Signature
Engraved reverse Li Chen in Chinese and English, numbered 1/8 and dated 2013
ILLUSTRATED
Through the Ages-Li Chen, Asia Art Center, Beijing, 2019, p.134
This lot is to be sold with a certificate issued by Asia Art Center, Taipei.
+ OVERVIEW
Li Chen's sculptures investigate the energy of such emptiness, and his sculptural forms are not empty, but instead are full of a vital energy. He achieves this through an energetic and spiritual style that uses exaggerated shapes and dark black lacquer to create a spiritual matter that people can absorb. But the sculptures also convey emotions that are sweet, romantic, happy and satisfied. For this reason, though some of his works may be massive, they don't appear oppressive and heavy. Instead they seem to be floating in the air, exhibiting an alluring ambiguity between lightness and heaviness.