This series is called "Hiding In The City".
To celebrate US President Obama's visit to China, Liu Bolin made an effigy of Obama in his honor.............
This bloke has way too much time on his hands!!! Can't you buy PhotoShop in China? I mean .... it would be soooo much easier just to take a couple of photos, scan them, then just a few hasty points and clicks in PhotoShop and your done. Bewdie. I mean .... why would you waste so much time and so much good make-up?!
Easy there, friends. Though I have to agree with the sentiment behind Arty Morty's statement. If the artist simply used photoshop then this wouldn't be art worthy of international acclaim. The artist is also speaking out against the Chinese government. they had shut down his studio and his art carries a message of what it means to blend in with the masses. Photoshopped images just wouldn't carry that same weight, would they?U guys in the West are really odd; anything that you feel is against the Chinese Govt. is sure to get your support. Why can't you people treat art as art itself? I sure like the way Liu expresses his artistic talents but I am one who thinks this present Chinese govt has done much for its people. Beside restoring the pride of the Chinese people, who have been subjected to centuries of humiliation by all those from the West who had tried their best to take whatever they could from China, it has also lifted a large segment of the population from abject poverty.
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