tumblr is like wading through everyone else’s garbage until you find something good and go “ah. this is good” and take it and display it in your own garbage pile
in 2009 florence welch said “leave all your love and your longing behind, you can’t carry it with you if you want to survive” and in 2018 she said “the loneliness never left me, i always took it with me, but i can put it down in the pleasure of your company” and that is growth
Luo Li Rong’s
figurative sculptures evoke movement and intrigue, whether it’s the
artist’s feminine, graceful figures or her otherworldly creatures. The
China-born, Belgium-based artist has received several high honors,
including commissions for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. A statement
talks about the varied influences of the sculptor.
“In Belgium she remains true to her principles,” Art Center HOres
says. “She continues with her work and concentrates on the techniques of
the sculptors of Europe from the Renaissance, Baroque and other
periods. Her sculptures dazzle the viewer with their beauty,
craftsmanship and above all femininity.”
The artist is a graduate of the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Because I feel like it’s going to come up a lot: readers may recognize the sculpture of the woman with the flute. Images of the statue were mistakenly seized upon by men on Twitter, who believed that it was the creation of a white man, and thus, they stated, it was evidence of how nobody but white men can make art. This was a magnificent trainwreck that gave onlookers much joy, as, obviously the artist is Luo Li Rong.(A brief recap here: https://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/ivan-throne-twitter-alt-right-sculpture-luo-li-rong/ but it’s also been viral on Twitter and Tumblr for a year.)
HOWEVER, Luo Li Rong’s art is clearly much bigger and more important than those silly comments by pissants, and her work speaks for itself. There is so much to appreciate in her use of things like gesture and texture. It’s so nice to see these beautiful and interesting examples, and to really get to grips with admiring the way she dresses/accessorizes, which is also important and deserves our time.
BUT ALSO: omg those faceless furred entities with colorful arms and legs. Fuck me. Those are what is getting me. I am fuckin RESONATING with the very first one. It genuinely looks like a living being made of improbable materials IN ADDITION to being a rare and valuable #horrible thing with arms. Good art. Good Art
