About the Artist

Li Jin is one of the most important of China's traditional brush painters working today. The artist draws from and subverts the tradition of Chinese literati painting to create thoroughly contemporary works dealing with the banality of everyday life. His paintings are populated with imperfect characters going about their daily life: eating, bathing, reading, even sitting on the toilet. Recent images emphasise the carnal desires of humanity through banquet tables heaving with meat and the voluptuous forms of the naked women and men that surround them. 

The universality of his themes and the humourous way in which he treats them has made Li Jin's work immensely popular, and his profile has grown significantly since he began exhibiting in Sydney with us in 2000. His work has been displayed in numerous solo exhibitions throughout the world including an exhibition at Beijing's famous Today Art Museum in December 2012 and as part of a major exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Art in 2010. 

Works in our Collection

Li Jin

Health Centre Series 3

2003

Ink wash on paper

Inscribed in Chinese

Two seals of the artist 

43 x 47cm