Ding Yi in Yunnan: The Road to Heaven

For his inaugural solo exhibition at Lisson Gallery and his first return to exhibit in London in over five years, renowned Chinese abstractionist Ding Yi presents The Road to Heaven a new body of work ahead of Frieze week. This latest series is deeply informed by the history and cosmology of the Naxi people of Yunnan in southwestern China, offering a rich cultural and conceptual dimension to his distinctive visual language. The Road to Heaven documentary by Pema Tashi follows Ding Yi’s journey through Yunnan in black and white, before blooming into full colour as it explores his artworks.

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