The Art of Liu Xiaodong: Man and Machine | HENI Talks

Liu Xiaodong tackles the challenge of portraying emotional sensations in material form. One of China’s leading figurative artists, he has always aimed to paint the truth as objectively as possible. But can this ever be completely realised?
With his new series of paintings, Liu uses a machine programmed to capture movement in public spaces and translates this to marks on canvas. The machine has no heart, no desires, no ulterior motive. It does not sleep but obeys its instructions for as long as the artist decides. And yet the results have a strange power to move us. It seems that, despite all efforts, subjectivity can never truly be extinguished.
Join Liu as he discusses this latest painting project, the conflict and changes in Chinese society that have influenced his artistic approach and how we might all be affected by the ‘weight of insomnia’.
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[@readthetype]

The genius of this work is not the work, but the intellect of the artist, and the clarity and humility with which it is communicated. Many artists would greatly benefit by taking a page from his book.

[@fafafefefufu4716]

Oh god, WOW IM ABSOLUTELY INSPIRED ,,,,,,,,,!!!!!

[@wyzeyzere]

End result....amazing!

[@HENITalks]

We totally agree! Thank you for taking the time to watch.

[@yiyizhiming953]

机器只是绘画形式，现代以机器作为画笔，但万变不离其宗的是说画形式，所画内容，所孕内涵，还是由人做决定，以置身事外的角度画深陷其中的东西，刘晓东变了但有没变

[@위클리튜브-g5b]

His painting excels in concept, but I don't know on the surface if it's such an attractive painting.

[@HENITalks]

Thank you for taking the time to watch our film. We agree that Liu Xiaodong came up with an inspired concept! We're also quite fond of his paintings.

[@bluntmarathon7073]

Exactly to the point. It is attractive Only because of the context.

[@bingbingzhou1405]

That's quite different from the stereotypized works of Liu, glad to see him exhibited worldwide

[@UncleTiaoTiao]

With the Urbanization process, in which people have no power to respond but only to lie in bed or sleepless~ yeah that's it!