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Li Lei was born in 1965 in Shanghai, where he now lives and works. Li is the former Executive Director of China Art Museum, Shanghai (Shanghai Art Museum) and a Professor at Tongji University. He also works as National First-Class Artist, the Deputy Director of Experimental Art Council in the China Artists Association and is a Visiting Professor at the Fine Art College of Shanghai University.

 

For over 20 years Li Lei has been engaged in the creation of, and research into, Chinese abstract art. He has endeavoured to combine the core concepts of Chinese culture with the international language of mature abstract art and to create a path for abstract art in China. His painting series includes Zen Flower, Drunken Lake, Shanghai Flower, Memories of Southand The Flame of Pompeii. In 2014, he began to experiment with space integration art, taking spatial narrative, spatial expression and spatial analysis as objectives of his dramatic visual practice. The development in Li Lei’s painting style has been identified as “philosophically eclectic and moderate”, a distinctively Chinese kind of poetic abstraction.

 

 

Works
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 19 - Mysterious Light 9《止觀19一玄光9》, 2015
    Calm Contemplation 19 - Mysterious Light 9《止觀19一玄光9》, 2015
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 17 - Mysterious Light 8《止觀17一玄光8》, 2015
    Calm Contemplation 17 - Mysterious Light 8《止觀17一玄光8》, 2015
  • Li Lei 李磊, Mysterious Light 3《玄光3》, 2015
    Mysterious Light 3《玄光3》, 2015
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 13 - How Could I Not Reminisce Jiangnan 4《止觀13一能不憶江南4》, 2015-2017
    Calm Contemplation 13 - How Could I Not Reminisce Jiangnan 4《止觀13一能不憶江南4》, 2015-2017
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 15 - The Flame of Pompeii 59《止觀15一龐貝的焰火59》, 2015-2017
    Calm Contemplation 15 - The Flame of Pompeii 59《止觀15一龐貝的焰火59》, 2015-2017
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 30 - Seeking Garden 6《止觀30一追花園6》, 2015-2018
    Calm Contemplation 30 - Seeking Garden 6《止觀30一追花園6》, 2015-2018
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 7 - Between Clouds and Water 8《止觀7一雲水間8》, 2015-2019
    Calm Contemplation 7 - Between Clouds and Water 8《止觀7一雲水間8》, 2015-2019
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 31 - Between Clouds and Water 2《止觀31一雲水間2》, 2015-2019
    Calm Contemplation 31 - Between Clouds and Water 2《止觀31一雲水間2》, 2015-2019
  • Li Lei 李磊, Calm Contemplation 6 - The Greenish River in Spring like Dyed by Bluegrass - Calm Contemplation 26《止觀6 - 春來江水綠如藍 - 止觀26》, 2015-2019
    Calm Contemplation 6 - The Greenish River in Spring like Dyed by Bluegrass - Calm Contemplation 26《止觀6 - 春來江水綠如藍 - 止觀26》, 2015-2019
  • Li Lei 李磊, Mad Water - 20《瘋狂的水 - 20》, 2017
    Mad Water - 20《瘋狂的水 - 20》, 2017
  • Li Lei 李磊, 《金陵花重25》, 2017
    《金陵花重25》, 2017
  • Li Lei 李磊, 《金陵花重28》, 2017
    《金陵花重28》, 2017
  • Li Lei 李磊, Crossing the Sea of Penglai 8, 10 & 9《穿越蓬莱那片海 8, 10 & 9》, 2018
    Crossing the Sea of Penglai 8, 10 & 9《穿越蓬莱那片海 8, 10 & 9》, 2018
  • Li Lei 李磊, Yangyun-3《養雲-3》, 2018
    Yangyun-3《養雲-3》, 2018
  • Li Lei 李磊, I Pray《我祈禱》, 2019
    I Pray《我祈禱》, 2019
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