Crystal glass; cold-work (cut, grinded, polished glass)

Exhibited at the Crafts and Design Biennale 2020/21 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv.

Characterized by architectural precision, purity of line, and brightness of form, these at once material and immaterial volumes are complemented by light that heightens their refractive properties and enhances their chromatic assemblies

© Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

In Private collection.

In private collection,.

Neon

Must/Need, 2019
Glass, neon

H.20, w. 130

Currently exhibited at the Crafts and Design Biennale 2020/21 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv.

Li Chen's work addresses the paradoxes of the human condition by relying on irony and wordplay. Inspired by their hypnotic aura, the work's message is communicated through the flashing commercial medium of neon signs. Offering her words and takings them away by lighting them up in a pulsing cycle, Li Chen incessantly evokes and replaces meaning.

© Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

Israeli Glass biennale 2015 

"Chen's minimalist installation addresses personal narratives related to issues of femininity and gender roles. Paraphernalia, from ordinary daily beauty-care routine,and household chores are translated into meticulously crafted glass objects and placed within their natural habitat. yet, this habitat is transformed into a cold, lifeless, and alienated setting of surgical sterility" 

Henrietta Eliezer Brunner | Curator of Glass at The Eretz Israel Museum | Tel Aviv.

Photo By Sasha Flit
& Li Chen

Glass, Iron