{"id":1110,"date":"2009-12-09T08:29:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:54:35","slug":"liu-bolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/liu-bolin\/","title":{"rendered":"Liu Bolin the Invisible Chinese Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Liu Bolin is quite literally the invisible man in that he paints himself into his photo compositions and you have to look hard in some case, like the second to last photo, to find him. I thought this was a phenomenal new way to view <a title=\"trompe l'oeil on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nga.gov\/exhibitions\/trompe-info.shtm\" target=\"_blank\">trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/a>. His work is in protest against the Chinese government, who shut down his studio in 2005 when the area with people&#8217;s homes was bulldozed to make ready for the Olympic Games. His work represents not fitting into the norm. I received this in an email so do not have a credit for all the photos but here is a <a title=\"Liu Bolin on Oddity Central blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/pics\/meet-the-real-life-invisible-man.html\" target=\"_blank\">resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve updated the title to this post since yesterday after seeing a report on <a title=\"Liu Bolin on ABC News\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/playerIndex?id=9296647\" target=\"_blank\">ABC news<\/a> about Liu Bolin tonight. It was interesting to see how he achieves his &#8220;blending into the background.&#8221; Evidently, he doesn&#8217;t paint himself (literally that is). Others paint him into the scene. His work is however, literally about how his government does not seem to recognize its people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1111\" title=\"Liu Bolin 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image11.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 1\" width=\"341\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image11.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image11-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1112\" title=\"Lui Bolin 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image22.jpg\" alt=\"Lui Bolin 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image22.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image22-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image33.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1113\" title=\"Liu Bolin 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image33.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image33.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image33-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image44.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1114\" title=\"Liu Bolin 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image44.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 4\" width=\"499\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image44.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image44-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image55.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1115\" title=\"Liu Bolin 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image55.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image55.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image55-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image77.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1116\" title=\"Liu Bolin 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image77.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image77.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image77-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image88.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1117\" title=\"Liu Bolin 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image88.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 7\" width=\"500\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image88.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image88-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image99.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1118\" title=\"Liu Bolin 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image99.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 8\" width=\"240\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image99.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image99-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image1010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1119\" title=\"Liu Bolin 10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/image1010.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin 10\" width=\"500\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image1010.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image1010-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/real-invisible-man10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1120\" title=\"Liu Bolin via Oddity Central\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/real-invisible-man10.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Bolin via Oddity Central\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/real-invisible-man10.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/real-invisible-man10-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liu Bolin is quite literally the invisible man in 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I thought this was a phenomenal new way to view trompe l&#8217;oeil. His work is in protest against the Chinese government, who shut down his studio in 2005 when the area with people&#8217;s homes was bulldozed to make ready for the Olympic Games. His work represents not fitting into the norm. I received this in an email so do not have a credit for all the photos but here is a resource. I&#8217;ve updated the title to this post since yesterday after seeing a report on ABC news about Liu Bolin tonight. It was interesting to see how he achieves his &#8220;blending into the background.&#8221; Evidently, he doesn&#8217;t paint himself (literally that is). Others paint him into the scene. 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