
Fragments
Jack Laver
Li Li Ren
04/04 - 25/04/2025

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’
‘Fragments’ unfolds as meditations on the tension between control and freedom, growth and decay, and the fragile boundaries that separate the natural and artificial. Both Li Li Ren and Jack Laver’s practices dwell in liminal spaces where materials and forms resist containment. Their works witness the entanglement of human and non-human agencies that shape our collective subconscious.
Both artists challenge the rigid geometries we inherit — the idea that the world is made up of fixed, separate parts. Laver’s fluid forms resist the notion that matter is static or lifeless, instead revealing a world where everything is intertwined, where form and meaning coalesce and interplay. Like the ebb and flow of unseen forces, his inks spread and mingle, forming networks of shape and meaning that emerge and dissolve.
Ren’s speculative landscapes open portals to alternate realities where boundaries between human and non-human, real and imagined, unfold into one another. Glass pretends to be jelly, hardness softens, and the line between the organic and synthetic is blurred beyond recognition. Together, their works dissolve the edges of perception, a reminder of the shifting of the cosmos, always becoming.
As we navigate these shifting landscapes, we are reminded that perception itself is a transformative act — one that alters the boundaries of the known world. Fragments is an invitation to play with the limits of control, to embrace the fluidity of existence, and to recognise that the natural and the artificial, like the conscious and the unconscious, are inextricably connected in the ever-unfolding.



Jack Laver, Distance, Ink, resin, acrylic paint, adhesive on canvas in wood frame, 27.2 x 32.6 x 3.2 cm, 10.71 x 12.83 x 1.26 in, 2024-2025


Jack Laver, Redemption, Ink, resin, adhesive, rice paper, hessian in wood frame, 129 x 47.5 x 3.5 cm, 50.79 x 18.70 x 1.38 in, 2024-2025



Li Li Ren, An unknown odyssey, Iron composite, hemp rope, bark, silicon, sheep crutch, Approx. 250 x 40 x 4 cm, Approx. 98.4 x 15.75 x 1.57 in, 2025






Jack Laver, Landslide, Ink, resin, adhesive, copperpigment on canvas in wood frame, 40.5 x 35.5 x 2 cm, 15.94 x 13.98 x 0.79 in, 2024-2025




Li Li Ren, On behalf of The Void, Iron composite, fossil, metal mesh, Himalayan salt, Approx. 183 x 50 x 55 cm, Approx. 72.05 x 19.69 x 21.65 in, 2025





Jack Laver, Everything Flows, Ink, resin, copper pigment on hessian in wood frame, 65.5 x 45 x 2 cm, 25.79 x 17.72 x 0.79 in, 2024-2025



Jack Laver, Chamber #4, Ink, resin, adhesive, rice paper, hessian in wood frame, 113 x 40 x 40 cm, 44.49 x 15.75 x 15.75 in, 2024-2025



Li Li Ren, Hopelessly devoted to the green crayon square, Iron composite, crayon, Approx. 60 x 54 x 9 cm, Approx. 23.62 x 21.26 x 3.54 in, 2025


Li Li Ren (b. 1986, Heilongjiang Province,China) lives and works in London, where she gained her BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, University of theArts London, in 2010, and her MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art,London, in 2017. Recent solo exhibitionsinclude The World Forgetting, by the WorldForgot at Sherbet Green, London (2024)and Sunset as Burning Bruise at MagicianSpace, Beijing (2022). Recent group exhibitions include Art-o-rama, Marseille(2024); Art Basel Hong Kong (2024); TheFlow of Art and Value at MOCA Yichuan(2024); Embodied Rituals at TimesMuseum, Guangdong (2024); Frieze Sculpture, London (2023); Home is where the haunt is at X Museum, Beijing (2023);Sculptural vibe cutting through (in) accessiblesites at Gravity Art Museum, Beijing(2023); Into My Arms at Sherbet Green(2023); and We Borrow Dreams from Others,Like Debt at MadeIn Art Museum,Shanghai (2022–2023).
Jack Laver (b. 1998) is a mixed media artistand musician who lives and works inLondon. Recent solo and duo exhibitionsinclude Life Without Buildings at BombFactory with KCAW (2023), Cut From TheShadows at ZÉRUÌ, London (2023), andStrange Dreams, with Jordan Hemingwayat Roman Road, London (2021). Recentgroup exhibitions include Manifestation atZÉRUÌ (2022), Two Sisters at Roman Road(2022), A/D D/A at ZÉRUÌ (2022), HiddenPathways at Hinterraum, Berlin (2021),and Art In The Age Of Now at FulhamTown Hall with Art Below (2021).