L-Art Gallery is delighted to present solo exhibition Li Rui Poem for emerging artist Li Rui from Yun Nan. This is the 4th solo exhibition of Li Rui right after shows in Yun Nan, Beijing and Taipei. ¬Over 20 paintings and part of precious manuscripts created in recent 2 years will be displayed in this exhibition. We are also showing the documentary of Li Rui to provide insight into his creative process. What’s more interesting is that artist created a wall painting on-site especially for this event.L-Art Gallery is honored to hold Li Rui’s very first solo exhibition in Chengdu. 

Li Rui(national name: Yun Gu Ran), from the Hani nationality, was defined by featured contemporary artist Mao Xuhui as “Pure Yun Nan Artist”. His paintings are as beautiful as poems written by brush and colors. The landscape he portrayed is not only a natural paradise but also a spiritual free land.

Li Rui is the offspring of Hani nationality from Honghe, and the famous Yuanyang terraces is his hometown. He is sensitive to the nature is natural. His paintings consistently filled with the plants and fresh air with acrylic and oil painting creation. With various of creative techniques, his works praise the natural state heartily, and can feel the sound of nature and pure whisper in his work. - Mao XuHui

Li Rui’s art is not so much influenced by Guishan, as rather he is in chorus with Guishan. Nature has become a natural animism colour, the intensity of his art does not rest with the abundance of the natural landscape but on re-evoking a wealth of poetic sentiment. Friedrich Holderlin recited ‘but no purer is the shade of the starry night… Is there a measure on earth?’ From another angle pursuing the poetic sentiment undoubtedly will proclaim the loss of measure, the spiritual consolation and spirit itself once again has become the universal measure. Therefore, the hidden logic of Li Rui’s art is that the order of the universe, the movement and poetic nature is bestowed by the human soul. The mysterious world of art should be born for the creation of enchantment.
- Lü Peng

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courtesy of the artist and L-Art Gallery