Defying Gravity: Li Wei’s Impossible Photography Art
Li Wei was born in 1970 in Hubei and was educated in Beijing, China, where he also lives now. He organized solo and collective exhibitions and they were all a great success because of the new dimension he gave to modern art.
His imagination knows no limits and his works of art are truly amazing, some even disturbing, but none of the less spectacular and different. Only by looking at Li Wei’s photos you get sucked in a world of fantasy and unlimited possibilities.
As a tribute to his work we present his 39 most famous and incredible photos of his creations. At the end of this post, you can find some work scenes and videos on how he creates some of these works.
XuanXuan 13
XuanXuan 11
XuanXuan 10
XuanXuan 4
XuanXuan 1
Arrow of Love
Balloons 2
Boxing
Entrance
F Ree Dais
Live at the High Place 6
Love at the High Place 2
Live at the High Place 5
Live at the High Place 2
Love Meets 22m
Love Meets 15m
Never Say Failure
Bright Apex
Li Wei falls to France
Hand
A Pause for Humanity
Love at the High Place 1
Love at the High Place 2
Love at the High Place 3
Liwei Falls to the Ice Hole
29 Levels of Freedom
Liwei Falls to the Earth
Hold Me Up, Trwad On Me
Road Roller on the Ground
Green Guy · Flag
Many Hearts Hold the Moon
Dream-Like Love 1
Dream-Like Love 2
Love at the Ribbons
Bullet
Liwei Falls to 2009.07.27
Red Ribbon
Live at the High Place 1
Bright Apex
The contemporary artist Li Wei defies gravity by his work and by the new reality he creates. Far from being easy, Li Wei doesn’t stand aside from jumping into the sea, flinging himself outdoors through the windows or on the ceiling, all for the sake and love of art. People are often shocked by his actions and by the results he achieves in his photos.
By using mirrors, camera lenses, steel wires and old school acrobatics, he creates unique icons of contemporary conceptions. The symbolism in his art is very strong and it is meant to familiarize the new world more with the physical limits with the psychological adjustment of the contemporary life, especially in the regions of China, connecting the present with the present and future.
Here are a couple of scenes from Li Wei’s workflow and two videos that will amaze you.
Work Scene1
Work Scene2
Work Scene3
Work Scene4
Work Scene5
Work Scene6
Work Scene7
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Very interesting images.
( 1 year and 258 days ago )I like it.
Looks pretty cheap too me..his creation skills are interesting, but his photography skills suck. Wow i can Erase Wires With Photoshop!
More evidence that China has advanced to the middle class but unsophisticated “wow look @ that” Disneyland phase. 1 billion more selfish consumers of throwaway junk.
The environment is doomed.
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Amazing stuff. Love it!
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Roger, the point is that he does not use photoshop. Tool.
( 1 year and 257 days ago )I assume these aren’t using photoshop…?
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Get your head out of your ass and see it for what it is. Point and click photography has been done and can be achieved by anyone gifted with “an eye” for that sort of thing. Unique concepts are much more interesting, and yes his photography skills may not be that good, but a good photograph is about the subject and thoughts that it provokes, not how technically correct it is.
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Actually, he DOES use photoshop. Maybe not to make the people ‘fly’ – but at the very least to erase all the wires, etc. Therefore, these ARE manipulated photos, and I agree that they’re all kind of cheap.
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Roger you are an asshole if you don’t like it move on
( 1 year and 257 days ago )At least this is more interesting than 90% of the photographs I’ve seen in the past few years. F HDR
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Roger D you are the epitome of keyboard warrior. Get off your butt and do something for the world instead of spewing your hate
( 1 year and 257 days ago )Simply Terrific…
( 1 year and 257 days ago )I’m a bit disappointed to know these aren’t some kind of magic and alchemy because I couldn’t see how Photoshop wasn’t involved, but they are awesome none the less. It will be interesting to see what else he does with this as an idea because once he gets past just the humor inherent in them the technical process could make amazingly lyrical yet impossible photographs possible.
In someways he reminds me of Duane Michals stuff although Michals only did some fairly modest in-camera tricks by comparison, but the way Li Wei is doing some sequences of photographs like Michals did could lend itself to telling a phantasmagorical story.
The rule of thumb is do you want to see more than these? And the answer is enthusiastically and emphatically YES!
( 1 year and 256 days ago )Photoshop or not I enjoyed the photos
( 1 year and 256 days ago )how do you create the ‘XuanXuan 1′ photo? is it one background with multiple layers added on top?
( 1 year and 251 days ago )thanks
roger = noob
( 1 year and 242 days ago )This is awsum. Great work, thanks for posting.
( 1 year and 210 days ago )If I were going to hang off a building, I’d want the safety rope secured to something better than just “that one guy’s hand.”
( 1 year and 202 days ago )lol its still cool no matter what u tool bags say XD
( 1 year and 188 days ago )Well, I have met the guy in person in Hong Kong at No. 10 Chancery Gallety which represents him. Li Wei is an interesting artist and IMHO produces quality art. perhaps, becuse his name is Li Wei and not John Smith he is not considered a-la-par with western conterparts.
( 1 year and 43 days ago )Nevertheless he does good stuff and don’t forget that behind every picture there is a LOT of work and expenses coming along. So, kudos to him and to all artists who are having this brilliant ideas to entartain us!
Geeeeeeo, grow up and stop being insecure about being an asian arist. Chinese artists are completley respected these days and young artists get much higher prices than there western counterpart. Time to stop acting like the victim of so much racist. Just be yourself.
( 1 year and 16 days ago )This Chinese artist really know how to make people laugh
looking at the art work really brighten up my day
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( 357 days ago )ketones