Li Wei

Hong Kong's Art Aspirations

The city wants to be Asia's culture capital, and ART HK 08, a glittering event of high-profile artworks and VIPs, may be just the ticket At Hong Kong's convention center overlooking Victoria Harbor, a large crowd gathers around local performance artist Li Wei as he shakes and wriggles in an...

Price rise in China pushes inflation close to 1996 levels

Consumer prices in China rose 8.5% in April from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, after gaining 8.3% in March ... China’s inflation accelerated to close to the fastest pace since 1996 as food prices soared and the government slowed gains...

Li Wei

Li Wei’s photo trickery then you may well just be the last person on earth to see them…you’re just behind me! Some magical stuff. [via] ... This entry was posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 and is filed under Photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through...

Li Wei - Mirroring and Falls

The work of Li Wei is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics. More images Source:...

The amazing pictures of an artist dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper

clipped by: zamanikarmanaclipper's remarks: Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and sidewalks.His work is a mixture of performance art and photography...

The Amazing Pictures of Li Wei

Britain’s Daily Mail takes a look at the work of performance artist Li Wei: “My work and artistic experience are characterised by a unique specificity and particularity,” says the 37-year-old artist from Beijing. “My artistic language is universal and deals with themes about contemporary politics...

Falling into the sky: the art of Li Wei

Someone just pointed me to Li Wei, a Chinese artist who creates remarkable photos of himself. They mostly tend to... ... Someone just pointed me to Li Wei, a Chinese artist who creates remarkable photos of himself. They mostly tend to fall into three categories: Photos of...

The Impossible Art Of Li Wei

Chinese artist Li Wei from Beijing started off his performance series ‘Mirroring’ and later on took off attention with his ‘Falls’ series which shows the artist with his head and chest embedded into the ground. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a...

Clicked: Nerds giveth, taketh away

A well-meaning Romeo learns a lesson from Digg's digital mob ... Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:07 AM by Will Femia It was nearly one of those heartwarming stories of the cooperation of an online community bring two people together. A smart man compares the local TV...

Golden Art Center Hosts Chinese Exhibit

The Foothills Art Center in Golden is hosting an exhibit created by Chinese performance artists. ... Artist Wong Yan uses his body in place of traditional Chinese scrolls for his canvas. "He has substituted his body instead of the paper format believing that it brings...