FLESH IN REVOLUTION: WORKS BY LI BO

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It is with their usual flair and chutzpah that OLYVIA ORIENTAL launch their autumn exhibition 'Flesh in Revolution' by the provocative young Chinese artist Li Bo at their gallery in St James's. Li Bo depicts kinky young Chinese women in the boudoir, at their toilette, and in other such intimate spaces. He is brash in his use of materials; in particular his use of ropes to accentuate line is a unique way of giving texture and life to the skin of the luscious figures where feudal impressions of grace and decadence converge. Dwelling on the curve, and celebrating the inherent sexiness, Li Bo is, he suggests, celebrating the female form at its most natural