Li Hongbo invites viewers to experience paper and sculpture in a revolutionary and insightful new way. It's his first solo exhibition in the United States called Tools of Study. With what appears to be impeccable recreations of carved porcelain masterpieces, the sculpture are in fact entirely comprised of thousands of layers of paper.
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With a technique influenced by his fascination with traditional Chinese decorations known as paper gourds - made from glued layers of paper - Li Hongbo applies a honeycomb-like structure to form remarkably flexible sculptures.
Utilizing his expert knowledge of paper's natural strengths and weaknesses, the artist has transformed the media to stretch, twist, elongate and retract as if it were a giant slinky. Through this juxtaposition of playful mobility and a traditional aesthetic, Li Hongbo breathes a unique life into his works that stuns and awes the viewer.
To fulfill an effect of his masterwork please watch the video below.
Lo Hongbo was born in Jilin, China in 1974.He lives and works in Beijing, China.
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