Li Shurui

Acrylic on canvas
左66.5 x 110.5 x 84.5 x 110 cm. 26 1/8 x 43 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. 右109.5 x 90 x 96 x 90 cm. 43 1/8 x 35 3/8 x 37 3/4 x 35 3/8 in.
Dated in Chinese， signed in Chinese and Pinyin on the reserve of both paintings.
Provenance：
Aike Dellarco， Shanghai， China；
Private collection， Asia.
Real Experience and Glow of the Unknown：
Li Shurui’s Abstract Oil Paintings
Born in 1981， Li Shurui was a student at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and began her independent art career in Beijing after graduation. As a young artist born in the 1980s， Li has always adhered to her own rhetoric of painting. Given her adamant persistence in making abstract art， she has collaborated widely with galleries in South Korea， Hong Kong and other regions， having drawn the attention of numerous curators and international colle
Li has started her Lights series since 2005. Unlike Op art works in the West which create optical illusions by precise calculation， Li’s depiction of light seems to derive from her own instinctive reaction in the space. In the last seven years， Li has tried to present the audience with a sheer visual experience by portraying “lights” and their glow on canvas. She painted the colour dots with the use of airbrush and acrylic， giving a fleeting， dazzling effect. In pondering over the relationship between light and space， Li began to let go of the heavy baggage of ideologies and social narratives. In her reasonable thinking and control， she explores how light and space can be e