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- Liu Xia
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Producing art at great personal cost in order to send a message that is important and must be heard: Urgent expression.
Liu Xia is a Chinese woman who is married to the 2010 Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Previously she always said that she was not involved in politics like her husband. And yet, her work, now, seems as though it couldn't be more steeped in it. Her husband has been imprisoned with ...
Published: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tagged: Allyson Hibbard, Asian, Blog Every Day in February, Chinese, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, china
- Artist Review: Liu Ye
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Today’s artist review is of Liu Ye. I happened across his stuff while leafing through an old issue of Artforum International. The reason why his work stood out to me was because it was an image of a cartoony looking figure that was advertising his exhibition. This is unusual for Artforum because they generally show things that are Artsy Fartsy looking and require lots of thought to figure out ...
Published: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tagged: Allyson Hibbard, Artist Review, Asian, Children, Chinese, Contemporary Chinese Art, Liu Ye, china, contemporary art
- Artist Review: Hu Ming
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Hu Ming is an artist originally from China now residing in Australia. Her background is incredibly interesting considering she was a part of the Communist military during the time that Mao was in power. The interesting thing about Mao, if you're unaware, is that he was able to take a land in turmoil and get it to unite together. Granted it was a communist government and there were a lot of people who suffered at ...
Published: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Tagged: Allyson , Allyson Hibbard, Artist Review, Asian, Chinese, Contemporary Chinese Art, china, contemporary art
