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Chinese artist born 1953

The family name is Liu.

Liu Dan 刘丹 (born 1953) is a Chinese artist, known for his synthesis of Western and Chinese painting, especially in ink painting.

Biography

Born in Nanjing, Liu studied the Confucian classics, poetry, painting and calligraphy with his grandfather. After the Cultural Revolution he studied traditional Chinese painting under Ya Ming 亚明 (1924-2002) at the Academy of Chinese Painting, Hangzhou, 1978-1981. In 1981 he moved to Hawaii, where he studied Western art, and developed his distinctive style: a combination of classical Chinese painting and photo-realism. In 1992 he moved to New York where he met Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing and other artists from China. In 2006 he returned to China to mentor young artists.

Exhibitions

  • 1989 – Honolulu Academy of Arts (solo exhibition)
  • 1993 - Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (solo exhibition)
  • 1999 – Yale University Art Gallery
  • 1999 – Art Institute of Chicago
  • 1999 – San Diego Museum of Art (solo exhibition)
  • 2004 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
  • 2005 - Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin (solo exhibition)
  • 2006 – Metropolitan Museum
  • 2006 – Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University
  • 2006 - The 6th Shanghai Biennale
  • 2006 – China Institute Gallery, New York
  • 2007 – Louisiana Museum of Art, Denmark
  • 2008 – Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • 2009 – Princeton University Art Museum
  • 2011 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • 2013 – Suzhou Museum, China (solo exhibition)
  • 2014 – China Institute Gallery, New York
  • 2014 – Metropolitan Museum - Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China
  • 2016 – Minneapolis Institute of art (solo exhibition) – Ink Unbound, Paintings by Liu Dan
  • 2016 – Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (solo exhibition)
  • 2017-2018 – Guggenheim Museum - Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World
  • 2019 – Centre Pompidou

Further Reading

  • Shelagh Vainker, Liu Dan: New Landscapes and Old Masters (Ashmolean Museum, 2017) ISBN 978-1910807118
  • Alternative Visions: Liu Dan and Hiromitsu Morimoto (exhibition catalogue)
  • Michael Goedhuis, Ink: The Art of China (2012) ISBN 978-0904221190
  • Maxwell K. Hearn and Wu Hung, Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013) ISBN 978-0300197037
  • Interview: Chinese artist Liu Dan, Financial Times, 30 Oct 2015

External Links

  • Liu Dan on Artnet

References

  1. "Liu Dan 刘丹". INKstudio. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  2. ^ "Liu Dan Art, Bio, Ideas". The Art Story. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
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