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Li Aixiao: Acts of Connection

Much of the artmaking of Li Aixiao has involved the unclothed body, but the emphasis is less on erotic beauty than on the aesthetics of human interconnectedness. Of the importance of trust, empathic sensitivity, and what it means to be authentically oneself. In her later work the desire to connect has come to enfold the artist herself within the artwork. She enters the frame, not simply appearing in the image, but inhabiting the role of complementary other – both mirror and twin. While the final outcome is a photograph, it is not so much what is shown as the way in which it is created that invests these images with their restrained intimacy. An intimacy seeking that deeper sensibility which flourishes when one opens to the idiosyncrasies of another individual and finds within them the roots of a common humanity.

Li Aixiao discusses the importance of human connection at Talking Pictures.

talking-pictures.net.au/2023/04/29/li-aixiao-acts-of-conn...

Taken on: May 19, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/4.0, 1/200 sec, 24mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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