The Invisible Man

I stumbled upon the Invisitble Man from China today in the papers. He's Liu Bolin, a young Beijing based who paints himself and 'blends' into his surrounding.

Liu wishes to convey with his art the disintegration of individual values as China hurtles towards a 'modern' future. His subjects are portrayed as isolated, blend seamlessly from one background to another without soul and awareness of his surroundings. By blending into their surroundings, the subject escapes social constructs and achieves freedom at the cost of their individual values.

Each photograph takes up to 10 hours to work on which explains the high level of detail in each art piece.





http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/24469/11042/214473/eli-klein-fine-art-new-york/artist/liu-bolin/