Acrylic on canvas

左66.5 x 110.5 x 84.5 x 110 cm. 26 1/8 x 43 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. 右109.5 x 90 x 96 x 90 cm. 43 1/8 x 35 3/8 x 37 3/4 x 35 3/8 in.

Dated in Chinese， signed in Chinese and Pinyin on the reserve of both paintings.

Provenance：
Aike Dellarco， Shanghai， China；
Private collection， Asia.

Real Experience and Glow of the Unknown：
Li Shurui’s Abstract Oil Paintings
Born in 1981， Li Shurui was a student at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and began her independent art career in Beijing after graduation. As a young artist born in the 1980s， Li has always adhered to her own rhetoric of painting. Given her adamant persistence in making abstract art， she has collaborated widely with galleries in South Korea， Hong Kong and other regions， having drawn the attention of numerous curators and international collectors.
Li has started her Lights series since 2005. Unlike Op art works in the West which create optical illusions by precise calculation， Li’s depiction of light seems to derive from her own instinctive reaction in the space. In the last seven years， Li has tried to present the audience with a sheer visual experience by portraying “lights” and their glow on canvas. She painted the colour dots with the use of airbrush and acrylic， giving a fleeting， dazzling effect. In pondering over the relationship between light and space， Li began to let go of the heavy baggage of ideologies and social narratives. In her reasonable thinking and control， she explores how light and space can be expressed， constantly fine-tuning “experiences” and emphasizing the instrumental part body senses play in perceiving art with her creations. She has not stopped doing creative experiments of all scales and complexity， and has gradually gained precise control over space， lights， paintings and other mediums.
The two pieces up for auction this season are from the artist’s Lights series. The irregular lengths of the sides lend a unique illusory effect to the paintings. In the picture， blobs of dim blue light flicker around the edges， peaking in a crescendo of light at the centre almost like reflection. Such presentation not only draws viewers’ attention to the centre， but also creates a special ambience of lights that permeates the pieces with a lively urban rhythm. The psychedelic， glittery image provides a poetic representation of the urban culture.
Li’s creations reflect a contemporary take on art and an introspective look at humanism. Tapping into the transience of light， she constitutes the way we look at the world； the visual world she created with imagery strikes right at our perceptive nature； the “glow of the unknown” delivers viewers from the fetters of meaning， and showcases the lights of creation beaming from the deepest corners of the world.

Price estimate:
HKD： 180,000 - 280,000
USD： 23,200 - 36,000

Auction Result:
HKD: 141,600