Li Xiaodong: Half Street

Li Xiaodong
Half Street
Lisson Gallery

Li Xiaodong, Egyptian Restaurant 8 (acrylic on paint, 40.5x50.5 cm), 2013 (detail)

Li Xiaodong's exhibition view

Li Xiaodong's exhibition view

Li Xiaodong's Diary 2013

«Liu Xiaodong (1963) is one of China’s foremost artists and a painter of international stature. Born in 1963 to factory worker parents in Jincheng, a town in northeastern China, he trained at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts where he now teaches as a professor. A pioneer of neo-realism, his work was integral in the transformation of Chinese contemporary art during the 1990s, radically diverging from the Socialist Realism that dominated artistic production during the Mao era. Politically and socially aware, Liu explores the human experience through his art, while expanding the possibilities of painting. Recent solo shows include: Today Art Museum, Beijing (2013); Kunsthaus Graz (2012); Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2006) and Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (2006).» [PR]