VoyageLA recently interviewed our collaborative artist, Xianglong Li, discussing his work and its themes, as well as his personal artistic journey.
XiangLong Li (b.1995) earned his BFA in Illustrated Book degree from China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2018 and received an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 2020. In his work, he designs and re-contextualizes images, texts, and 3D-model materials from pop culture, social events, and the internet. Xianglong’s paintings are full of ironic jokes that poke fun at the cultural mistranslation and the cultural discrepancy between the East and the West. He uses digital collages, painting, and graphic design which expose the fractured social norms of racism and western settler violence.