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Liu's dramatic canvases, adorned with vibrant acrylics and impasto oils in a myriad of hues, exude lavishness that echoes the fantastical mythologies inspiring their subjects. Drawing inspiration from classical mythology, Liu pays homage to artistic traditions while reimagining these classical themes through a contemporary lens. Departing from strict realism, his daring twist in colour and vibrancy uncovers overlooked elements, deviating from the expected focal points. Notably, his artistic choice to remove the heads of figures in these scenes adds a thought-provoking dimension. Liu's work invites us to reconsider the timeless narratives with a fresh perspective, embracing the interplay between tradition and innovation.
He takes on traditions of nudity comes from the queer perspective of person of colour from a non-Western artistic tradition. His upbringing in China was full of shame about nudity, and the human body. For him, depicting bodies without heads both unveils, and depicts then simultaneously reduces that shame. Subsequently, his artistic choice to remove the heads of figures in these scenes to add a thought-provoking dimension' focussing on the taboos of nudity.
Prize
3 F3inal list "the antiques of tomorrow " BADA (British antiques Dealers' Association ) Art prize 2023
Shortlist British Art Prize 2022
exhibitions
Open about identity, East Quay, Somerset, 2024
Garden of Eden, Glasgow, 2024
In Emancipation of Self, D Contemporary, London, 2024
Artowrks open, Barbican Art Group Trust, London, 2023
Accessible Art Show, Blackwhite gallery, London, 2023
Car booth sale Glasgow, 2023
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead May, London 2023
Affordable Art Fair Battersea March, London 2023
50 Shortlist British art prize, oxotowerwharf, London, 2023
Body and Soul, New Glasgow Society Glasgow, 2022
Accessibleartshow blackwhitegallery, London, 2022
Île - Le Mutisme est notre langage commun Galerie Art-z, La Bastille Gallery, Paris, 2022
The Room, Ried gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 2022
GRIDLOCK – Transmission Galley – Annual Members’ Show, Glasgow, 2022
Affordable art fair, London, 2022
Winter Members Show, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow, 2021
5th London Art Biennial, exhibition, London, 2021
Degree Show (bachelor), Hubei University, Wuhan, 2019
Press
CURYAINS Magazine by The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, 2024
Art and Illustrations magazine, 50 final shortlist British Art Prize 2022 October and November 2022 issue
The Herald Scotland newspaper, 240th year no.159, page 6
Dailymotion video interview by The Scotsman