Li-lan “FIVE DECADES”
Jason McCoy, Inc. (Midtown)
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A cohesive survey of Li-lan’s oeuvre, featuring major paintings and pastels on paper from the past five decades. The exhibition celebrates the recent publication of “The Art of Li-lan: A World Achieved,” an extensive monograph by Carter Ratcliff.
Over the years, Li-lan has repeatedly employed imagery relating to written and cross-cultural correspondence, such as letters, envelopes, postcards, and stamps, to ponder themes of personal voyage and growth. In addition, every day objects, exotic animals, or ghost-like creatures sprung from Japanese folktales of the Edo period, for example, have populated her compositions. These at times surreal subjects are contrasted against neutral backgrounds and vast architectural spaces that aesthetically reflect classical principles. Throughout the decades, Li-lan’s work has remained consciously independent of linear narratives. Instead, her visuals seem to stem from personal dream sequences, in which protagonists remain intangible and free of specific times or contexts.
[Image: Li-lan “Song of Sorrow” (2007) oil on linen 50 x 60 in.]
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Schedule
from April 03, 2014 to April 25, 2014
Closing Reception on 2014-04-24 from 17:30 to 20:30