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“Rise up, fall down / down to the ground for the world to see / oh what a lucrative trade it makes / down to a glass from a lip.” This tongue-in-cheek monologue of a doll, performed by Yong Xiang Li in the video Rise (all works exhibited made in 2023), sets the tone of the artist’s first solo show at Deborah Schamoni. As the starlet finishes applying their makeup and launches into a solo, we are suddenly reminded that the art world is not exempt from the hard-boiled rules of showbiz, and that the artist is, in some ways, not unlike a drag persona, a made-up doll.
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„Erhebe dich, stürze hinab / hinab auf den Boden vor aller Augen / oh was für ein lukratives Geschäft / hinab ins Glas von einer Lippe.“ Dieser augenzwinkernde Monolog einer Puppe, performed von Yong Xiang Li in der Videoarbeit Rise (alle ausgestellten Werke von 2023), gibt den Ton der ersten Einzelausstellung des Künstlers in der Galerie vor. In dem Moment, da das Sternchen mit dem Schminken fertig wird und zu seinem Solo ansetzt, werden wir unvermittelt daran erinnert, dass auch die Kunstwelt nicht von den gandenlosen Regeln des Showbiz ausgenommen ist und durchaus Parallelen zwischen dem Künstler und einer Drag-Persona bestehen – einer herausgeputzten Puppe.
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Wednesday – Friday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 12 – 4 pm and by appointment
Yong Xiang Li
Mannered in a sleeve
08.09. – 18.11.2023
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Installation view, Yong Xiang Li, Mannered in a sleeve, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Installation view, Yong Xiang Li, Mannered in a sleeve, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Yong Xiang Li, Parallel Support & Possess it in a Sleeve, 2023
Acrylic and varnish on gessoed linen mounted on HDF, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 140 × 200 × 2 cm, Each of the four panels: 140 × 50 × 2 cm -
Yong Xiang L, Parallel Support & Possess it in a Sleeve (detail), 2023
Acrylic and varnish on gessoed linen mounted on HDF, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 140 × 200 × 2 cm, Each of the four panels: 140 × 50 × 2 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Parallel Support & Possess it in a Sleeve (detail), 2023
Acrylic and varnish on gessoed linen mounted on HDF, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 140 × 200 × 2 cm, Each of the four panels: 140 × 50 × 2 cm -
Installation view, Yong Xiang Li, Mannered in a sleeve, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta, 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta, 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta (detail), 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta (detail), 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta (detail), 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Meticulous Insolvency & a Siesta (detail), 2023
Acrylic, linen and varnish on gessoed panel, painted beech, primed cotton mounted on MDF, 200 × 80 × 40 cm -
Installation view, Yong Xiang Li, Mannered in a sleeve, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Yong Xiang Li, Maritime Sunset & a Fashion Idea, 2023
Acrylic, sand, 22.5 karat gold and varnish on gessoed woven bamboo, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 180 × 280 × 174 cm, Closed: 180 × 140 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Maritime Sunset & a Fashion Idea, 2023
Acrylic, sand, 22.5 karat gold and varnish on gessoed woven bamboo, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 180 × 280 × 174 cm, Closed: 180 × 140 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Maritime Sunset & a Fashion Idea, 2023
Acrylic, sand, 22.5 karat gold and varnish on gessoed woven bamboo, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 180 × 280 × 174 cm, Closed: 180 × 140 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Maritime Sunset & a Fashion Idea (detail), 2023
Acrylic, sand, 22.5 karat gold and varnish on gessoed woven bamboo, painted beech, brass hinge, Open: 180 × 280 × 174 cm, Closed: 180 × 140 × 40 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Intestinal Demonstration & Indulgence, 2023
Acrylic, painted knob and varnish on gessoed wood panel, stainless steel hinge, Open: 100 × 210 × 1,7 cm, Closed: 82,3 × 144 × 37 cm, Plinth: 80 × 140 × 35 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Intestinal Demonstration & Indulgence, 2023
Acrylic, painted knob and varnish on gessoed wood panel, stainless steel hinge, Open: 100 × 210 × 1,7 cm, Closed: 82,3 × 144 × 37 cm, Plinth: 80 × 140 × 35 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Intestinal Demonstration & Indulgence (detail), 2023
Acrylic, painted knob and varnish on gessoed wood panel, stainless steel hinge, Open: 100 × 210 × 1,7 cm, Closed: 82,3 × 144 × 37 cm, Plinth: 80 × 140 × 35 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Intestinal Demonstration & Indulgence (detail), 2023
Acrylic, painted knob and varnish on gessoed wood panel, stainless steel hinge, Open: 100 × 210 × 1,7 cm, Closed: 82,3 × 144 × 37 cm, Plinth: 80 × 140 × 35 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Intestinal Demonstration & Indulgence (detail), 2023
Acrylic, painted knob and varnish on gessoed wood panel, stainless steel hinge, Open: 100 × 210 × 1,7 cm, Closed: 82,3 × 144 × 37 cm, Plinth: 80 × 140 × 35 cm -
Yong Xiang Li, Rise, 2023
Single-channel video with sound, 8’40’’, Installation view -
Yong Xiang Li, Rise, 2023
(video still), Single-channel video with sound, 8’40’’, Performance: Johanna Odersky, Cinematography: Yong Xiang Li, Lighting Assistant: Nooshin Askari, Editing: Yong Xiang Li, Nadia Perlov, Animation: Yiqing Chen, Costume Design: Yong Xiang Li, Lyrics & Vocal: Yong Xiang Li, Music Production: Johanna Odersky, Mastering: Alexander Bornschein, Special Thanks to: Francois Pisapia, Xinyu Zhang, Edition of 5 plus 2 AP -
Yong Xiang Li, Rise, 2023
(video still), Single-channel video with sound, 8’40’’, Performance: Johanna Odersky, Cinematography: Yong Xiang Li, Lighting Assistant: Nooshin Askari, Editing: Yong Xiang Li, Nadia Perlov, Animation: Yiqing Chen, Costume Design: Yong Xiang Li, Lyrics & Vocal: Yong Xiang Li, Music Production: Johanna Odersky, Mastering: Alexander Bornschein, Special Thanks to: Francois Pisapia, Xinyu Zhang, Edition of 5 plus 2 AP