Exhibition

Shanghai Flower: Abstract Art by Li Lei

20 Sep 2014 – 30 Nov 2014

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"Shanghai Flower: Abstract Art by Li Lei," which is hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Shanghai and the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation (APECF), was opened to the public on September 20th, 2014. This is the first stop of Li Lei's debut international tour as an eminent abstract artist. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Melissa Chiu, Museum Director and Curator for Contemporary Asian and Asian-American art at the Asia Society, who wishes to further promote the contemporary art and culture of China in a wonderfully new world outside.

As the topical phrase, "Shanghai Flower" is an epitome of the urban life under the brush of the artist, who has unveiled the splendor behind the hustle and bustle of the cosmopolis and has established a creative relationship between art and the reality of life. This exhibition includes the recent abstract works by Li Lei that are themed on the urban humanism of Shanghai and embody the miscellaneous facets of the city with unique thoughts and techniques. The “Shanghai Flower” is not a real flower but the spirit and character of the city, which concern all of us.

At "Shanghai Flower: Abstract Art by Li Lei," the artist has converted the exhibition itself to an installation, so that every viewer will find him- or herself immersed in the ambience of art as soon as he or she enters the exhibition hall. By means of paintings, installations, and videos, the metamorphosis of abstract elements is represented, pointing to the passion, uproar, hesitation, decay, and meditation of the life in the city. With the twenty-four transparent works of abstract art that are capable of being revolved by the viewers, the nature of the "Shanghai Flower," an entanglement of being gorgeous and perplexing at once, is shown dynamically. Within the labyrinth of stripes of colors, a poem-like context has arisen all of a sudden on the canvas. Meanwhile, in the space of the MoCA Shanghai, a visual rhythm has been constructed, resembling a symphony.

The artist Li Lei is primarily a creator and researcher of Chinese abstract art. He endeavors to merge the core concepts of Chinese culture with the sophisticated language of international abstract art and, on this basis, to blaze a trail for Chinese abstract art and lead it to the world outside. After its MoCA Shanghai debut, the next stops for the exhibition tour of "Shanghai Flower: Abstract Art by Li Lei" will be Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Hosted by the MoCA Shanghai and the APECF
Coordinated by the Oriental Morning Post and the School of the Humanities of Tongji University
Executed by Shanghai Red Town Culture Development Co. Ltd.
Curator: Dr. Melissa Chiu
Sponsors of the Opening Ceremony: Martell, Monini Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Pika Pika Spanish Restaurant.

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Dr. Melissa Chiu

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