{"id":3735,"date":"2015-04-29T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galerieloft.com\/artist\/li-chaoxiong-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:23:48","slug":"li-chaoxiong","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/artists\/li-chaoxiong\/","title":{"rendered":"Arx Lee (Li Chaoxiong)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In research of the meaning of life, Li Chaoxiong (Arx Lee), a genius illustrator, gradually creates different poetic universes where the heroes and dreamers live.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Li Chaoxiong, alias ARX LEE<\/em>, is a Chinese artist who was born in 1978 in Zhongshan, Canton.\u00a0In the end of 1990s, he begun to present his early works in\u00a0group exhibitions in Canton, Beijing and Japan (5th International\u00a0Exhibition of the Japan Art Academy in 1997). Hence, he\u00a0started studying at Guangzhou Fine Art School and\u00a0graduated in 2002.\u00a0He is as well the author of two poetic and introspective graphic novels: Bilibi<\/em> in early 2000s and Buda-Pest<\/em> in 2010,\u00a0the last one published in three languages and the theme of an exhibition at the Galerie Loft, Paris.<\/p>\n

Since his childhood, the artist\u00a0is immersed in the world of superheroes, cartoons and illustration. Developing his style in different artistic disciplines, such as painting, illustration, design, sculpture and photography, Li has gradually found his own language and mastered the codes of literary narration and of plastic and digital composition. Undoubtedly his unique painting style and figurative language\u00a0are representative\u00a0of what China has best to offer among the young generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up with cartoons which\u00a0are one of my favorite readings, and used to dream\u00a0of being their heroes. I prefer\u00a0oil painting because this technique perfectly\u00a0suits to my way of creation\u00a0full of details and clean spaces. Like a child, I love\u00a0being patiently taught. If I\u00a0have the feeling that it cannot be expressed by brush, then I use\u00a0pencil instead to write it out. When I start\u00a0a series, I have already\u00a0the framework in my head, but the true story,the dream comes to life\u00a0while painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to better express his emotion, Li Chaoxiong leaves\u00a0his most private reflections pervading in<\/span> his works and the roles he created. His soul is materialised in his works by following paths of heroes who stand for his personality.<\/p>\n

At the very beginning\u00a0was \u201cBilibi\u201d, brave, generous, smiley and even a little bit clumsy, who traveled around\u00a0worlds and\u00a0planets with carefree lifestyle. Then \u201cBuda\u201d, an amnesiac lunar puppet\u00a0mad of love for his significant other \u201cPest\u201d who lost herself on the other side of a\u00a0crumbling world. For Buda,\u00a0nostalgia and naivety predominate, as well as\u00a0tenderness and contemplation, in a universe\u00a0where everything\u00a0must be rebuilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cBumi\u201d\u00a0for his part is a little dreaming astronaut, who symbolises\u00a0attachement to the world of childhood that we refuse to\u00a0leave. This is a new project on which the artist has been working for years. A tireless worker and\u00a0traveler, Bumi is more mature\u00a0than Bilibi and less anguished than Buda. He always seems to know where he anchors but without a destination, as\u00a0drifting in an endless dream. By exploring the universe beyond the confined world, Bumi (\u201cBumi\u201d means \u201cthe land\u201d in\u00a0Sanskrit), like a Buddhist monk,\u00a0endlessly moves forward into a universe in constant evolution. Closing eyes, he learns to communicate with the others by listening to their feelings and his own heart, rather than by seeing,\u00a0because sight is easily\u00a0distracted or corrupted.<\/p>\n

In his works, Li Chaoxiong unfolds before our eyes a journey, a metaphor for life as a travel in which the destination is less important than the path we take. With the image of serenity that Bumi exudes, the artist invites us to contemplate his adventures and to listen to our hearts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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