2024年10月19日至20日，第六届UWEE卢浮宫国际艺术展在法国巴黎卢浮宫卡鲁塞尔中心艺术展区隆重举行！本届参展艺术家有来自法国、德国、英国、美国、加拿大、意大利、奥地利、葡萄牙、西班牙、比利时、荷兰、瑞典、挪威、希腊、日本、韩国、印度、土耳其、巴西、智利、哥伦比亚、墨西哥、罗马尼亚、阿根廷、新西兰、中国等全球150余家画廊机构以及上百名名艺术家的作品。多年以来，每一届卢浮宫艺术展会都吸引了全球超过15000余名艺术收藏家和购买者来到巴黎卢浮宫艺术展现场。

卡洛塞尔厅位于卢浮宫的心脏地带，位于由美籍华裔建筑师贝聿铭于1989年设计的卢浮宫地下一层倒置金字塔地标处，与卢浮宫博物馆、卢浮宫卡鲁塞尔购物中心、卡鲁塞尔花园和杜乐丽花园紧密联接，是路易十四时期的皇家住所及皇家宴会场所，是卢浮宫最大的展厅之一。它的设计和建造旨在提供一个宽敞的空间，用于展示各种艺术作品，包括绘画、雕塑、装置艺术等。这个展厅不仅展示了来自世界各地的杰出艺术作品，还成为了中法文化交流的重要平台。

第六届UWEE卢浮宫国际艺术展

参展中国艺术家

鲁小菡Xiaohan Lu

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Premium Mediocre

Premium Mediocre uses the language of fashion photography to explore young people’s consumption of luxury goods, and in particular how they use these acquisitions to build their profiles on social media in order to create the false impression that they lead lavish, wealthy lifestyles. It relies on visual satire to criticize this global phenomenon.

Coined by Venkatesh Rao, the term premium mediocre refers to the economic activity promoted by marketers to give consumers the illusion that they live lives of luxury. Examples of premium mediocre might be a cheap plastic sandal with a Gucci logo on the side or a pair of knock-off Balenciaga sunglass. Driven by social media, this behavior creates a feeling of entitlement in its target audience—the belief that such luxuries, and the trappings of celebrity, should be theirs whether earned or not. The idea that a glamorous lifestyle will cause their peers to have more respect for them gives them a false sense of self-confidence.

My idea was to use humor and hyperbole to satirize many otherwise ordinary young peoples’ wish, promoted by social media, to create this falsely glamorous narrative about their lives—the very discrepancy implied by the term premium mediocre. In a more general sense, though, I want viewers to think about the difference between our real, often humdrum daily lives and the way we present ourselves to society at large.

关于艺术家ABOUT ARTISTS

Based in the New York City area, Xiaohan Lu specializes in portrait and fashion photography. Previously an account executive at Saatchi & Saatchi Shanghai and a fashion editor at Haibao.com, Lu’s diverse professional experience brings a unique perspective and sensibility to her photography.

Her work has been showcased in numerous photography festivals and exhibitions both domestically and internationally, including the Urban Photo Award 2024 in Trieste, Italy; the InFocus Photo Festival in Edmonton, Canada; the "SHAPE" Photo Exhibition in Budapest, Hungary; and Identity 2023 at the Midwest Center for Photography in the U.S.

Her fashion photography has also been published in various fashion magazines, including Elle, Schön, Flanelle, Artdoc Photo, Malvie, Arcadia, Rebel, and Cake Magazine.