Yushi Li, Leda and the Swan
Yushi Li, Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan
2022
Hand printed c-type print FRAMED
Image Size: 91cmHx117cmW
Edition of 3
+ About the work
Leda and the Swan is a part of Yushi Li's ongoing series Paintings, Dreams and Love. This photograph is inspired by the Greek mythology Leda and the Swan, in which the god Zeus turns himself into a swan to seduce and rape Leda. Looking at various old paintings of this subject in art history, Li tries to reflect on these representations of the staging of eroticism to make a contemporary portrayal of the desired body. Her desire, dreams and love for the desired body are illustrated in a photographic form, using animals and fantastic settings to imply the unconscious dimension of these scenes.
+ About the artist
Yushi Li is a Chinese artist based in London. Having recently finished her MA studies at the Royal College of Art she has won accolades for her ingeniously produced work. Li was part of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition in 2018 and received the Royal Photography Society Hundred Heroines Award. Her work is shown internationally, most recently in New York in the acclaimed Nude exhibition at Fotografiska.