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Chen Li, Human Buddha, reduction woodblock print, Edition of 25
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Chen Li, Dawa Mountain II, reduction woodblock print, Edition of 20
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Chen Li, Untitled, reduction woodblock print, Edition of 13
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Chen Li, A Colourful Village House, reduction woodblock print, Edition of 20
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Chen Li, Human Figure, reduction woodblock print, Edition of 20
Exhibition
The Award-Winning Woodblocks of Chen Li
3 Jun 2019 – 8 Jun 2019
Event times
Monday - Friday | 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday | 10:00 - 16:00
Cost of entry
Free entry
Address
- 30 Tottenham Street
- London
- W1T 4RJ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 24, 10, 390, 134
- Tube: Goodge Street tube station on the Northern line
- Euston Station is the nearest train station
Katrine Levin Galleries' fourth solo show by Chen Li coincides with the display of his work at The British Museum
About
China’s frontier Yunnan Province is a place of spectacular landscapes and predominantly Buddhist philosophy. It is the home of Chen Li.
Chen Li (b. 1971, Kunming, China) is a master woodblock printmaker and an extraordinary painter with a unique vision and boundless originality. His joyful, dynamic, and intoxicatingly peaceful works convey the life-affirming energy of Yunnan.
In his woodblock prints, Chen Li uses Yunnan’s rare “waste-block” or “suicide” technique that leaves no room for error. All colours are printed from a single woodblock, each step carving over the previous one until the block is destroyed. Only a single edition is possible.
Our fourth solo exhibition of Chen Li’s works coincides with the display of his “Human Buddha” woodblock print at The British Museum, just 8 minutes walk from the gallery. This work was acquired by the Museum after our first solo exhibition of his woodblocks in 2018.
