Author: LI SHURUI 李姝睿

Size: 244×136×412cm

Signed and dated: Painted in 2012

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Final Price: unsold

LITERATURE
2013 ON | OFF China’s Young Artists in Concept & Practice / P135 / World Publishing Corporation

EXHIBITED
2013 ON | OFF China’s Young Artists in Concept & Practice， Ullens Center for Contemporary Art， Beijing

"Light"and"space" are two key words in Li Shurui’s practice. Her paintings reflect the visual stimulation of LEDs， which influenced her work early on. In her paintings， color spurts onto a canvas-creating an illusion within the flat space and manipulating viewers’ perceptive ability through alluring， psychological ripples. The visual components of Li Shurui’s paintings are thus not limited to retinal optics， but rather represent a glimmering instant in the emptiness， a conduit between desire and the finality of existence.
Heiqiao tower of Babel and The Unknown Shimmering at the Edge of the World emphasize the spatiality of Li Shurui’s work. The former is a self-descriptive work， giving visual form to the physical surroundings （and implicitly， the professional yearnings） of the titular neighborhood in which she and many other young artists keep their studios. Lines are traced with markers to from a grid wich a fetter-like tendency. Visual paradox is present in The Unknown Shimmering at the Edge of the World， as the work crosses the safety lines of the canvas edges-a bright spot of hesitation just at the center.