Kaikodo Journal IV May 1997

The Landscapes of Li Huayi

Corresponding to the exhibition held between May 19 and June 7, 1997. 13 paintings from San Francisco based artist Li Huayi (13 color plates and additional color details). Preface by Howard Rogers. 82 pages.

Includes the essays:
Howard Rogers:
    “Beauty, Poetry, Truth and Vision: On the Evolution of Chinese Landscape
    Painting from the 8th to the 12th Century”
Arnold Chang:
    “Substance, Surface, Spirit, and Space: On the Landscapes of Li Huayi”

Two essays accompany Li Huayi’s works 
not to “explain” the paintings, which in and of 
themselves are visual statements of the 
highest order, but to outline the context 
within which their complete meaning and 
significance becomes evident. Howard Rogers presents the historical context in which Li paintings might be understood and Arnold Zhang addresses the life and times of Li himself.  Accompanying the illustrations of Li 
Huayi’s paintings are quotations intended to 
enrich the viewing experience through either 
similarity or contrast of conception. Mary 
Ann Rogers and Arnold Chang selected 
these from both historical Chinese and 
contemporary Western writings so as to 
present as broad a range of commentary as 
possible.