![]() ![]() ![]() “Intimately scaled, these paintings are manifestations of Liu’s appreciation of the book as an object, as well as his love of history and literature-his father was a children’s book author who introduced him to Western writers at a young age, fueling his curiosity and imagination. “Begun in 2013, this body of work depicts close-up views of books, a strategy that Liu uses to emphasize the object’s formal qualities while also invoking an atmosphere of meditation,” wrote the curators at David Zwirner, where Ye had a solo show in late 2020. The prevailing interest is in book as finely detailed, inherently meaningful object-not entirely surprising for someone who grew up as the child of a writer, in a house full of banned books. The book is often brightly colored, or inverted. The artist Liu Ye is probably most famous for his lovable creation Miffy, or possibly for his paintings inspired by Piet Mondrian, but I’ve recently discovered something I like even better: Ye’s Book Painting series, which is full of meticulous, almost photorealistic paintings of books, each one typically filling the entire canvas. ![]()
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