Pace London and Phaidon Press will celebrate the launch of the Chinese Art Book at a private reception at Pace London, 6 Burlington Gardens where Li Songsong’s exhibition We Have Betrayed the Revolution is currently on view - until 9th November. The Chinese Art Book is a beautiful, authoritative overview of Chinese art. It presents a definitive selection of 300 works, from the earliest dynasties to the new generation of contemporary artists enlivening the global art world today. From painting,

Oct 28, 2013

可以说李松松的最近展出的作品《一个人》是艺术家对油画语言的认识走向纯粹，或者说通往观念的重要作品。从外观看来，作品是一段银色的金属圆形隧道，隧道内壁镶嵌着不同形式浮雕般的91幅单色绘画。从通道的一端望去，绘画不断向前延伸，饶有秩序而错落起伏。李松松既定作品中的图像溶解了，新一系列的作品流露出对他几何图像的执着，但却还保留着材料的物理特征和画笔刷出的肌理纹路。当面临如何最大化地表现绘画质感的问题时，他抽身而退，为观众设立了作品的欣赏规则:观众只能从一端穿越，不能折返。当龋行的观众走在圆形隧道间，其视线首先会触碰到绘画侧面角度的压迫，不像平常欣赏展览那样从容地直面绘画。李松松的作品再次改变观众的观看习惯。笔刷的痕迹遍布了每一幅绘画的表面，不给观者的视觉以喘息的机会。当人们被困于绘画中间百思不得其解时，这正是李松松想要的效果，即用身体来感知绘画。 ——————《LEAP艺术界》2012.12 杨紫

Dec 20, 2012

The Daily Beast, September 24, 2012: Li Songsong, an old master back from the future. At Pace gallery in Beijing, the well-known Chinese artist Li Songsong is presenting this strange sculpture/painting/installation. It consists of 91 oddly shaped aluminum panels (many look like the staircase that folds into the fuselage of a small jet) all covered in Li’s signature thick paint and assembled as a tunnel. It’s kind of Frank Auerbach meets Space 1999, and it’s not easy to parse what it might mean o

Sep 24, 2012