Li Wei
Heavenly human life
2005
Digital print
68 × 124 cm
Ed. 8/10
Location: Italy
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About the artwork
Against a celestial background, a swarm of women and feminine attributes rub shoulders. The artist's comical and improbable photo montage gives free rein to dreams. The title Heavenly human life evokes the humor of this vision fantasized by men, while questioning our image of women.
Expert opinion
Although this photograph is based on Li Wei's signature montage technique, the artist does not present herself on stage. Breaking with the traditional representation of the artist's body in the service of his creative expression, it nevertheless sheds new light on the dreams and fantasies that inhabit our society. The improbable nature of the work reflects Li Wei's genius for revealing the irony of our world.
About the artist
Chinese artist, born in 1970. Lives and works in Beijing (China). Somewhere between photography and performance, Li Wei's works defy the laws of gravity to speak of freedom, globalization, love and happiness. Although full of humor, his vertiginous shots question China's political evolution and call for liberation from the physical and social body. Li Wei's answer to governmental narrow-mindedness is levitation. Faced with the enclosure of individuals within cities, he takes flight. Erasing the traces of cables that hold him back, he metaphorically engages in a flight towards progress and emancipation through his prints. Li Wei is exhibited worldwide. Represented by the Paris-Beijing gallery (Paris, France), in 2012 he staged an exhibition at the Parc de la Villette, where fifteen of his performances were enlarged and presented outdoors.
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