"Bull the Wall" is a thought-provoking piece of art that explores the obstacles and breakthroughs in modern society. This work is not just a visual experience but also an emotional and intellectual resonance. The title "Bull the Wall" symbolizes the breaking of barriers and crossing of boundaries, representing the pursuit of freedom and self-transcendence.
Li Nu employs various artistic techniques in "Bull the Wall," including sculpture, installation art, and multimedia technology. This project used over three tons of steel plates, which were moved back and forth and polished and processed repeatedly. In the end, Li Nu found that his fingerprints had all been worn away.
Li Nu's work "Iron Curtain" is a piece of profound symbolic significance and artistic value. Through unique visual effects and the use of materials, "Iron Curtain" explores themes of power, control, and freedom in modern society. Li Nu attempts to reveal the invisible power structures and control mechanisms within contemporary society and reflects on the individual's position and role within these structures. The title "Iron Curtain" not only symbolizes the political separation during the Cold War but also metaphorically represents various forms of segregation and oppression in contemporary society.
Awakening, the video work was taken on a winter night in 2014, Li Nu stripped off his clothes and jumped into a trash bin filled with sewage on the streets of London, finally emerging from the water on the verge of suffocation.
As Ossian War comments on his work, "His works possess a strong expansiveness and penetrating power, being both conceptual and sensory, straightforward yet obscure, poetic yet realistic, and imbued with metaphorical, sharp, humorous, poetic, and dramatic qualities."