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A dissection of the tense relationship between the individual and society
More commonly known as "The Invisible Man" in media circles, Liu Bolin addresses the social concerns of his home country through his artistic practice, particularly standing out for his "camouflage" installations.
Transcending mediums like performance and photography, Liu Bolin dissects the tense relationship between the individual and society by 'disappearing' into environments that are sites of conflict and critique.
His series Hiding in the City has been exhibited in numerous museums and institutions worldwide.
Inspired by his powerful visual messages, artists and institutions such as the Louvre, Harper's Bazaar magazine, the Centre Pompidou, Ruinart, Moncler, Fred, Renault, JR, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jon Bon Jovi, Kenny Scharf, among others, have invited Liu Bolin to collaborate on creative projects.
In 2015, he was selected for the campaign supported by the United Nations The Global Goals, aimed at promoting the eradication of poverty, sustainable development, and fighting inequality and injustice, hiding among 193 flags of the world.
Liu Bolin currently lives and works in Beijing.
Liu Bolin
Chinese artist and photographer born in Shandong Province (1973) and residing in Beijing, Liu Bolin graduated in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2001. His beginnings as a sculptor were interrupted in 2005 by the expropriation and destruction of his studio, in front of the ruins of which he made his first self-portrait.
In his series Urban Camouflages, Liu Bolin paints himself using traditional painting techniques with the purpose of integrating his image into a common setting, such as a garden or a newspaper kiosk, and then photographs himself. When the viewer confronts these "camouflages," they discover the artist's figure as an element foreign to the landscape, resulting in unprecedented readings through the perception of what was supposedly invisible.
While the final medium of the work is photography, the artist enriches his discourse by simultaneously navigating the worlds of sculpture, body painting, and performance. A century and a half after the emergence of photography as an expressive medium, artists like Bolin manage to innovate by creating new possibilities with this medium.
With an intense chameleon-like ability and a mimetization with the environment, reflecting his social concerns, Bolin reveals a silent, almost transparent protest that invites reflection on identity, consumption, and the presence of humans in the face of the problems surrounding us.