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October 27th, 2009
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Liu Bolin – Invisible man

Liu Bolin is a young Beijing based artist who has exhibited primarily in china until last year’s solo show in Paris and a group show with the gallery in Miami. He recently finished a show in New York showing off a variety of his work. He specializes in covering his subjects head to toe in paint, camouflaging themselves in front of the Chinese flag, a billboard or downtown Beijing. Bolin’s process is demanding often working on a single photo for up to 10 hours, he has to make it perfect, somethings people passing don’t notice him until he makes a movement.

I really admire what Bolin has achieved with his art work, it’s nothing like other work out there. I used to hate painting on a flat surface let alone a textured one. This is why I use computers for my artwork because it has ctrl+z, you can’t do that with painting.

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This is a good one, can you see him?
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Thanks for reading, if there’s any artists you think I should look at, let me know.

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1 Comments

  1. Eli Klein Fine Art
    June 7, 2011

    Liu Bolin has been doing his Hiding in the City series since 2005. It started as a political commentary on the tensions between the Chinese government and their people and the identity an environment gives an individual and vice versa. Liu Bolin will be exhibiting at Eli Klein Fine Art in New York from June 29 – August 28, 2011. Eli Klein Fine Art represents him exclusively in North and South America. More images can be found on http://www.ekfineart.com.

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