Meet the Artist: Liu Xiaodong, 11.24.20

China Institute's "Meet the Artist" Series brings contemporary Chinese artists in conversation with leading art experts about their work, process, and perspectives.

What is the role of art in society? Do artists have social responsibility? What does it mean to be a global artist? Liu Xiaodong, a super star in contemporary Chinese art, answered these questions and more on November 24 in an online event with China Institute.

In conversation with art journalist Barbara Pollack, Liu shared four projects—depicting his hometown in northern China and the effects of urbanization; kids in a Greenland village in a time of climate change; laborers on the Texas border and immigration; and life in New York during COVID lockdown. Liu’s deeply human work documents the everyday lives of the characters he meets, and through them he explores the impact of rapid social change.

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