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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 

 

Al-Tiba9 Interviews

SNACK

​The Herald Scotland newspaper, 240th year no.159, page 6

Dailymotion video interview by The Scotsman​

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