Exhibition
Skin Secrets
When
11 February 1999 -
06 March 1999
Location
Gallery 4A (Sussex Street)
405-411 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW
Li Shan is one of China’s most exciting artists. His sensuous paintings explore male sexuality through metaphor. The massive paintings of the Rouge series, for instance, feature photo-realistic black and white images of male nudes sprouting magenta and white lotus flowers.
These powerful works comment on issues related to aesthetics within China. Flower painting is a well respected Chinese tradition but in La Shan’s paintings flowers come to represent vitality and sexuality.
Skin Secrets is a visual arts event for the 1999 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival.