\u201cBumi\u201d for Li Chaoxiong is a little dreaming astronaut, who symbolises attachement to the world of childhood that we refuse to leave. This is a new project on which the artist has been working for years. A tireless worker and traveler, Bumi is more mature than Bilibi and less anguished than Buda. He always seems to know where he anchors but without a destination, as drifting in an endless dream. By exploring the universe beyond the confined world, Bumi (\u201cBumi\u201d means \u201cthe land\u201d in Sanskrit), like a Buddhist monk, endlessly 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, because sight is easily distracted 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
– FANTASTIQUES\/Collective exhibitions, Galerie LOFT, Paris, France 2017<\/p>\n
– CIGE 2016,Artist project, Beijing, China, 2016<\/p>\n
– Solo Exhibition, K Projects, Beijing, China, 2016<\/p>\n
– “Voyageur des r\u00eaves”,\u00a0Catalog of paintings and drawings from the Bumi series. Shenzhen, Chine 2017, P 77.<\/p>\n
Li Chaoxiong<\/strong>, alias\u00a0ARX 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:\u00a0Bilibi<\/em>\u00a0in early 2000s and\u00a0Buda-Pest<\/em>\u00a0in 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 More about Li Chaoxiong…<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BUMI Series \u201cBumi\u201d for Li Chaoxiong is a little dreaming astronaut, who symbolises attachement to the world of childhood that we refuse to leave. This is a new project on which the artist has been working for years. A tireless worker and traveler, Bumi is more mature than Bilibi and less anguished than Buda. He … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[232],"product_tag":[1345],"class_list":{"0":"post-6413","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-painting","7":"product_tag-arx-lee-li-chaoxiong-en","8":"product_shipping_class-photoframed-painting","9":"pa_annee-2017-en","10":"pa_medium-huile-en","11":"pa_signature-signe-a-la-main-en","12":"pa_support-toile-en","13":"pa_tirages-oeuvre-unique-en","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"taxable","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.galerieloft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}