Amazing Chinese Artist Li Wei

Jan 23, 2006
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Li Wei uses props such as metal wires to create his spectacular work

Dangling horizontally out of a skyscraper, this hovering figure looks set to fall to his doom.


But this 'jumper' hasn't just lost it all on a game of chance - this is performance art with a difference.
Chinese artist Li Wei has produced an unsettling series of self-portraits involving his face reflected in mirrors in public places, and photographs of himself crashing into walls and sidewalks. His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality


Wei's photos depict him free falling from tall buildings



Creating hair-raising performances to convey his continual sense of lost gravity, Wei has taken his work all over the world from Italy, Spain, Korea and the USA.
"My work and artistic experience are characterised by a unique specificity and particularity," says the 37-year-old artist from Beijing.
"My artistic language is universal and deals with themes about contemporary politics and society using symbols understood by everyone in every part of the world.
"I am fascinated by the unstable and dangerous sides of art and I hope my works reflect these aspects. Wei's photos, which sell up to $8,000 (£4,200), depict him free falling from tall buildings-pictures that resemble the famous photograph of the French artist Yves Kline hurtling out a window
 
these are so cool. i don't get how he does it but it's awesome.

i like this one the best. look at the airplane on the right! the angle makes it look like he's higher than the plane.
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