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 i Shan (1944 Heilongjiang) is a leader of the political pop movement of artists that emerged after 1990. His colorful, Warhol-like portraits of Mao wearing lipstick and carrying a lotus flower have long been popular with collectors. Li images are colorful, bright, ironic and often use the airbrush technique. His rouge series of Mao works suggests an androgynous Mao. Sexual imagery is often used in his large portraits. He also likes using butterflies, flowers, fish and insects in his works. A new series of works is filled with butterflies and even computerized images of insects which are fused to look as though they are partly made from human flesh. For a time he lived in New York. He now works in Shanghai. |
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Reading 06-3, 2006, Photograph, 82×120cm
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Reading 03-1, 2003, Photograph, 120×103cm
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Reading, 2003, Photograph, 103×120cm
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Washing Feet, 1989.2, Performance
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Untitled, 2003, Paint on photo, 17.8×12.5cm
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Reading 2003-10, 2003, Oil on canvas, 122×96cm
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Reading, 2003, Acrylic on paper, 67×55cm
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Reading, 2002, Gouache, 67×280cm
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Rouge, 1998, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 150×120cm
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Rouge, 1998, Oil on canvas, 185×165cm
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Rouge Series 153 (Donkey), 1998, Acrylic on canvas, 150×180cm
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Rouge Series, 1995, 107×140cm
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Solo Exhibitions
2007
Li Shan Solo-Exhibition , ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2006
Reading -Photoworks 2003-2005 , Shanghart H-Space, Shanghai
2004
Li Shan: Small new works , ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
2002
Li Shan: Reading - the New Works by Li Shan , Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
2001
Li Shan:Thou are not the fish , A room with a view, Shanghai
1990
Solo Exhibition , Shanghai Academy of Drama |
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