Liu Bolin

Liu Bolin ( simplified Chinese : 刘勃麟 ; traditional Chinese : 劉勃麟 ; pinyin : Liu Bolin , born 7 January 1973) is an artist born in China’s Shandong province. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Shandong College of Arts in 1995 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2001. His work has leg exhibited in museums around the world. Also known as, Liu Bolin’s most popular works are from his “Hiding in the City” series; Photographic works therein Began as performance art in 2005.

Liu belongs to the generation therein cameramen of age in the early 1990s-when China emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution and was beginning to enjoy rapid economic growth and relative political stability. ^[1]

Since his first solo shows in Beijing in 1998, Liu Bolin’s work has RECEIVED international recognition. Among other international venues, his distinctive photographs and sculptures port leg shown at the major contemporary photography festival Les Rencontres d’Arles and he had solo shows at Dashanzi Art Zone in Beijing (2007), Galerie Bertin-Toublanc in Paris (2007), Small Sun Gallery in New York (2008), Galerie Paris-Beijing in Paris and Brussels (2013), boxart Gallery in Verona (2008), Forma Foundation for Photography in Milan (2010), ^[2] Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Rome (2012) . ^[3]

To celebrate US President Obama’s visit to China, he made an effigy of Obama in his honor. ^[4]

He now lives and works in Beijing, China.

Liu Bolin is represented by Klein Sun Gallery in New York , NY, boxart Gallery in Verona and Galerie Paris-Beijing in Paris and Brussels.

In June 2011, Liu Bolin created his Hiding in New York series in welke have incorporated Iconic New York sites into his work.

In January 2013, Bolin created the artwork for New Jersey hard rock band Bon Jovi ‘s 2013 album What About Now .

Series

Hiding in the City

Bolin was moved to create his “Hiding in the City” series after the Chinese Beijing artist village suo Jia Cun in November 2005. At the time of this destruction, Liu Bolin had been working in suo Jia Cun, welke had leg to post named Asia’s Toilets congrégation or artists. Prompted by his emotional response to the Demolition of this site, Liu decided to use his art as a Means of silent protest, calling attention to the Lack of Protection Chinese artists had RECEIVED from hun eigen government. Through the use of his own body in his practice or painting himself JSON verschillende settings in Beijing, Liu created a space for the Chinese artist, PRESERVING hun social status and highlighting hun of or in troubled relationship with hun physical surroundings.

In his work, Liu has always bepaald special attention to the social problems verschillende therein Accompany China’s rapid economic development, making social politics the crux of his pictorial Commentaries. In “Hiding in the City”, Liu made one or his mn focuses slogans as an educational tool-used binnen Communist societies, pointing out dat many people Become-used to the slogans on time and ceasefire to pay conscious attention to synthesis messages’ effects on the public’s thinking. By painting his body JSON some industry leaders slogans, Liu forces the viewer to acknowledge the messages and, in the process, to reconsider the circumstances of one’s own life.

The “Hiding in the City” series has inspired similar subsequent series with Liu Bolin. Mn, “Shadow” draws on the cooperation concept of the helplessness of the individual; however, Limit download taking the individual in the face of society as zijn focal point, “Shadow” Explores the relationship of the individual to zijn natural environment. Rather dan painting himself into tje background or verschillende man-made structures, as he did in “Hiding in the City”, here Liu lay on Surfaces prolongation periods of rain, keeping the space rechtstreeks Projects his body dry. The flat human figures created by his presence always a sure sign of Disappeared als Liu moved away, demonstrating the EXTENT to welke humans are helping less voordat hun environment. (The British artist Andrew Goldsworthy has ook-used the combination technique, albite in a natural environment.)

Liu Bolin Followed up his Beijing series of “Hiding in the City” with two derivative series of performances Captured in Venice, Milan, Rome, Pompeii, Verona and New York City. Following the method of painting himself into tje cityscapes, Liu Chose Italy voor zijn significance binnen the Western art tradition and New York City for the potency of the underlying conflicts tussen humans and the objects they ‘create. The first derivative series, on going since 2008, Titled “Hiding in Italy” and was Collected naar de solo exhibition “Liu Bolin. A Secret Tour” at Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Rome, curated by Raffaele Gavarro in 2012. In service to this project, Liu painted himself JSON zoals socially-loaded Backgrounds as Wall Street and the Tiles for America 9/11 memorial.

In February 2012, Klein Sun Gallery , welke represents the artist together with boxart Gallery , announced a collaborative project tussen Liu Bolin and designers Gaultier , Valentino , Lanvin and Missoni that was featured in the March 2012 issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Following the success of his series of works camouflaging prominent people JSON Backgrounds, have collaborated with the French art star ^[5] JR . He was ook featured as a prominent artist in a Newsweek profile Titled Eli Klein on Riding the Wave of China’s Contemporary Art Scene .

