The New Art Wave Gallery recently held a solo exhibition “Sequence” by the fourth edition of the New Art Wave Expo gold medalist, Li Xinyi. The exhibition observes the city’s order from a horizontal linear perspective, focusing on the sense of order in various landscapes within the sequence of environmental spaces, capturing the coordination and beauty of the connections and structures between different points.
The trees silently standing by the roadside, the cars quietly lining up on the road, and the sequence of shadows dancing in the light – these seemingly ordinary scenes and details, in the eyes of Li Xinyi, possess an unbreakable order that collectively maintains the harmony of the universe.
The artist exhibited a total of 14 wood panel acrylic paintings, including a stop-motion animation. “Sequence” deliberately creates a painting style that oscillates between figurative and surrealistic art movements, using low saturation colors and a combination of real and imaginary lines to create a dystopian space reminiscent of a science fiction novel. In this space rendered with mysterious tones, everything is orderly, with straight and neat railings, and even pedestrians on the bridge walk in a disciplined manner. The various visual sequences reflect the repetitive daily life patterns of office workers.
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For Li Xinyi, people are just a part of the scenery. She insists on leaving the facial features of people blank, expressing body movements only through pure white outlines. She cleverly uses the transparent nature of acrylic paint to highlight the importance and secondary aspects of objects through different layers of blending. Humans without faces symbolize the insignificance of humanity, faintly embodying the concept of “equality of all things” advocated by Zhuangzi.
Li Xinyi’s works encourage people to reflect on the organic connection between the community and social space, to observe the sequence of different scenes in the bustling city, and to seek the secrets of the universe’s laws. You may visit the gallery and explore the artist’s unique urban “sequence” in their paintings.
“Sequence – Li Xinyi Solo Exhibition”
Date: From now until May 10th
Time: 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: New Art Wave Gallery (Room 201, 2nd Floor, Tung Chi Building, 86-90 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong)
Image source and learn more: AN Gallery
For Li Xinyi, people are just a part of the scenery. She insists on leaving the facial features of people blank, expressing body movements only through pure white outlines. She cleverly uses the transparent nature of acrylic paint to highlight the importance and secondary aspects of objects through different layers of blending. Humans without faces symbolize the insignificance of humanity, faintly embodying the concept of “equality of all things” advocated by Zhuangzi.
Li Xinyi’s works encourage people to reflect on the organic connection between the community and social space, to observe the sequence of different scenes in the bustling city, and to seek the secrets of the universe’s laws. You may visit the gallery and explore the artist’s unique urban “sequence” in their paintings.
“Sequence – Li Xinyi Solo Exhibition”
Date: From now until May 10th
Time: 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: New Art Wave Gallery (Room 201, 2nd Floor, Tung Chi Building, 86-90 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong)
Image source and learn more: AN Gallery
