“The Invisible: Art at the X-Ray” is showcasing x-ray artwork by French artist Xavier Lucchesi, offering a new angle of view to some Western classic artworks.

Lucchesi uses x-rays to produce his images, a technology that allows him to see through matter, revealing the underlying forms, repentances, and stages of creation of works. He differentiates photography from his work by saying “photography shoots ‘the visible’ but x-ray shoots ‘the invisible.’” While Western formative art so far has been “external art” describing the surface, x-ray art is surely an “inner art” in a more expanded sense. Lucchesi often refers to it as “inner landscape” that shows the inner frames but it also reveals the flow of energy.

By collaborating with some of the greatest museums, such as the Louvre Museum and the Musée Picasso, and hospitals in Paris, he was able to access some of the works of great artists (Picasso, Courbet, Manet, Van Gogh) and thus propose, through his creations, a unique journey through the history of art, a new narrative allowing the public to explore the hidden face of the works.

Born in 1959, Lucchesi graduated in photography from Aix-Marseille University in France. His works have been exhibited at museums, festivals and biennials.

Dates: Until July 28

Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Mondays

Tickets: 10 yuan

Venue: Jupiter Museum of Art, Futian District (福田区木星美术馆)

Metro: Line 3 to Futian Bonded Area Station (福保站), Exit B

(SD News)