Liu Ren
Liu Ren was born in 1980 in Qinhuangdao.She graduated with a Master of Arts in photography from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China.Currently professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Animals and water are recurring elements in Liu Ren’s artworks. They do not merely serve symbolic functions but are a direct link to the artist herself. It is in the seaside town of her youth that Liu Ren’s sensibilities matured and it is in animals that she feels she can find and reflect the true essence of people’s character. Her works are thus often multi-layered and there are also those instances where an artwork turns out to be much more critical than Liu Ren originally intended. Sleepwalker – Great Hall of the People (2007) is such a case. This is a subversively funny image yet the artist admits that she only saw the work in that light after a viewer asked her about the political implications. “Actually,” she said, “it was just a recording of a crazy dream I had.”
Works - The Journey with Cow
Works - Memory Series
Works - Perfect Life
Works - Someday Somewhere
Works - Us
Works - Paradise
Works - Ambulations
Works - Sleepwalker
Works - Peony Pavilion.Exquisite Dream
Works - Peony Pavilion.The Garden
Works - Peony Pavilion.Dream Seeking
