Saturday, November 14
KLEIN SUN GALLERY
525 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Klein Sun Gallery is pleased to announce “Attacking the Boxer from Behind is Forbidden,” a solo exhibition by Li Liao that showcases a new site-specific performance, on view from October 14 through November 14, 2015.
Whereas Consumption encapsulates a narrative of socio-economic conflict in a singular moment, Li Liao’s new work reverses that concept in initiating ephemeral bursts of conflict, confrontation and narrative. The new performance piece, Attacking The Boxer From Behind is Forbidden (2015), features a hired boxer crouched at the gallery from 12pm to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday; as visitors enter the gallery, they unknowingly also enter a silent ‘boxing ring’ of tension, and the boxer’s volleyed gazes and defensive stances act as cues for participation and reaction. Interrupting the white walls of the commercial space, this performance complicates our sense of expectation.
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