Tag: Liu Bolin

  • Vichy : Liu Bolin, Camouflage and Confrontation – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: Master of camouflage, Liu Bolin uses his body to literally melt into his chosen background and produce some amazing photos. For more than ten years, this artist who seems to pass through walls has used the same modus operandi. With the help of his assistants who paint him from head to toe, he hides…

  • Liu Bolin

    Liu Bolin

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    Liu Bolin You have to have been living under a rock if you aren’t familiar with the work of Liu Bolin….or perhaps Liu Bolin is under a rock and you haven’t noticed.  Galerie Paris-Beijing is exhibiting a retrospective of his work that opened March 7 and runs thro via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/03/liu-bolin.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 You have to have…

  • ‘Hiding in the City’: New Camouflage Self-Portraits by Liu Bolin

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    Link: ‘Hiding in the City’: New Camouflage Self-Portraits by Liu Bolin | Feature Shoot Liu Bolin has mastered the art of invisibility. His secret? Patience. Bolin will spend as many as 10 hours preparing for a photo. He poses as his assistants carefully paint his suit to help him blend into the background

  • Hiding in the City With Liu Bolin

    Hiding in the City With Liu Bolin

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/03/20/liu-bolin/#1 For Bolin, the most important element of his images is the background. By using iconic cultural landmarks such as the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, or the remains of Suo Jia Village where his studio was housed, Bolin seeks to direct…

  • Photographer #370: Liu Bolin

    Photographer #370: Liu Bolin

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    Photographer #370: Liu Bolin Liu Bolin, 1973, China, is a sculptor and conceptual photographer. He received a B.A. from Shandong University of Arts in Jinan and an M.F.A… Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/09/photographer-370-liu-bolin.html When in 2005 the Chinese government ordered the demolition of the Beijing International Art Camp which housed Liu’s studio he created an image as a…

  • l e n s c r a t c h: Liu Bolin

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    Liu works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, and the result is both witty and unmistakably political and echoes the book, Where’s Waldo. Liu says he began the series after authorities shut down Beijing’s Suo Jiacun (Artist Village), in 2006. “At that time,” Liu told the Daily Mail, “contemporary…