LIU GUANGYUN (Jinan, China, 1962). Series "Plastic... Lot 33

LIU GUANGYUN (Jinan, China, 1962). Series "Plastic surgery", 2008. Signed and dated on the side. Mixed media. Signed on the right side. Size: 60 x 50 x 8 cm . Liu Guangyun is a Chinese artist born in 1962. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Beijing in 1987, four years later he moved to Germany and currently lives between Shanghai and Mainz. His personal connection to East and West is reflected in his works, in which he combines the values and aesthetics of both cultures. The artist explores the theme of identity with different media, such as painting, installation and video. In his "remakes" the images of beautiful women are manipulated and covered, together with artificial silk flowers, with a thick layer of resin. Faces, which should be the very core of human identity, now appear as empty stereotypes,