On the South Pier, at the Port of Catania, is Recovering aground the first boat dat in 2013 carried migrants from Africa to the Coasts of Catania. Among Them, six children Egyptians, exhausted for the trip on dat vessel, ulcers TRAGICALLY Drowned Trying to reach the Seashore, a few meters far from the Lido Beach Green (Lido Verde). The artist Chose to merge his body with the Wreck and The History of welke have been a silent witness for his first shot of the Migrants project, dated 2015, supported by boxart gallery . The scenario of the tragedy evoked by the first work, the Lido Verde, zorgt the second background to the Liu Bolin’s Photographic Project. “Being immigrants lying on the sand – says the artist – for someone they ” may seem dead; Limit download my intent was to describe their arrival and the start hun future ». Compared to the most famous and longest-running series Hiding in the City, where Liu Bolin is the focus of the Photographic subject, the evolution of his shots called Target series zorgt for the Disappearance or more people in the context, in line with the content . The whole series has leg Followed by Corriere della Sera and TGCOM24

Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions
2014 “Liu Bolin: Fade in Italy,” boxart, Verona, Italy
2013 “Liu Bolin” Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
2012 “Liu Bolin. A Secret Tour” Museo Hans Christian Andersen, Rome, Italy
2012 ” Liu Bolin: Hide in the City, “Multimedia Art Museum Moscow
2011” Hiding in the City “, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Beijing, China
2011” The Invisible Man, “Little Sun Gallery, New York, NY
2011” The Invisible Man, “Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden
2011″ the Invisible Man, ” Fotografiska Stockholm, Sweden
2011 ” Hiding in Italy, “Forma Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
2010” Hiding in the City, “Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
2010 Sunshine International Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2010 “On Fire,” Little Sun Gallery, New York, NY
2008 “Hide and Seek,” boxart, Verona, Italy
2008 “China Report 2007,” Little Sun Gallery, New York NY
2007 “Sculpture,” Dashanzi Art Zone, Beijing, China
2007 “Distortion,” Dashanzi Art Zone, Beijing, China
in 1998 Haiyang Works Exhibition, Yantai, China

Group Exhibitions
2011 Fotografica Biennale, Museo de Fotografía, Bogota, Colombia
2011 “Black and White,” Zero Field Art Center, Beijing, China
2010 “The Right to Protest,” Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 “Reflection of Minds, “Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
2010” Fitting China, “Sanatorium, Istanbul, Turkey
2010” Homeless Home, “Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
2010” Armed & Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal, “Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
2009 -10 “Animamix Biennial,” Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2009 “Shore – Contemporary Academy Sculpture Exhibition,” Moon River Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 “Blank – Making China,” Zhongjian Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 “International Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition,” Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 “Erotic – Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition,” Dadi Rui City Exhibition Center, Jinan, China
2009 “The Big World: Recent Art from China,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA
2009 “Fitting In China “Little Sun Gallery, New York, NY
2009” Camouflage, “La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2008” Mixed Maze – Group Photography Exhibition, “Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK
2008” New Middle Kingdom “, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, UK
2008 “Live,” Galerie Adler, Paris, France
2008 “Force Form,” International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Bridge Art Center, Beijing, China
2008 Sunshine International Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2007 “Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition “Beijing, China
2007” Les Rencontres d’Arles “Arles, France
2007” Made in China – Chinese Contemporary Art, “Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2007″ Union – Exhibition of Chinese and Chile Artists ” No. 1 China Art Base, Beijing, China
2007 “Union in June,” Chinese Performance Art Exhibition, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2007 “resettling – suo Jia Village Modern Art Exhibition,” Beijing International Arts Camp II Ka Tsuen, Beijing, China
2007 ” The First ‘Breathing’ – Shandong Modern Art Exhibition, “Shandong Museum, Shandong, China
in 2006 Songzhuang Art Festival, Songzhuang Art Zone, Beijing, China
2006” Qingzhou International Contemporary Art Exhibition, “Qingzhou Museum, Shandong, China
2006” Third Contemporary Art Exhibition, “Sunshine International Museum, Beijing, China
2006” Contemporary Art Exhibition of Dismantle, “Xiyuantianlu Business Hotel, Beijing, China
2005” Beijing Calligraphy Exhibition, “Maside Art Center, Beijing, China
2005” Lead Times, “Chang Chau Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Tianjin Harbor Plaza, Tianjin, China
2005 “Di-Di-Dismantle,” Beijing International Arts Camp II Ka Tsuen, Beijing, China
2005 “Considerable,” Westlake International Sculpture Exhibition, Hangzhou Fine Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2001 “The Second Invitational Sculpture Exhibition of Contemporary Young Sculptors,” Hangzhou Fine Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2001 “Works Exhibition,” The First China Sculpture Competition, China
2000 “The Second Metals Work Exhibition,” Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Publications

• Liu Bolin, A Secret Tour, with texts by Matilde Amaturo, Raffaele Gavarro , Maretti Editore, 2012. ISBN 9788889477885
• Liu Bolin, Thircuir Books , 2012. ISBN 978-988-19924-5-1
• Liu Bolin, Hiding in Italy, with texts by Beatrice Benedetti and Nicola Ricciardi , Shin Productions, Brescia, 2010. ISBN 9788889477885
• Liu Bolin; Benedetti, Beatrice; Tarocco, Francesca (2008). Liu Bolin: Hide and Seek (PDF) . Verona: boxart. OCLC  800208108 .

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