Liu Bolin - Arte como protesto

Hiding in the city nº 16 & 17 People's Policeman, 2006

"Liu Bolin was moved to create his "Hiding in the City" series after the Chinese government destroyed Beijing artist village Suo Jia Cun in November 2005. At the time of this destruction, Liu Bolin had been working in Suo Jia Cun, which had been previously named Asia's largest congregation of artists. Prompted by his emotional response to the demolition of this site, Liu decided to use his art as a means of silent protest, calling attention to the lack of protection Chinese artists had received from their own government. Through the use of his own body in his practice of painting himself into various settings in Beijing, Liu created a space for the Chinese artist, preserving their social status and highlighting their often troubled relationship with their physical surroundings."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bolin



"Suddenly the concept of invisibility makes sense: in the end Liu Bolin tries to render what is invisible visible. He seems to try to make people aware of the current state of one particular place, of common people’s existence, of his own desolation, of the burden of overwhelming authority or advertising images, and so forth. In other words, he reifies the more or less painful traces of human activities while disclosing that adaptation is impossible in such contemporary environment."


http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/2008-interview-with-liu-bolin/1245