Liu Zhuoquan

Liu Zhuoquan
The Sparrow 2016
four glass bottles, mineral pigments,
rubber stoppers
dimensions variable
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
Fallen Sparrow 2016
Giclee print 1 of 5
93.4 x 140 cm
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
Chang’an avenue 2013
cast iron lamp stand, explosion proof
light globes, wire, mineral colour
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
The Sparrow 2015
Acrylic on linen
80 x 80 cm
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Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
Untitled
glass bottle and mineral pigments
14 x 6.2cm
Image courtesy the artist and
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
Fallen sparrow 2012
explosion proof light globes, wire, mineral pigments
dimensions variable
Image courtesy the artist and
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

Liu Zhuoquan
Two headed snake 2010
set of eight glass bottles, mineral pigments
dimensions variable
Image courtesy the artist and
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne

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In Liu Zhuoquan’s Beijing studio ordinary and mundane objects become extraordinarily delicate and beautiful installations through the intervention of the artist’s skill and his astute observations of the world around him. Reinventing the ancient technique of ‘neihua’, the ‘inside painting’ once used to create delicate scenes inside snuff bottles in the Qing imperial court, Liu instead paints the ‘ten thousand things’ of Buddhist philosophy to transform found objects. Discarded bottles, light bulbs and street lamps are filled with beautiful and intricate representations of flora and fauna or sometimes more sinister subjects that depict aspects of contemporary cultural and political life in China.

Born in Wuhan, Hubei Provence in 1964, Liu Zhuoquan is a rapidly rising international artist who has exhibited throughout the Asia Pacific region. He is held in many international collections including Uli Sigg collection, Switzerland; White Rabbit collection, Sydney; Xu Longsen collection, China; China Art Projects, China, England and Australia; Fine Arts Documentary Organisation, China; Lin Yunqiang collection, Indonesia and Ten Cubed collection, Melbourne. Liu is represented in Melbourne by Niagara Galleries.

Representing Gallery

Niagara Galleries

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