Liu Wei

Liu Wei is one of China’s most well known contemporary artists, but like many of his contemporaries, his work has not been thoroughly contextualized for Western audiences. As part of a generation of artists whose careers emerged during a period of rapidly accelerating urbanization, Liu Wei’s work explores the rigidly controlled social and political contradictions of modern Chinese society. Working with the readymade as well as a range of diverse media, including photography, painting, sculpture, and installation, Liu Wei is known for crystallizing the visual and intellectual chaos of China’s myriad transformations. MOCA’s focused presentation of the artist’s oeuvre, which will span 20 years of production, will generate new scholarship about the artist and will include a major publication on the artist’s work to date.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.