Press Release

In her large-scale works such as The World in a Flower and Night, Zhou Li lets the colours and lines receive the overflowing energy that seems to break through the boundaries of the frames, permeating into larger space and blurring the internal and the external. Through the layering of acrylic and other mixed materials, a translucent and overlapping visual field unfolds, where various elements simultaneously resonating and exhibiting their own vitality in the emergence, while creating a dynamic tranquility. Much like in works such as Shadow of the Wind, Rose of Light, and The Peach Blossom Spring, the confluence of tension and harmony, lightness and heaviness, near and far, and the resonance between experience and the world, all in free flow, as well as the tension between random and order, makes a specific tone of Zhou Li’s works. Unconstrained by the concept of abstract art, she goes for the ‘re-enchantment’ of things.

Zhou Li’s paintings maintain this free-flowing, rhythmic language rooted in ink wash painting. Here, ink wash is not merely a technique but an intrinsic rhythm of emotion and perception infused by generations of literati painters—a medium for marking their experiences and feelings. It is an echo of time, a bridge connecting the inner and outer realms.

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About the Artist

Zhou Li is known for dynamic abstractions that begin from natural observation, only to take on particular shapes based on personal experience and feeling.

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About the Gallery

ShanghART gallery was initiated in 1996 in Shanghai. It has since grown to become one of China’s most influential art institutions and a vital resource to the development of contemporary art in China with two spaces in 50 Moganshan Road (Main Space and H-Space), a public warehouse space in West of Shanghai (ShanghART Taopu), and a gallery space in Beijing and representing over 40 artists.

Being recognized for its importance ShanghART became the initial gallery from China participating in major international art fairs like Art Basel and Fiac, Paris. ShanghART gallery also enjoys the great respect of being among the 75 most influencial galleries selected in Thames & Hudson’s publication ‘International Art Galleries: Post-war to Post-millennium.’

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Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 6pm

Sunday, Monday
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