Li Wei
dal 14/1/2009 al 23/1/2009
Segnalato da
14/1/2009
Li Wei
Mogadishni Cph, Copenhagen
Besides Gravity. Artist presents his famous and intriguing photographs. Heads buried in windscreens, bodies falling off skyscrapers, and bodies in impossible positions. Tthe social context of Li Wei's work reflects his unease with China's globalization and the constantly changing urban environment coupled with the more personal concerns such as love, family, happiness, and disappointment.
MOGADISHNI proudly presents the first solo exhibition ever in Denmark by the Chinese
artist Li Wei (b. 1970; lives and works in Beijing). Li Wei will be presenting his
famous and intriguing photographs.
Heads buried in windscreens, bodies falling off skyscrapers, and bodies in
impossible positions: Enter the bizarre world of Beijing photo & performance artist
Li Wei.
Li Wei does not present traditional imagery of past party leaders and the pageantry
of their political programs. Instead, the social context of Li Wei’s work reflects
his unease with China’s globalization and the constantly changing urban environment
-- coupled with the more personal concerns such as love, family, happiness, and
disappointment.
In 1997, Li Wei began to pursue performance art as his primary artistic medium. For
Li Wei, this distinctive and inspiring art form was ideal. It enabled Li Wei to have
a dialogue with his audience and to bring them into the artistic process. In
addition, performance art also allowed Li Wei to create and manipulate his own
fantasy realities. This feeling of having fallen headfirst into the unknown and of
having nothing firm under one’s feet is familiar to everyone. “One doesn’t have to
actually fall from another planet to feel that way.” Some of his photos are indeed
humorous, and all provide fascinating insights into both the artist himself and into
today’s China.
Each photograph’s starting point is performance. "Sometimes I am in real danger -- I
have to hang myself high with steel wires, and people do get a little worried about
me -- but I am fine", says Li Wei.
Li Wei participated in the exhibition “Made in China - Kina Kunst NU!” at the
Louisiana, Denmark, 2007.
Li Wei will have a solo exhibition at "Yeh Rong Jia Culture & Art Foundation,
Taiwan, in 2008, and he will also participate in "Beijing 2008" at the Olympic
Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, and "Drawn in the Clouds: Contemporary Asian Art" at
the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki.
opening reception on Thursday, January 15th, at 5-8 pm
Mogadishni Cph
Carl Jacobsensvej 16, Copenhagen
Opening hours: Wednesday – Friday 12-5 pm, Saturday 12-3 pm