MIZUMA AND ONE GALLERY (BEIJING)
A TREE - LI HONGBO SOLO EXHIBITION (solo)
OVERVIEW
| Date | ... closedApr 21, 2012 - May 20, 2012 |
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| Venue(s) |
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) |
| Artist(s) | Li Hongbo |
| Organizer(s) |
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) |
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EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS
About A Tree - Li Hongbo Solo ExhibitionMizuma & One Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of A Tree, a solo show of the young artist LI Hongbo, on April 21 in Cao Chang Di, Beijing. LI Hongbo made his artistic inspirations from his childhood toys of Paper Squashes, or better yet, all kinds of vivid artifacts (lanterns, fruits, etc.) made from thin sheets of paper. LI was impressed by the great visual impact from such paper-folding crafts, from which he began to explore the expressive potential of paper as an artistic medium, its language ranging from the concrete to the abstract, the form to the formless, the rule-governed to the free, and vice versa. The continuity of sheets of paper has become a pivotal element of the artistic language that speaks to the viewers in a series of ever-changing images made possible by the clustering, curving, and zigzagging of paper.
Professor YIN Shuangxi, from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, commented: With paper as his medium, LI Hongbo explored the "thing-ness" in his works; as such he conveyed his observations and perceptions of the world, which in turn reflects his views of the world's reality. Here, every individual artifact is a realistic imitation of the object, but the combination of various types of paper medium is the artist's subjective choice. As such, LI's works blend the image of the man and his creation. As a whole, the show is a palpable demonstration of LI Hongbo's lively, independent thinking as to the differences between humans and nature, and between everyday articles and artistic works.
In the show, there is "a tree" also made of paper. Otherwise a normal-looking tree, the work is created by sticking pieces of paper together. Due to the deformation of paper by stretching and twisting, the "tree" doesn't have the feel of woody stiffness, but assumes a sense of tender posture in its uprightness. With such perceptive tension and contrast, the tree embodies the malleability and ephemerality of human sentiments.
While LI Hongbo's study and use of paper medium may seem to be merely a matter of discovering some unnoticed artistic material, Professor YIN Shuangxin lauded it as a creative effort "that sets a contemporary artistic trend in terms of reexamining 'thing-ness' and 'materials.'"
2012 (3)
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A Tree - Li Hongbo Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2012.04.21 - 2012.05.20
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1) -
It Means Noting To Me
(group)
2012.03.17 - 2012.04.15
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1) -
anámnēsis - Emerging Contemporary Chinese Artists Group Show
(group)
2012.02.11 - 2012.03.11
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(52)
2011 (7)
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Seven Dilemmas - Emerging Japanese Artists Group Show
(group)
2011.12.10 - 2012.01.15
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(10) -
Demolished Pavilion - Feng Feng Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2011.10.29 - 2011.11.27
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(3) -
Parallel Country - Zhao Na Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2011.09.03 - 2011.10.16
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(7) -
Du Kun: His Kingdom
(solo)
2011.07.23 - 2011.08.28
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(2) -
Mr.Curiosity - Dai Chao Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2011.06.04 - 2011.07.03
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1) -
Yamamoto Masao: KAWA=Flow
(solo)
2011.04.23 - 2011.05.22
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(10) -
Elegy - Wada Yoshihiko Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2011.03.12 - 2011.04.03
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)
2010 (5)
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I'm on the Road to...
(group)
2010.10.23 - 2010.12.26
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(1)(31) -
Mizuma & One Gallery@Art Taipei 2010
(art fair)
2010.08.20 - 2010.08.24
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (organiser) -
A Stolen World - Du Kun Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2010.07.24 - 2010.08.29
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(7)(1)(10) -
Little Adventures - Dai Chao Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2010.05.22 - 2010.07.04
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1) -
Blast - Naoya Hatakeyama Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2010.04.17 - 2010.05.02
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)
2009 (4)
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I'm Working on Huge Paintings in Beijng
(solo)
2009.08.29 - 2010.03.28
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(13)(6) -
Born to be Wild
(solo)
2009.07.04 - 2009.08.02
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(9)(2) -
Telling Stories
(group)
2009.04.11 - 2009.05.31
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(27) -
Instinct - Japanese Contemporary Art Group Show
(group)
2009.02.14 - 2009.03.22
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(11)(1)(5)
2008 (2)
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The Globe Project: The Garden of Globes - Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Solo Exhibition
(solo)
2008.09.20 - 2008.12.31
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(12)(1)(7) -
Off the Rails
(group)
2008.04.26 - 2008.08.24
... closed
Mizuma and One Gallery (beijing) (Beijing, China) (venue / organiser)(1)(16)(1)(11)
