LI Qian on MischmaschTV

LI Qian's work is part of the Innocence and Experience exhibition, Oct 22 - Nov 30, at Mischmasch Gallery: www.mischmaschgallery.com

"Painting cannot prove my existence; I paint to cure my pain. Its similar to watching a horror movie: as the movie ends, you realize the horror never exists. Or its like listening to sad music when youre sad. It eases your sorrows." — LI Qian

Li Qian is originally from Jilin, China and he currently resides in Beijing. To Li, painting opens the deepest wells of delight and terror in himself—its a means of investigation into his subconscious. His claustrophobic dreamscapes and grievous self-portraits are ardent, frank and stripped of sentimentality. His work articulates what many people live through subconsciously, and brings to the forefront the lies that we consciously tell everyday. See more of LI Qian's work here: http://www.mischmaschonline.com/artist_work.php?uid=10173

(This is a Chinese name, Li is the family name)

Video post-production by YunYi Huang
Interview conducted by Alice Zhang
Music: Crosses by Jose Gonzalez, Our Kitten Sees Ghosts by Califone

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