Li Qing
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Li Qing is an artist based in Hangzhou
, Zhejiang Province, China
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Li was born in the Zhejiang province. He is a painter whose work confronts issues surrounding visual perception – his Point Out The Differences series consists of pairs of paintings based on the same image, into which Li inserts a number of differences not immediately obvious to the viewer. Li is part of a generation of Chinese artists increasingly informed by the images and history of Western culture.
Li attended the China Academy of Art
, graduating from the Oil Painting department in 2004.
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, Zhejiang Province, China
China
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Li was born in the Zhejiang province. He is a painter whose work confronts issues surrounding visual perception – his Point Out The Differences series consists of pairs of paintings based on the same image, into which Li inserts a number of differences not immediately obvious to the viewer. Li is part of a generation of Chinese artists increasingly informed by the images and history of Western culture.
Li attended the China Academy of Art
China Academy of Art
China Academy of Art is the highest university of art in China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of Republic of China.-Introduction:...
, graduating from the Oil Painting department in 2004.
2009
- Ghosting, Duolun Museum Of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
- Curtain, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2008
- Collision in the Air, DF2 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
- Ghosting, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2009
- In the Mood for Paper, F2 Gallery, Beijing, China
- Out Law, Li Space, Beijing, China
- What Has Been Happening Here? – The Inaugural Exhibition of Chinese Independent Film Archive, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
- Reflect Light – Depth of New Art, West Lake Art Museum, Hangzhou, China/Wall Art Museum, Beijing, China
- Blade – Reconstruct Leifeng Pagoda, S Z Art Centre, Beijing, China
- Art Beijing 2009 – Artist Cinema, Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
- ARTHK08, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
- Prague Biennale 4, Prague, Czech
- Textbook: An Exhibition Of Lively Chinese Paintings, Li Space, Beijing, China
2008
- Time-Lag: The New Force of Chinese Contemporary Art, Magee Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- Unpack – Chinese Experiment Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
- ARTHK08, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China
- Poetic Realism: An Reinterpretation of Jiangnan – Contemporary Art from South China, Tomás y Valiente Art Centre, Madrid, Spain
- 55 Days in Valencia-Chinese Art Meeting, Institut Valencia d’Art Morden, Valencia, Spain
- China Gold – Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum Maillol, Paris, France
- Case studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism, S Z Art Centre, Beijing, China
- Notes of Conception – A Local Narrative of Chinese Contemporary Painting, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
- Virtual City – New Power – China Contemporary Art Biennale 2008, Yuangong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Asia – the 3d Nanjing triennial, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, China
- Deep Pond and Float Chamber, Qinghe Museum of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
- The Revolution Continues – New Chinese Art, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- Chinese Fantasies, Found Museum, Beijing, China
- Game Is Not Over, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
- Art Asia Miami, Miami, USA
2007
- Time Difference – New Art from China and USA, Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK
- The Great Yangtze River Bridge, White Canvas Gallery, Nanjing, China
- The First Today’s Documents, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
- Beyond Image – Chinese New Painting, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
- See the luck when raise head, Contemporary Art, Hangzhou
- See the luck when open the door, Wuxi Contemporary Art Exhibition tour, China
- 10+10, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
- Beyond Dimension – Chinese New Painting, Square Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
- Potential Dialogue – The Party of Sino-Austria young artists, RCM Museum, Nanjing, China
- Exhibition of Zhejiang young painters & awarded Academy Prize, Zhejiang exhibition center, Hangzhou, China
2005
- Young Chinese Contemporary Art, Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria
- Archaeology of the Future, 2nd Triennial of Chinese art, Nanjing Museum, Nanjing
- The Spring of Vizcaya: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures of Chinese and French Artists, Shanghai
- 2005 Zhejiang Oil-painting exhibition & awarded the Gold Prize, Ningbo Art Museum, Ningbo, China
Works collected by
- China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
- Institut Valencià d’Art Morden (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
- International Art & Culture Foundation (IAC) of Spain
- FC MOCA/ Frank Cohen Collection Manchester, UK
- Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria
- DSL Foundation, Paris, France
- Kent Logan Foundation, San Francisco, USA
- Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
- Square Museum of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
- RCM Museum, Nanjing, China
- Yuangong Art Museum, Shanghai, China
External links
- Li Qing at DF2 Gallery
- Li Qing featured in an article at ArtZineChina.com
- Further information and images from the Saatchi Gallery