“True Stories”
Locks Gallery, 600 Washington Sq. South, Philadelphia
On view 13 – February 25
http://www.locksgallery.com/exhibits.php?eid=140

Locks Gallery presents True Stories, a video screening curated by Lilly Wei. The show includes Simon Leung’s War After War (2011, 90 min.), showing at 10am, 1pm, and 4pm. Simon Leung will speak about his work in Bryn Mawr’s Visual Culture Colloquium on Wednesday, March 21, at 12:30 pm. Those who are interested are encouraged to view the film prior to his talk.

Simon Leung was born in Hong Kong. He has participated in the Guangzhou Triennial (2008), the Luleå Summer Biennial (2005), the Venice Biennale (2003), the Whitney Biennial (1993), and has also exhibited at MoMA, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Generali Foundation, Vienna; 1a Space, Hong Kong; NGBK, Berlin; and Sala Mendoza, Caracas. In 2008, he received a Guggenheim fellowship and the Art Journal Award for his essay, The Look of Law.