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| The artist Li Chen (b. 1963) is regarded as one of the leading sculptors working in Asia today, his powerful, large-scale bronzes fusing Zen thought with contemporary art practice. Li, who lives and works in both Shanghai and Taiwan, began his largely self-taught career by producing traditional Buddhist sculpture. It was not until the 1990s that he freed himself from the restraints of the traditional canon while nevertheless retaining a profound spirituality in his work. This was further deepened through his studies of Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist scriptures. |
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Judge of the Underworld 182x243x366cm 2008
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Tortoise 161x146x173cm 2008
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Offering 32x34x59cm/Bronze 2006
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Soothing Breezes Floating Clouds 81x48x35cm / Bronze 2005
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Nothing in the Heart 51x48x38cm / Bronze 2005
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Visiting Fairyland 62x48x31cm / Bronze 2004
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The Sound of Nature 60x50x88cm / Bronze 2004
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Traveling in Mountains 37x35x34cm / Bronze 2003
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Cause 73.5x45x34cm / Bronze 2003
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The Buddha in the Cloud 44x68x128cm / Bronze 2002
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Meditation 31x39x93cm / Bronze 2002
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Dragon-Riding Bodhisattva 92x78x56cm / Bronze 2001
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Landscape in Heaven 55x29x34cm / Bronze 2001
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Cultivated by Mist and Cloud 29x56x55cm & 43x96x95cm / Bronze 2000
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The Buddha`s Smile 70x32x22cm / Bronze 2000
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Avalokitesvara 178x148.5x87.5cm / bronze 1999
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Unceasing Cultivation 72x34x38cm / Bronze 1999
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Avalokitesvara 53x33x51cm / Bronze 1998
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All in One 150x56x56cm / Bronze 1998
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Pure Land 157x53x89cm / Bronze 1998
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008 In Search of Spiritual Space" National Museum of China, Beijing (solo)
2007 52nd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia", Venice, Italy (Asia Art Center) (solo)
2005 Li Chen Sculpture, Art Taipei 2005 (Asia Art Center) (solo)
2003 Series of "Spiritual Journey Through The Great Ether" Michael Goedhuis Gallery, New York, U.S.A (solo)
2001 Series of "Delights of Ordinary People", River Art, Taichung (solo)
2000 Series of "The Transformation of Emptiness - Boundary within Boundary" Art Taipei 2000,Taipei (solo)
1999 Series of "Energy of Emptiness" Art Taipei 1999, Taipei (solo)
Group Exhibitions:
2007 The Power of the Universe – Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art” Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 Exploration and Revolution of images in reality by the 14 contemporary Chinese Artists”, Doosan Art Center, Korea
2007 The Contemporary Road of Media and Tradition – TOP 10 Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition” Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
2007 China Onward: Chinese Contemporary Art, 1966-2006" Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2007 China Onward: Chinese Contemporary Art, 1966-2006" The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Art Taipei 2006, Taipei, China
2006 Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2005 China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
2005 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2005 Shanghai International Biennial Urban Sculpture Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2005 The Contemporary Singapore Art Fair, Singapore
2004 China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
2004 Fiction Love – Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art" Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, China
2004 OPENASIA" 7th International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice, Italy
2004 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2003 International Contemporary Art Fair, New York, U.S.A.
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Chicago, U.S.A.
2003 A Spiritual Journey, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2003 Inner Nature, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, U.K.
2003 Inner Nature, Goedhuis Contemporary, London, UK
2002 On the Edge of the Millennium, Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
2002 Art Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
2002 International Fine Art Fair, Houston, U.S.A.
2002 Art Chicago 2002, Chicago, U.S.A.
2001 Asian Art Fair, Paris, France
2001 Salon de Mars Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 China Without Borders, headquarters of Sotheby’s, New York, U.S.A.
2001 The International Asian Art Fair, New York, U.S.A.
2001 Art Chicago 2001, Chicago, U.S.A.
2001 China Without Borders, Goedhuis Contemporary at Sotheby’s, New York, USA
2001 Vitality, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2001 Delights of Ordinary People, River Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2000 The Transformation of Emptiness: Boundary within Boundary, River Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 Recording – Recalling, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2000 International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York, U.S.A.
1999 The People Prelude, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1999 Energy of Emptiness, River Art, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 February Cattle Art Exhibition, Taiwan Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
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