LIU BAOMIN
Born in 1968 in Xi’an, China. Living and working in Beijing, China.Liu Baomin got his diploma in 1989 from the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts (major in oil painting). The core of his work is the tension between reality and illusion, in an hyperrealistic manner consisting of portrayals seen through wet glass. He believes that it is because of consumerism that people put “value” on all sorts of things, on every aspect of life, and not just objects
Artworks
To magic – Shanghai en 1957
TRAVELERS IN THE TRAIN
Young Woman in 1950sExhibitions Gallery loft
Biography
Born in 1968 in Xi’an, China.
Living and working in Beijing, China.Liu Baomin got his diploma in 1989 from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts (major in oil painting).
The core of his work is the tension between reality and illusion, in an hyperrealistic manner consisting of portrayals seen through wet glass. He believes that it is because of consumerism that people put “value” on all sorts of things, on every aspect of life, and not just objects. A consumer lens, like the wet glass that is put between his viewers and the subject matter, distorting and skewing reality. There is an invincible intermediate layer between self and object, and thanks to that reflexion, the images Liu Baomin creates are not the appearance of images themselves.
A consumerist and materialistic society produces self-alienation: extremely objectified daily life turns into something extremely unreal. Instead of social criticism, Liu Baomin exploits the appearance of a “self” resulting from a visual experience, making extreme reality become the most trustful portrayal of something unreal.
Career
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2011
Galerie LOFT, Paris, France
798 Ren Gallery, Beijing, China
2008
Extreme Illusion, Yan Arts Center, Beijing, China
2007
Extreme Illusion, Yan Arts Center, Beijing, China
Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
2005
Extreme Illusion, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
2004
Old Bailey Gallery, Hong Kong
2003
Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Old Bailey Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Art Stage Singapore 2016, Singapore
Singapore Contemporary Art Fair, Singapore
2015
Asia Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong
2014
"The Collection": Director's 10 Year Private Collection, Wellington Gallery, Hong Kong
2011
SH Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing, China
Miami Art Fair, Miami, USA
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Brussels Antiques & Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Beyond the Broken Skin, Soemo Fine Arts, Beijing, China
To Live on Ourselves in Three Aspects, Zhuzao Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009
Art Paris, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
60-70-80s Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition, Musée d'Art du Château, Tours, France
2008
Art Beijing, Beijing, China
2007
Beijing Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing, China
Glamour Dolls, Chia Tai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Life in Songzhuang, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing, China
2006
China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
Songzhuang Arts Factory Opening Exhibition, Beijing, Chine
2005
Spring Art Salon, Hong Kong
The Art of Time, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Haerbin, China
Ren + Ba, Yan Arts Center, Beijing, China
2004
Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Touch the Freedom of Body and Mind, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
2003
The 3rd Shaanxi Oil Paintings Exhibition, Xi’an, China
Liu Baomin & Yinkun, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Spirits, Old Bailey Gallery, Hong Kong
2002
China Art Expo, Beijing, China
2001
Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Two People Say, Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing, China
1999
Capital Art Fair, Beijing, China