Li Ran
Adding "Quotation Marks" for Confusion, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 50.2 x 5.4 cm
19 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/8 in
In Li Ran’s Adding “Quotation Marks” for Confusion, there is a set of two quotation marks, filled with chaotic scenes. Set against a surreal background with barren trees and swirling faces, the painting portrays the conversation between two chatterboxes steeped in melancholy, either about death, or about candles and roses.
The artist writes: “We argued all night, only to settle on the use of some quotation marks throughout the text. It was the first time for us to have such a ridiculous conversation, but she just loves to grasp onto these details, things that are completely out of my league. I just can’t win these arguments. It’s just a few words, a few sentences! I will never become an editor like her. I remember her pointing at me with a pile of drafts, telling me that within the quotation marks, there are infinite connotations...”
Li Ran
Adding "Quotation Marks" for Confusion, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 50.2 x 5.4 cm
19 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/8 in
In Li Ran’s Adding “Quotation Marks” for Confusion, there is a set of two quotation marks, filled with chaotic scenes. Set against a surreal background with barren trees and swirling faces, the painting portrays the conversation between two chatterboxes steeped in melancholy, either about death, or about candles and roses.
The artist writes: “We argued all night, only to settle on the use of some quotation marks throughout the text. It was the first time for us to have such a ridiculous conversation, but she just loves to grasp onto these details, things that are completely out of my league. I just can’t win these arguments. It’s just a few words, a few sentences! I will never become an editor like her. I remember her pointing at me with a pile of drafts, telling me that within the quotation marks, there are infinite connotations...”
Li Ran
Adding "Quotation Marks" for Confusion, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 50.2 x 5.4 cm
19 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/8 in
In Li Ran’s Adding “Quotation Marks” for Confusion, there is a set of two quotation marks, filled with chaotic scenes. Set against a surreal background with barren trees and swirling faces, the painting portrays the conversation between two chatterboxes steeped in melancholy, either about death, or about candles and roses.
The artist writes: “We argued all night, only to settle on the use of some quotation marks throughout the text. It was the first time for us to have such a ridiculous conversation, but she just loves to grasp onto these details, things that are completely out of my league. I just can’t win these arguments. It’s just a few words, a few sentences! I will never become an editor like her. I remember her pointing at me with a pile of drafts, telling me that within the quotation marks, there are infinite connotations...”
Li Ran
Adding "Quotation Marks" for Confusion, 2023
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 50.2 x 5.4 cm
19 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/8 in
In Li Ran’s Adding “Quotation Marks” for Confusion, there is a set of two quotation marks, filled with chaotic scenes. Set against a surreal background with barren trees and swirling faces, the painting portrays the conversation between two chatterboxes steeped in melancholy, either about death, or about candles and roses.
The artist writes: “We argued all night, only to settle on the use of some quotation marks throughout the text. It was the first time for us to have such a ridiculous conversation, but she just loves to grasp onto these details, things that are completely out of my league. I just can’t win these arguments. It’s just a few words, a few sentences! I will never become an editor like her. I remember her pointing at me with a pile of drafts, telling me that within the quotation marks, there are infinite connotations...”