© 2010, Liu Bolin
Currently not on view
Shadow I, No. 2 – Bus,
2010
Liu Bolin 刘勃麟, Chinese, born 1973
2012-100
More Context
Didactics
In the words of the artist: “Chinese contemporary art history moves in tandem with Chinese social history. <em>Shadow</em> . . . is inspired by my reflections on Chinese society. To make shadows, first, I lay on a surface. I try to keep the space under my body away from the rain. I stand up once the area around me is completely wet. The surface under me is, of course, still dry and in the shape of a flat human figure. The rain keeps falling and, later on, the shadow I created disappears. I am trying to convey how human beings are helpless before the environment.”
Information
Title
Shadow I, No. 2 – Bus
Dates
2010
Maker
Medium
Inkjet print
Dimensions
80 × 119.6 cm (31 1/2 × 47 1/16 in.)
frame: 84.6 × 124.5 × 3.7 cm (33 5/16 × 49 × 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Liu Bolin
Object Number
2012-100
Place Made
Asia, China, Beijing
Culture
Techniques
Subject
2010/2012 Liu Bolin, born 1973 (Beijng, China) through Eli Klein Fine Art (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.
