Pathfinder
Qi Lei 祁磊
April 2020 – June 2020
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“The method I used to depict what I've seen is affected by my life experiences growing up, the aesthetic that I have developed through my perception, and how I started to feel deeply connected to the accumulation of these things.”
“When people are finally tired of labouring in the 'civilised society', they often crave to return to nature; to find the 'true nature' that resonates in their hearts and souls. It's like the radian of a compass, which will always return to where it started.”
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Selected collections
Deji Art Museum
ARTMIA Foundation
Gome Art Foundation
Selected museums
Museum of Contemporary Art (Shanghai)
Times Art Museum (Beijing)
Jining Art Museum
Qi Lei’s practice of complementary colours and sublime compositions capture the relationship between natural elements and man-made objects, mostly concealing the presence of humans.
Interview with the artist
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“My work is about how I observe life from a different point of view: as an ‘outsider’ that is detached from the reality of this ‘real-world’. It's about expressing love, and all things in life.”
Studio Visit
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