{"id":16003,"date":"2014-02-11T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/?p=16003"},"modified":"2023-10-31T18:27:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:27:55","slug":"li-hongbos-paper-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/zh-hans\/li-hongbos-paper-dragons\/","title":{"rendered":"Li Hongbo\u2019s Paper Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTools of Study<\/strong>\u201d Li Hongbo solo exhibition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klein Sun Gallery<\/strong><\/a>, formerly Eli Klein Fine Art (525 West 22nd Street, New York, US) January 9-March 2, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of classical Western history is here: the Greeks, the Romans, the Renaissance meisterwerk<\/em> like Michelangelo\u2019s David and the haute bourgeoisie\u2019s more recent household trinkets, \u201csuperb\u201d objets d\u2019art<\/em>. So heavy, so self-important. But try pick one up and it goes all over the place like some crazy coiledy toy\u2014the weight vanishes: puff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klein Sun Gallery opened its new exhibition space this month with a solo show of sculptor Li Hongbo\u2019s accordion-like paper sculptures, including the deceptively realistic copies of classical and neo-classical marble and porcelain busts, the paper composition based on the structure of traditional Chinese \u201cgourd\u201d decorations. It\u2019s fun and seductive, and though there is an element of gimmick to it (precisely the reason why it is so seductive), implicit also is an equally elegant critique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Li Hongbo, installation view of \u201cSkeleton\u201d (Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, New York. \u00a9 Li Hongbo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For paper is the Chinese invention par excellence. It is the stuff of books and all their histories, philosophies, cultures, sciences, law, government and stories too. It is also the stuff of money, still. And it is one of the three elements in the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, according to Ming Dynasty writer Xie Zhaozhi (\u8c22\u8087\u6ddb; fl. ca. 1600, itself an ancient game dating back to the Han Dynasty called\u00a0shoushiling<\/em>\u00a0(\u624b\u52bf\u4ee4), literally hand gestures or commands). Here, the paper more than covers the rock\u2014it inhabits it. Far from becoming real, like Galatea, though, these marble ghosts metamorphose into paper dragons. The signs and cliches of Western culture gone, shown to be but paper screens until it springs back into place, perfectly camouflaged again. These strange hybrid animals of East and West play\u00a0to,<\/em>\u00a0but also\u00a0with<\/em>\u00a0us. What was Europe\u2019s identity\u2014its classical \u201csoul,\u201d the transformations of its industrial revolution\u2026and its accompanying imperialism, become nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Li Hongbo \u201cBust of Young English Woman\u201d, paper, 40 x 16 x 20 cm, 2013 (Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, New York. \u00a9 Li Hongbo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Li Hongbo \u201cGoddess of the Parthenon\u201d, paper, 45 x 22 x 25 cm, 2013 (Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, New York. \u00a9 Li Hongbo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Li Hongbo \u201cBust of Marsailles\u201d, paper, 62 x 36 x 35 cm, 2012 (Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, New York. \u00a9 Li Hongbo)

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