Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany, June 9-August 19, 2018. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The serene approach to otherness = Die gelassene Annäherung an das Anderssein / by/von Heinz-Norbert Jocks. Within sight of reality = Augendicht an der Wirklichkeit / A conversation between/Ein Gesprach zwischen Liu Xiaodong and/und Heinz-Norbert Jocks -- Liu Xiaodong : Painting from life as language, language as concept / by/von Pi Li -- Liúxiǎodōng: Xiěshēng jí yǔyán, yǔyán jí guānniàn / by/von Pi Li -- The strategy of anti-distance. Thoughts on the history and paintings of Liu Xiaodong = Strategie der Anti-Distanz. Gedanken zu Historie und Malerei für Liu Xiaodong / by/von Gregor Jansen -- Diary: 2009 Cuba -- Diary: 2010 Jincheng -- Diary: 2011 Hotan -- Diary: 2018 Berlin -- The beginning painting = The beginning Malerei -- Home town painting = Home town Malerei -- Inside China painting = Inside China Malerei -- Outside China painting = Outside China Malerei -- Coming home painting = Coming home Malerei -- Weight of insomnia painting machine = Weight of insomnia Malmaschine -- Home twon photography = Home town Fotografie -- Inside China photography = Inside China Fotografie -- Outside China photography = Outside China Fotografie -- Coming home photography = Coming home Fotografie -- Films = Filme -- Berlin project = Berlin project -- The serene approach to otherness = Die gelassene Annäherung an das Anderssein / by/von Heinz-Norbert Jocks.
Summary:
In his oeuvre, Liu Xiaodong shows moments and stories from human life as well as situations and landscapes with an outstanding immediacy and extraordinary empathy. Liu Xiaodong only depicts what he sees with his own eyes, smells with his own nose, and hears with his own ears. At the beginning of each work, he spends time with the subjects in their daily lives before portraying them. This participatory dimension of his artistic practice is accompanied by journal notes and photographs. In addition, alongside his projects, he creates films that approach the various topics from the perspective of the moving image. The artist encounters the stranger with the utmost openness, so as not to succumb to the deception of clichés or preformed opinions. He is a painter of modern life who addresses the question of the human condition, as well as global issues that are directly linked to it, such as demographic shifts, environmental crisis, and economic upheaval.
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