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The Deodato Arte Art Gallery is pleased to announce a new artist in its collection: Liu Bolin. A multifaceted artist whose works are a mix of photography, installation, performance and body painting.
The artist is known internationally as The Invisible Man, precisely because of his performances in which he vanishes and disappears into urban landscapes and monuments. Through total body painting, the artist creates mimetic photos where he blends in with the surrounding space.
Liu Bolin has also created several works in collaboration with brands such as Moncler and the French champagne house Ruinart in which he shows their values.
Liu Bolin and social denunciations
Liu Bolin took his first steps into the art world during the last years of the Cultural Revolution. This would mark Liu Bolin's artistic production so profoundly and significantly that he created his first photo series entitled Hiding in the City.
In this first series, the artist witnesses life within the People's Republic of China and deals with themes such as the relationship between human beings and the environment, power, consumerism, memory and progress.
Liu Bolin later reproposes these performances for other series such as Hiding in Italy, Fade in Italy and Migrants. The artist thus merges with the surrounding space, denouncing the condition of modern man who loses his identity due to an increasingly materialistic and technological society.
"It is a gesture of denunciation. What is the development of the human being today, and where does it lead? Man is disappearing in his environment. Technology has brought much material development, but to remain human, what is one to do? I do not want to get lost in this maze, so I choose this form of defence. I am for an art of civic engagement'. - Liu Bolin
