Super Sad True Love Story Press Release

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“Super Sad True Love Story” December 6, 2014 - January 3, 2015

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fort gondo compound for the arts is pleased to present Super Sad True Love Story, a multimedia exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Cole Lu. The exhibition will open at fort gondo with a free public reception Saturday, December 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. and will remain on view through Saturday, January 3, 2015.

About the exhibition: There’s nothing wrong with her except she’s completely fucked up.

— Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story Cole Lu’s Super Sad True Love Story is just that: taking its title from Gary Shteyngart’s 2010 sci-fi novel — composed primarily of an email exchange between its protagonist and his Asian love-object — Lu’s exhibition sees the dissolution of a past relationship as the embodiment of his star-crossed dystopic future. Here, we find ourselves already and firmly in a world where relationships are experienced less in person than via exchange: of words and commodities, through Googlechat, IKEA order forms, and text-able brand slogans. Meaning is bought and ordered but rarely received, and one’s sense of self is a scripted and curated projection. The most significant loss of all is undoubtably that of true emotion, as we cry through song lyrics and get lost in the pricey mess of too much stuff. Super-sad, indeed: Lu perceives our insatiable desire for contact as a series of misapprehensions, where feelings are best confirmed through accumulations in inboxes, storage facilities and virtual accounts.

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about the artists Cole Lu received her MFA in visual art from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, her BA in Linguistics from Ming Chuan University (Taipei, Taiwan), and her AA in Japanese from Jinwen University (Taipei, Taiwan). Lu has worked as a biology lab manager, language interpreter, social media coordinator, photography assistant and exhibitions assistant, and is currently the Assistant Director for fort gondo compound for the arts, where she curates the zine library. “Super Sad True Love Story� is her first solo gallery exhibition. Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, she currently lives and works in St. Louis, MO.

__________________________________________________________________________ Cole Lu Super Sad True Love Story December 6, 2014 - January 3, 2015 fort gondo 3151 Cherokee Street St. Louis, MO 63118 All events are free and open to the public.

Hours: Thursdays & Saturdays, 12-4 PM and by appointment.

Contact: Jessica Baran info@fortgondo.com www.fortgondo.com

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fort gondo compound for the arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts forum founded in 2002.

Exhibitions are funded in part by the Dedalus Foundation and the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Opening receptions are sponsored by Schlafly Beer.

Opening receptions sponsored by Schlafly Beer.