Li YungfengLove never fails FROM 02/04/2026 TO 30/06/2026

The exhibition project created by Li Yungfeng for the Chianti Sculpture Park stems from the meeting of an ancient cultural tradition and a contemporary reflection on the female figure, the relationship with nature, and memory between generations.

At the centre of the artist’s research is the Dongba script (东巴文), the ancient pictographic system of the Naxi people from Yunnan province, China. Still used today, and recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Dongba script preserves in its origin the meaning of traces: signs left by wood and stone, imprints that evoke a direct relationship between culture, landscape, and nature.

In Naxi tradition, moreover, the matriarchal and matrilineal social structure assigns women a central role in the transmission of memory, knowledge, and the bond with the land.

Starting from this cultural heritage, Li Yungfeng builds a contemporary visual language made of symbols, signs, and narratives that intertwine cultural heritage, nature, and femininity. This integrates perfectly with the cultural and anthropological landscape of Chianti.

Four eras of her: from Turandot to her daughters
Echoes of women and nature through a century

To celebrate the centenary of Turandot (1924–2024), the artist presents the project “From Turandot to her Daughters – The Natural Echo of a Love That Never Ends,” structured in four moments dedicated to the different seasons of women’s lives. The path traces an intimate and familial narrative, in which female memory is passed down from generation to generation, finding its own space of expression in nature.

The exhibition thus also becomes a symbolic bridge between Italy and China, the two countries with the highest number of recognized cultural heritages in the world. Through contemporary art and Dongba pictograms, ancient Eastern wisdom opens up to a universal dimension.

The relationship between cultures is ultimately reflected in the comparison between the figure of Turandot, an enigmatic and distant princess in Puccini’s imagination, and the historical reality of the Naxi culture, where women have for centuries been the custodians of the community, memory, and the relationship with nature.

Between myth and history, between East and West, Li Yungfeng’s work thus offers a reflection on time, on female identity, and on that deep love which, as the title of the exhibition suggests, never fails.