Yushi Li

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Yushi Li (born 1991) is a Chinese-born, London-based photographer whose work is concerned with the male gaze and the female gaze. [1] [2]

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Life and work

Li was born in Hunan province, China and now lives in London. [3] She earned an MA in photography at the Royal College of Art in London and was, as of 2019, studying for a PhD in Arts and Humanities there. [4] [5]

Her photography, through series such as Your Reservation is Confirmed, [6] [7] My Tinder Boys, [8] [9] [10] [11] and Paintings, Dreams and Love, [12] [13] is concerned with the male gaze and the female gaze. "Her work has typically featured naked, white and Western men, shown as acquiescent or vulnerable, while she is clothed and assertive, meeting the viewer’s gaze." [1]

Publications with contributions by Li

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

See also

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  2. ↑ "Yushi Li's photographs 'provoke' the male/female binary". Creative Boom. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Photographers in Focus: Yushi Li". www.nowness.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. ↑ "A naked man in a bath with two octopuses: Yushi Li's best photograph". the Guardian. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  5. ↑ Delmage, Lara (2019). "Yushi Li / The objectified other". Metal. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  6. ↑ Irwin, Charlotte (12 February 2020). "Yushi Li - Women in Photography". Hundred Heroines. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  7. ↑ "Your Reservation Is Confirmed". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  8. 1 2 Jansen, Charlotte (9 February 2021). "Why This Chinese Photographer Takes Pictures of Naked Western Men". Elephant. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  9. ↑ "Juxtapoz Magazine - Yushi Li Turns the Female Gaze onto White Men on Tinder". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  10. ↑ Irwin, Charlotte (12 April 2019). "exploring sex, dating and digital intimacy through art". I-D. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  11. ↑ "Yushi Li on photographing men she met through Tinder". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  12. ↑ "Paintings, Dreams and Love". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  13. ↑ Stone, Mee-Lai (8 September 2021). "Drag queens to cloud surfers: highlights from Photo London 2021 – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  14. ↑ "Your Reservation Is Confirmed". vaslisouza.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  15. ↑ "Yushi Li: Women Act, Men Appear, Union Gallery, exhibition review: 'Nude men and naked female desire'". hackneycitizen.co.uk. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
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  17. ↑ "Open Eye Gallery – 209 Women". Open Eye Gallery . Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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