This Is Not My Landscape-----Li Changlong Solo Exhibition July 21, 2007

Presented by: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art
Artistic Director: Shen Qibin
Curator: Zhang Aidong
Dates: July 22 – August 5, 2007
Venue: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art
(No. 28, Lane 199, Fangdian Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai)
Opening: July 22, 2007, 3 pm

In this era of images, painting, as a visual experience gained from intelligence and fine craft, seems different but not necessarily relevant. Most of us do not understand the impotant aspects of paintings because it is not as easily understood as those readily available images.
Li Changlong tends to create his own psychological scenery from urban or natural landscapes. The odd visual space formed by his magical colors on canvas is as inaccessible as backdrops in photo studios that the figures photographed can never quite blend in.
As an artist with great technical skills, Li freely integrates all elements on canvas into different pieces of characteristic and expressive works. Although some people believe that skill is almost a burden to creativity, he expertly integrates skills in his expressions.
This exhibition shows Li’s works from the last two years. The influence as well as differences from Sichuan Style Drawing in his works is worth our recognition and appreciation.

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