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Auction Ends: Mar 26, 2013 11:00 PM PDT

Art

Painting by World-Renown Painter Hung Liu

Item Number
278
Estimated Value
200 USD
Opening Bid
75 USD

Item Description

Stunning signed painting by Hung Liu. 5-1/8" x 5-3/8". 2004. Signed 9/192. Painting is sold unframed.

 

Hung Liu was born in Changchun, People's Republic, China and immigrated to the United States in 1984. She attended Beijing Teachers College in 1975 and studied mural painting as a graduate student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.[1] She is a class of '86 alumna of UC, San Diego. Her paintings and prints often make use of anonymous Chinese historical photographs, particularly those of women, children, refugees, and soldiers as subject matter. Liu's paintings - often large, drippy, and washed with layers of linseed oil - can be seen as critiques of the rigid academicism of the Chinese Socialist Realist style in which she was trained, as well as metaphors for the loss of historical memory. One of the first Chinese artists to study in the U.S., Liu's works represent the ongoing tension between emigration and immigration. Liu has received numerous awards, including two painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her work is represented in the permanent collections of major museums and private collections throughout the United States and Asia.

She is currently the Professor of Painting at Mills College in Oakland, California.

Item Special Note

Item can be picked up from SLO Christian School, or item can be shipped. Winner will be responsible for shipping costs.

Donated By:

Jason & Cheryl Jennings