At the intersection of two opposing universes: one imbued with oriental wisdom, and one punctuated by seemingly random waves from her Western experience, French artist Li Chevalier assumes this “in-between “, to express her unique relationship to art and nature. To embark on her journey, she chose ink as her medium. The artist has never given up on interpreting reality, but she doubts appearances, so her images float in the world of semi-abstraction, fragmented and coated with a contrasting blur. She is obviously a follower of "less is more", in that she cultivates an extreme economy of means, be it in the allusive austerity of the layout or in the projection of her carefully controlled moves as she mixes ink water and acrylic on the platform of her universe. Within this framework bathed in silence and solitude, what we see?, “almost nothing” would certainly please Jankélévitch, yet everything is there. Li Chevalier is this painter of familiar strangeness, whose rare work continues to imprint our imagination, long after we departed. Li Chevalier graduated from London Central Saint Martins College of Art after her postgraduate degree in Philosophy at Sorbonne University Paris. Her works have been displayed in Asian Art Museum in Nice, France, Shanghai Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum in Rome, and National Art Museum in China.
Li Chevalier | Exposition Musée D'Art Contemporain de Rome
Li Chevalier, Au bord d'une source, 63 x 70cm, Ink and mixed media on canvas, 2020
Li Chevalier, Dark Flame, 150 x 150cm, Ink and mixed media on canvas, 2019
Li Chevalier, From here flows what you call time, 100 x 100cm, Ink and mixed media on canvas, 2020
Li Chevalier, Silent Woods, 100 x 100cm, Ink and mixed media on canvas, 2021
Li Chevalier, The untamed vistas, 40 x 90cm, Land art installation and Photography on aluminum, 2022
