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Shanghai:Spirits summoned for artist's abstract discourse
By Zhang Kun (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-22 13:30
 To Liu, this represents a gateway linking the present and the after world. "Going through the gate you are in an unknown world, but once out of it you are back in the present," she said. For another project, she burned rice paper with incense then brushed these marks to form abstract images. "I didn't have in mind a specific picture or image. It's more like responding to the flow of energy," she said about her work in general. Another abstract painting on four separate boards looks like flowing air, or fishes swimming in groups. Each of the boards took her two weeks to complete. One of the biggest surprises of the show is a large project occupying the whole of the third-floor exhibition space. Liu tied a knot on one end of a red thread and twisted it into a coil, with a sharp needle piercing the center. Then she hung the delicate structure from the ceiling. The installation comprises 1,200 similar coils hanging just off the floor, moving to striking effect courtesy of the room's air conditioning. In Chinese folklore, an old man in the moon takes charge of love and relationships by tying a red thread between two person's wrists. "To a Western audience this is simply a nice art work featuring the color red," Liu said. Liu now lives in Austen, Texas, and teaches art the University of Texas. Elisabeth de Brabant Art Center Until Sept 20, 10 am - 6:30 pm (Tuesday to Friday); 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Weekend) 299 Fuxing Road W. 复兴中路299号 Tel: 6466-7428
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