He is the Chinese artist who has become world famous through his˝ invisible art˝.
Liu first attended the Shandong Arts Institute, later
receiving an MFA in Sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
To create his works, Liu often chooses sites replete with China´s cultural
revolution. With the help of assistants, he often takes up to 10 painstaking
hours painting his own body to match a portion of the chosen site, before
photographing himself standing within the scene as he blends into the
background.According to the artist, his Camoflage works are metaphors
for the feeling of anonymity and ostracism he encounters as a Contemporary
artist in China. After Chinese officials shut down his studio in 2005, his work
became even more overtly political, in what the artist calls ˝a silent protest˝,
a protest against the state.” Liu has exhibited his work in Beijing, Shanghai,
Paris, New York, Miami, and in other cities around the world. He currently
lives and works in Beijing.
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