Li Wei explores the creative expression of the oriental aesthetic spirit by integrating fiber art and fashion design, Chinese traditions, and philosophy with modern innovation. Her conceptual fashion installation was inspired by the Chinese traditional "Blue and green landscape" painting. The work consists of three different forms of dresses, which are hanging on branches. The silk gauze dresses are dyed with indigo. The subtle gradations of light to dark on the delicate gauze create an ethereal and numinous presence, referring to the spirit of Chinese landscape ink painting. It also refers to three Chinese goddesses embodying the oriental qualities of stillness, elegance, and simplicity. Li Wei's work integrates nature, femininity, ink painting, and traditional culture into one paradigm to express the concepts of Yin and Yang, notable harmony between humans and nature.
The ink washes used for Chinese brush painting are usually black and are associated with Yin and Yang's concept. Ink wash paintings follow the Yin-Yang laws of the universe, as elaborated by Shi Tao's "One Stroke Theory", which states that laws are given to human beings by the Heavens, and art conveys its message. The role of art is not to imitate the observable; contrarily, it is to abstract the essence of the physical. Chinese philosophy believes in harmonious and balanced relationships, respect for others, and connection to our natural environment. Art is abstract and not representative of observable reality or the senses. Art exists to express bionomy, or the laws of life, as observed in the I-Ching and the Daoism. It describes human nature as rooted in the natural world.