Li Songhua

© Photo credit：Tony Metaxas

© Photo credit：Tony Metaxas

The concept of Li Songhua's work is a simple movement-twist, to make something, which seems impossible in real life into something possible in art. Two pieces of heavy iron board were pressed against a big marble stone, then while holding both ends; the piece was twisted to get this form or shape. Common sense tells us that you cannot twist iron or marble. But the artist makes this happen in the art form. Simple and sophisticated at the same time, Li Songhua's contemporary abstract sculpture emphasizes the idea of mankind's power to show its industry, its address and its resources of the mind.

Li Songhua

Born in 1969 in Beijing, China.
Lives and works in Beijing.

Li Songhua is one of the most promising artists of the emergent generation in China today. His sculptures and installations use different materials, some of them unusual, mixing traditional methods with an informal approach, such as bronze and feathers. He draws his inspiration from ancient myths but adapts to modern day tastes and expresses himself according to new contemporary approaches. He has been invited to exhibit at large art exhibitions at home and abroad including The Triennial of Chinese Art, Nanjing Museum in 2005, China Gold: Chinese Contemporary Art, Musée Maillol, Paris and Poznan Biennial of International Contemporary Art, in 2008.

Recent selected shows:
2009: The Home Court, White Box Museum of Art, Beijing, China; Spectacle—To Act His Own, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan. 2008: Future Sky – Chinese Contemporary Young Artists Nominated Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing; Shifting Identity – International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Li Space, Beijing, Mediations Biennale – 1st International Contemporary Art Biennial, Poznan, Poland; We Shall Overcome – An Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Li Space, Beijing; Look Like, Vanessa Art Link, Beijing; Critical Moment – New Media & Installation, Oriental Vista Gallery, Shanghai, China; China Gold – Contemporary Chinese Art, Musée Maillol, Paris, France; Homesickness – Memory and Virtual Reality, T Space, Beijing; Hunting Birds, T Space, Beijing.