Ancient China
Artist Name:
Mao Lizi
Medium:
Digital Pigment Print
Release Date:
9/1/2003
Image Size:
15"x15"
Number in Edition:
100
Price:
$1,000.00
According to Mao Lizi, his unique style has three basic elements: it is photographic, but not photorealist; it is somewhat abstract, but not about abstraction; and often, it employs the techniques of trompe l'oeil painting. Mao Lizi has said of his work, "I can't compare my paintings to others by contemporary Chinese artists and I don't think I've been influenced by any particular Western style either. I would describe what I do as Popular art. That doesn't mean Pop art. I want my paintings to look exactly like what they are. If I paint a wall with graffiti or torn paper as in 'Ancient China' then it has to be the same size as the wall I remembered. If I add things, it is only to get the viewer to see reality in a different way, but it is still about what I saw. It is about reality."
