CONQUER 2005-2008
Artist Statement: In CONQUER, Haydex Li ponders the excesses of technology. Has theacceleration of scientific and technological advancements fostered thebelief that nature can be re-constructed to the point of expendability?Using the simplest of mediums, Li has created complex pen on paperdrawings that ask the question of why humans push themselves to buildthings faster, stronger, bigger (or smaller), more efficiently, andmore intricately? While the elaborateness of Li's drawings parallelthis striving for excesses, for Li, his striving is towards the outerreaches of his artistic abilities.
Artist Statement: In CONQUER, Haydex Li ponders the excesses of technology. Has theacceleration of scientific and technological advancements fostered thebelief that nature can be re-constructed to the point of expendability?Using the simplest of mediums, Li has created complex pen on paperdrawings that ask the question of why humans push themselves to buildthings faster, stronger, bigger (or smaller), more efficiently, andmore intricately? While the elaborateness of Li's drawings parallelthis striving for excesses, for Li, his striving is towards the outerreaches of his artistic abilities.
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