Image Courtesy Fang Lijun

LAKEWOOD, CO.- The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar will present an exhibition of sculptural and installation works by Fang Lijun, one of the most influential artists working in China today. Opening at The Lab at Belmar on April 18, the presentation at The Lab at Belmar is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States , and the first exhibition focusing on his new sculpture and installation works. Known primarily for his large-scale paintings, woodblock prints, and small works on paper, Fang Lijun has recently begun to produce works in bronze, gold, resin, fiberglass, and cast iron. The exhibition Fang Lijun: Heads includes a large-scale installation and several other sculptural works as well as a related large-scale painting, all exploring issues of individuality in a post-Cultural Revolution China. The exhibition will be on view through August 26, 2007 at The Lab at Belmar in Lakewood , Colorado, five miles west of Denver . Organized by The Lab, the exhibition was curated by independent curator and writer Tom Whitten, a scholar on Chinese arts. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19952