CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
NEW WORKS

Hiding in Spain - Spain Magazine, 2017 - photography  
limited ed. of 6 ex. + 2 AP - 135 x 180 cm

OPENING COCKTAIL
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2022
6 PM - 9 PM

EXHIBITION DATES
18 MAY - 18 JUNE 2022

AT BEL-AIR FINE ART GENEVA
Rue de la Corraterie, 7
1204 Geneva, Switzerland 

THE INVISIBLE MAN

Liu Bolin is a chinese artist born in 1973. Better known as “The Invisible Man” in media circles, he sprang from a generation of artists struggling with the consequences of the Cultural Revolution and the rapid economic development in the decades after. He discusses the social concerns of his home country through his artistic practice, most prominently through his ‘camouflage’ installations. Traversing mediums such as performance, photography and social activism, Liu dissects the tense relationship between the individual and society by ‘disappearing’ into environments which are sites of intrigue, contention and criticism.

Hiding in the City - Van Gogh and Pigments, 2019 - photography limited ed. of 6 ex. + 2 AP  - 150 x 150 cm

Liu Bolin’s earlier « Hiding in the City » photography series, in which he paints himself into the urban landscape, began in 2005 as a response to the authorities demolition of the artists’ village where his studio was located, in order to make way for construction projects for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. His « Hiding in the City » series has been displayed in numerous museums and institutions across the globe. 

Liu Bolin with François Chabanian (Bel-Air Fine Art founder and CEO) during one of the artist's performances. 

Hiding in the City - Culture Public Library, 2014 - photography
limited ed. of 6 ex. + 2 AP  - 68 x 90 cm