Ethan Cohen Gallery presents Li Daiyun: Broken Monument, featuring twelve acrylic paintings from 2014–2017. Li reflects on the failed promises of China’s modern history, capturing optimism turned to disillusion. Subtle distortions in images like A Boat and Singing in the Boat hint at hidden emotions beneath collective narratives. Her work straddles realism and abstraction, engaging with time, memory, and shifting social realities. The exhibition examines the interplay of personal and historical experience.
