Li Hongbo: Artist We Love

Here at Elvis Jesus we are constantly looking at sources of inspiration, cool new ideas and designs that push us to create new and innovative collections of clothing for you. Inspiration can come from anywhere, from something as simple as a cool piece of graffiti on the street, to a fine artist working within the walls of a gallery.

Today I wanted to show you an awesome artist who has just come to my attention, and whose sculptures make my mind melt in amazement. Li Hongbo, an artist working in Beijing, China, creates sculptures that, while at first appearing to be made of plaster, are in fact made from paper that makes complex and unexpected transformations.

Using thousands of layers of glued paper assembled in a similar fashion to Chinese gourds, which are traditional folded paper toys, these sculptures push the capabilities of a simple medium like paper. 

Check out the video to see how these sculptures move and transform, it really is mind-boggling!


Li Hongbo - Pure White Paper from Dominik Mersch Gallery on Vimeo.

For more information on the artist, look here.