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Li Qing

Li Qing was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1981. He lives and works in Hangzhou and Shanghai. His paintings, installations and video works seek rational rifts in similarity and contradiction, acting on the perception and acknowledgment of a viewer through circuitous and overlapped structures. In recent years, his works track the historical fragmentation and ideological conflicts that have occurred widely in the dissemination of information, collective memory, and knowledge experience. Simultaneously, his works are testing the tension and contradiction between image, language, symbol and social space, connecting the multi-level elements of experience in series to construct a conflict structure. The capture of micro-politics in everyday spaces and images, the questioning of political identity in aesthetic tradition, and the observation on the identity of Chinese Art in the context of Global Art, all reflect his historical consciousness among the younger generation of Chinese artists.

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Selected artworks

  • Li Qing,                                      Neon News, 2019

    Li Qing Neon News, 2019

    Video Installation
    (6 CRT 21' monitors)
    Dimensions variable
    Edition 1/3 + 2 AP

  • Li Qing,                                      The Sea Between Us, 2020

    Li Qing The Sea Between Us, 2020

    Oil paint on canvas, antique wooden window, plexiglass
    72 x 122 x 3.5 cm
    28 3/8 x 48 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
    91 x 141 x 6.5 cm (Frame)
    35 7/8 x 55 1/2 x 2 1/2 in (Frame)

  • Li Qing,                                      Six Lighthouses, 2021

    Li Qing Six Lighthouses, 2021

    Antique wooden window, oil paint, plexiglass
    156.5 x 93 x 9.5 cm
    61 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 3 3/4 in

  • Li Qing,                                      Sculpture by The Sea, 2022

    Li Qing Sculpture by The Sea, 2022

    Aluminum plate, oil paint, oil pastels on canvas
    65 x 50 x 3 cm
    25 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 1 1/4 in

  • Li Qing,                                      Neighbor's Window·Twin Lighthouses Hotel , 2022

    Li Qing Neighbor's Window·Twin Lighthouses Hotel , 2022

    Antique wooden window, oil paint, plexiglass
    157.5 x 91 x 10.5 cm
    62 1/8 x 35 7/8 x 4 1/8 in

  • Li Qing,                                      Blow-Up · Hong Kong Morning, 2016

    Li Qing Blow-Up · Hong Kong Morning, 2016

    Oil color, plexiglass, wood, metal, fabric, magazine pages, photos, aluminium composite panel
    150.5 x 205 x 10 cm
    59 1/4 x 80 3/4 x 4 in

  • Li Qing,                                      Notes on the Window · On Exotisme, 2019

    Li Qing Notes on the Window · On Exotisme, 2019

    Wood, oil on plexiglass, aluminium-plastic panel
    150 x 104 x 10.5 cm
    59 1/8 x 41 x 4 1/8 in

  • Li Qing,                                      Annular Structure, 2020

    Li Qing Annular Structure, 2020

    Qing dynasty wooden windows, plexiglass, oil colour, brass
    122 x 174 x 6 cm
    48 1/8 x 68 1/2 x 2 3/8 in

Selected press