His work is a documentary
All of the works exhibited in Mozart-Gene: Li Jiwei Art Exhibition are new works created by artist Li Jiwei for the first floor hall of the CAFA Art Museum, this specific exhibition space.
The largest of these is an abstract installation with a height of more than 6.5 meters: Mozart-Gene
Mozart - Genes
Acrylic, acrylic, metal, LED
650 x 370 x 320 cm
In 2021
According to the shape and load-bearing requirements of the work, the internal structure is specially designed. In order to ensure the safety of the exhibition, before installing this large work, the artist team specially asked the professional organization to calculate and issue a safety test certificate.
From the front of the stage to the backstage, let's take a look at the production process of this work:
Inside the work
Skeleton making
Factory production in progress
The works were shipped from the Shanghai production factory to Beijing
The structure is divided into the venue, in the crane, lift truck
Assembled with assistance, ready for formal installation.
The work consists of about 80 pieces of heteromorphic acrylic,
Each piece is individually numbered and installed in an established order.
During installation, the work gradually takes shape.
Make a final lighting adjustment.
The build is complete! The production time of the work is more than two months,
This is also the first time it has been rendered in its full state.
The preparation of each exhibition, from the initial concept, conception, creation, design, production, pre-construction and final presentation, is closely linked and requires the cooperation of artists and various working teams. Special thanks to the colleagues in the exhibition department of the art museum who put in the work of the installation of "Mozart - Gene: Li Jiwei Art Exhibition"! Special thanks to all the staff of the production team of artist Li Jiwei!
Artist Profile
Li Jiwei was born in Beijing in 1960. From 1980 to 1984, he studied chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and obtained a bachelor's degree in literature. From 1984 to 1988, he taught at the Fine Arts Department of beijing film academy. From 1990 to 1993, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, under the tutelage of Professor Markus Prachensky, participated in the "MasterClass of Abstract Painting" and won the "Master Class" award and scholarship, during which he also received the "Goldener Fügerpreis" and the Master of Fine Arts. In 1994, he joined the Austrian Association of Professional Artists. From 1995 to 1996, he visited the United States and Canada (New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal). From 1999 to 2001, he studied multimedia at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany. Since 1996, he has lived and worked in Berlin and Beijing.
Li Jiwei is a student in the experimental class led by Mr. Ye Qianyu, an 80th grade of the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Under the guidance of Mr. Ye Qianyu's "Erudite Exposition", Li Jiwei has deeply studied the tradition of Chinese painting during his school years, and has been thinking about how to face and develop the tradition and create works that echo the times. After studying in Austria and Germany, he systematically studied the development of Western art, especially contemporary art. His works, whether large-scale public art or installations and paintings on canvas, span the traditional to the contemporary, blending the East and the West, using new media and new materials to form a self-contained abstract visual language.
Mozart – Gene: Li Jiwei Art Exhibition
Exhibition period: November 24, 2021 to January 9, 2022
Exhibition venue: CAFA Art Museum on the first floor of the hall
Organizers: Austrian Embassy in Beijing, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Organizer: CAFA Art Museum
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Editor-in-Chief: He Yisha
Editor-in-charge: Wu Jing
Photo courtesy of: Teacher Jing Peng and Li Jiwei's working team of the exhibition department
Video production: Li Jiwei working team