Li Li Ren, To Find a Way Home

To find a way home is a sculptural composition in five parts, whose shapes evoke sea creatures and underwater plant life.

Although these forms may appear out-of-place in a garden setting, their presence encourages us to look for the strange and surreal within nature. Likewise, within the many landscape paintings exhibited as part of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s collection, it is always possible to find elements that are surprising or unexpected. The scale of To find a way home is designed to create interaction among both adults and children, as they move through and around them, cultivating intimate moments with each individual work. 

About the artist
Li Li Ren is a sculptor living and working in London. She uses tactile materials ranging from the soft and ethereal to the hard and heavy to create intimate narratives in space. She gained her BA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and her MA Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London. Ren has exhibited in the UK and internationally, and was selected to participate in Frieze Sculpture 2023, in Regent’s Park, London.  

Artwork credit:
Li Li Ren 
To Find a Way Home 
2023 
Bronze, patina and glass 

Image credit: Installation views of To find a way home (2023) by Li Li Ren. Photo by Graham Turner.