Liu Xiaodong | "From Hotan Project, Xingjiang, China", 2012 | (for Parkett 91)
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Parkett Vol. 91
Quote from Parkett
“I needed to think of a new way to engage, to make people discover that painting still has possibilities.”
Liu Xiaodong, Parkett No. 91, 2012
"From Hotan Project, Xingjiang, China", 2012 (for Parkett 91)
Overpainted photographs, acrylic, photo paper,
approx. 15 x 20 ½” (38 x 52 cm),
From a group of forty unique acrylic paintings on photo paper, signed
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Browse unique selected overpainted photographs from Liu Xiaodong’s "From Hotan Project, Xingjiang, China", 2012 (for Parkett 91):
Artist Document
Image 1 shows the artist in his studio completing the Parkett project.
Image 2 shows Liu Xiaodong's diary from August 2012, when while preparing his project for Parkett 91 he got for the first time the idea to overpaint photographs.
"...My heart was too overjoyed because while painting, I decided something: I don't have to paint this small oil painting because the frame is just 15 x 25cm. It's too small and there's no way to paint that much detail. I prefer to print some 40 x 50cm photos and paint on them. I should remove the useless detail. To me, retaining details that cannot be conveyed in a painting is an excitingly,unfamiliar thing. Like this, I can paint many of these kinds of photographic paintings. In desperation, strokes are suddenly forced out." (from Liu Xiaodong's Hotan diary, August 18, 2012)
Parkett Text
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Parkett Cover
Liu Xiaodong’s work on the cover of Parkett no. 91
