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Total 99 editions

About Liu Ye 刘野


Liu Ye’s paintings are deceptively cheerful in their imagery and colors; beneath their childlike, almost cartoon-like simplicity, the works look critically at serious issues of globalization, economic crisis, and a sense of innocence lost in Mao Zedong’s China. Liu was equally influenced by the propagandistic art of the Cultural Revolution and his father’s illustrations for children’s books, which were ultimately censored and considered a forbidden practice. Liu finally draws inspiration from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson, and the reduced palette of Piet Mondrian; his style is a composite of those influences, and the aesthetics of pulp noir, traditional Chinese landscapes, and Modernism.


The Latch


Sperone Westwater at Art Basel 2016
Yang Gallery at Art Stage Singapore 2016
Hive Center for Contemporary Art at ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2015
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) at The Armory Show 2014
UCCA Limited Editions at Art Toronto 2013
UCCA Limited Editions at The Armory Show 2013
Go to Liu Ye 刘野’s Artist Page
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA)
Liu Ye 刘野
B.B.G., 2010
35 2/5 × 39 2/5 in
90 × 100 cm
UCCA Limited Editions


Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing

