Liu Wei (b. 1972, Beijing) is one of the most important artistic voices of his generation. Coming from the heated conceptual climate of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in 1990s and a key member of the “Post-Sense Sensibility” formation, Liu Wei has gone on in the past decade to pioneer an artistic language all his own. Based on a fastidious combination of elements abstract and concrete, Chinese and universal, his practice addresses the new ways of seeing and knowing made possible in contemporary China. Present throughout his practice is a unique sense of how juxtapositions of objects and materials create meanings, and of how objects placed in space structure viewers’ experiences. This exhibition, Liu Wei’s largest institutional solo show to date, revolves around a grouping of major new paintings, sculpture, and video, opening up interpretive pathways for his fifteen years of mature output as well as for works yet to come.

On the opening of “Liu Wei: Colors”, UCCA invites Liu Wei, M+ Senior Curator Dr. Pi Li, and Director of the School of Inter-Media Art（SIMA）Dr. Gao Shiming to discuss the artist’s work. Moderated by Philip Tinari, the talk will take an in-depth look at Liu Wei’s practice.

Ticketing & Participation: Free, ticket required.

Note

*Collect your ticket from reception 30 minutes before the event begins.

*Please bring an ID card to rent headphones for simultaneous interpretation.

*Please arrive on time.