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Oct. 18 2009 - 3:52 am | 175 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Our next peer competitor

The Chinese have mastered the art of invisibility. It’s only a matter of time before they’re at our shores.

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Actually, it’s a case of mastering invisibility in the name of art:

Liu works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, to make sure he gets it just right, but he achieves the right effect: sometimes passers-by don’t even realize he is there until he moves.

The talented Liu Bolin says his art is a protest against the actions of the Government, who shut down his art studio in 2005 and persecutes artists. It’s about not fitting into modern society. Despite problems with Chinese authorities, Liu’s works are appreciated at an international level.

Here he is at work:


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