Wandering Spirit: Lyrical Landscapes By Li Xubai
Visual Arts
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The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, is pleased to present an exhibition of landscape paintings by the Fuzhou-born painter and poet Li Xubai (b. 1940).
Li Xubai is a contemporary literati painter, well-versed in both western and Chinese traditional arts. He taught himself oil and watercolour painting in his early years, and began studying Chinese classical literature, poetry and landscape painting under the tutelage of the female artist and poet, Liu Heng (1895–1998) in the early 1960s. Li moved to Hong Kong in 1979, and worked as editor of art magazines before migrating to Canada in 1996. Since then, he has divided his time between Toronto, Fuzhou and Hong Kong.
Li’s paintings have a unique artistic and poetic appeal, incorporating stylistic elements reminiscent of works by masters such as Gong Xian (1618–1689), who developed the jimo (accumulating ink) technique in which landscapes are painted in layered ink. Li’s lyrical landscapes are subtle literary allusions that demonstrate the dialogue between literary and visual imagery, as well as the cultivation of the artist beyond his skills.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2013" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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