Li, Liang
Growing Up - Contemporary art, Portrait, Figurative
2022

About the Item

Artist: Liang Li Born in 1985 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing In 2003, he joined the Basic Department of CAFA Modeling In 2004, he joined the Second Studio of Oil Painting Department of CAFA Modeling In 2007, he graduated from the Second Studio of Oil Painting Department of CAFA School of Modeling with a bachelor's degree In 2008, he joined the Oil Painting Department of CAFA Graduate In 2011, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of CAFA Graduate School with a master's degree. Everyone has to face the trifles of life, like daily necessities and worldly wisdom, but not all people can get inner balance and peace. These kinds of trifles already exist in our everyday life. Such a satisfying word that almost every question you have could be answered, but the question of human value can never be answered by science. Art can present the question about the spiritual world, but it cannot give you the correct answer either. Like Tian Wen in Gauguin's “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? " This is the question about the relationship between internal and external. This is a constantly researching direction in art — “Relationship”. The shapes of flowers and the petals in the artwork are processed and reconstituted to symbolize the inner spiritual world of human beings. The colour red represents hope and enthusiasm but also represents fleeting prosperity. The world is contradictory, complex and changeable. I regard these fictional flowers in the painting as "Flowers of Impermanence". They bloom randomly and then float away with the wind in a flash, without telling where to go. Like all the people and things in the world, there is no conclusion, no result, and the cycle goes on and on. Flowers also represented the mirror of the character's spiritual world, which reflected the changes in emotion and spiritual space. The gaze stares somewhere and sometimes simplifies the mouth to hidden in the tone of the face, which means to feature the thoughts of the character could only be expressed through sight. Many audiences asked, what is the meaning of the red line. Each artwork has one or two red lines running through the whole piece. These red lines are also related to the youth, which represents the uninterpretable "heart language" and "fetters". Just like primitive societies had a tradition of tying knots to keep the records. At the same time, the red line is also a "clue" connecting the ancient and future Chinese civilizations. The Chinese characters in the background are from the inscription of the Wei and Jin Dynasty, which is the symbol of the thousand-year inheritance of Chinese civilization.

Creator:

Li, Liang (1985, Chinese)

Creation Year:

2022

Dimensions:

Height: 47.25 in (120 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

120x100x3cmPrice: $15,000

Medium:

Canvas,Oil

Movement & Style:

Contemporary