemporary Mainstream Art. Shenyang: Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-531464556.
  • Gong Yunbiao, ed. (2006). Sū Xiàobǎi 2005 苏笑柏2005 [Su Xiaobai 2005]. Hangzhou: China Academy of Art Press. ISBN 978-7-81083-503-9.
  • He Huiting; Li Yingwei; Zhao Zhiheng, eds. (2008). Chéng huái guān dào: Sū Xiàobǎi zuòpǐn zhǎn 澄懷觀道 : 蘇笑柏作品展 [Clarify My Mind to View the World: The Artworks of Xiaobai Su]. Taipei: Lin & Keng Gallery. ISBN 978-957-8238-53-4.
  • Klapheck, Konrad, ed. (1998). Dynamik und Stille: Xiaobai Su. Düsseldorf: Galerie Tedden.
  • Pearl Lam Galleries, ed. (2014). Sū Xiàobǎi 蘇笑柏 [Su Xiaobai]. Hong Kong: Pearl Lam Galleries. ISBN 978-988-12441-9-2.


  • Peng De 彭德 (2015). "Sū Xiàobǎi yìshù lùn" 苏笑柏艺术论. Péng Dé zì xuǎnjí 彭德自選集 [Selected essays by Peng De] (in Chinese). Taiyuan: Běiyuè. pp. 80–84. ISBN 978-7-5378-4242-6. [DUPLICATE, CHINESE]

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