La serie La ventana del vecino (Neighbor’s Window) de Li Qing está enmarcada por ventanas de madera desechadas que el artista encontró en el campo chino. Utilizando un gran espejo como base, Li representa ejemplos de arte y arquitectura coloniales y de otras culturas occidentales que se encuentran por toda Asia. En este caso, presenta el jardín de Tokio del apreciado escritor Mishima Yukio, amante de la escultura griega clásica.

李青的《鄰窗》系列取材於這位藝術家在中國郊區搜集的廢棄木窗。在這件作品中，李青使用一面巨大的鏡子作為創作背景，並在鏡面上描繪了亞洲域內一些殖民時代和其他西方藝術與建築。《鏡窗 ·三島的花園》以知名作家三島由紀夫的東京花園為主題，在畫面中融入了三島所欣賞的希臘古典雕塑元素。在視覺感知的虛實交互之中，觀眾既作為外在觀察者對作品進行著審視，同時又藉由鏡中留白部分的映像獲得了身處畫作之中的內在視角。通過逐層構建的豐富觀感，這件作品凝聚了從中國望向日本、從日本望向歐洲、以及此刻從洛杉磯望向中國的多重凝視。

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Li Qing’s Neighbor’s Window series is framed by discarded wooden windows that the artist found in the Chinese countryside. Using a large mirror as his ground, Li depicts examples of colonial and other Western art and architecture found throughout Asia. Here, he features the Tokyo garden of esteemed writer Mishima Yukio, a lover of classical Greek sculpture. In a visual paradox, the viewer is simultaneously positioned as an outside observer and, through their reflection in the unpainted parts of the mirror, as part of the image itself.

photo © Museum Associates / LACMA