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| Doll, 2012 |
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| Ear, 2013 |
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| You Reap What You Sow, 2014 |
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| Little Man and Woman, 2011 |
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| Wasteland, 2014
Sculptures from https://www.artsy.net/artist/li-hongbo/works
Information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongbo#Works
https://www.artsy.net/artist/li-hongbo/works
http://www.schoeniartgallery.com/artists/178-li-hongbo/overview/
Li Hongbo is of Chinese descent and was born in 1974. He
used to be a book editor and designer in the past. His sculptures are all made
out of paper, but they look solid. However, if you tug on them- the paper
unravels like an accordion. A metaphor I created for this is that even that
which appears solid- is still fragile. The medium he uses is to accentuate
"the difference between restriction and freedom." I personally think
he does this very well. When I look at Doll, I'm annoyed with how structured
and proper it seems, but knowing how fluid his art can be if interacted with,
makes my prior feelings subside. I really was attracted to Ear because recently
I've been having trouble with people listening and I thought since listening is
something I find important I'm going to choose it as one of my pieces. I chose
Wasteland and You Reap What You Sow because they seemed so powerful and edgy. I
liked the feeling of danger the knives brought to the art but I especially
liked that in You Reap What You Sow, something was made out of the metal.
Objects we see as weapons don't necessarily need to be used as such.
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