Spot the Difference

Series

2005-2022

The < Spot the Difference > series is based on an entertainment program of the same title often shown on television, as well as a popular game, often present in children books, with a simple concept: two fairly similar pictures are shown on the screen or book, and the audience is asked to spot all the differences in a short time. This series was influenced by René Magritte’s comparison on the relationship between image and language. Under the form of tricks, he treated the images in a witty and ironic way, which guides dual thinking on art and practical experiences. In these series, Li Qing reintroduces an interactive mode and play between the viewer and the painting. In fact, in the Finding Differences series, the viewer has to wander between the pictures and to interpret the differences he finds through his own experience. Li Qing never gave a single picture to look at, but by proposing diptychs, he invites the audience into a process which leads us to be beyond the image. This process depends on the experience and imagination of the audience; thus, each viewer will arrive at different conclusions.