Liu Dan (artist)
The family name is Liu.
Liu Dan 刘丹 (born 1953)[citation needed] is a Chinese artist, known for his synthesis of Western and Chinese painting, especially in ink painting.
Biography
[edit]Born in Nanjing, Liu studied the Confucian classics, poetry, painting and calligraphy with his grandfather. After the Cultural Revolution he studied traditional Chinese painting under Ya Ming 亚明 (1924-2002) at the Academy of Chinese Painting, Hangzhou, 1978-1981. In 1981 he moved to Hawaii, where he studied Western art, and developed his distinctive style: a combination of classical Chinese painting and photo-realism. In 1992 he moved to New York where he met Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing and other artists from China. In 2006 he returned to China to mentor young artists.[1][2]
- 1989 – Honolulu Academy of Arts (solo exhibition)
- 1993 - Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (solo exhibition)
- 1999 – Yale University Art Gallery
- 1999 – Art Institute of Chicago
- 1999 – San Diego Museum of Art (solo exhibition)
- 2004 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
- 2005 - Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst in Berlin (solo exhibition)
- 2006 – Metropolitan Museum
- 2006 – Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University
- 2006 - The 6th Shanghai Biennale
- 2006 – China Institute Gallery, New York
- 2007 – Louisiana Museum of Art, Denmark
- 2008 – Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- 2009 – Princeton University Art Museum
- 2011 – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- 2013 – Suzhou Museum, China (solo exhibition)
- 2014 – China Institute Gallery, New York
- 2014 – Metropolitan Museum - Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China
- 2016 – Minneapolis Institute of art (solo exhibition) – Ink Unbound, Paintings by Liu Dan
- 2016 – Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (solo exhibition)
- 2017-2018 – Guggenheim Museum - Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World
- 2019 – Centre Pompidou
Further Reading
[edit]- Shelagh Vainker, Liu Dan: New Landscapes and Old Masters (Ashmolean Museum, 2017) ISBN 978-1910807118
- Alternative Visions: Liu Dan and Hiromitsu Morimoto (exhibition catalogue)
- Michael Goedhuis, Ink: The Art of China (2012) ISBN 978-0904221190
- Maxwell K. Hearn and Wu Hung, Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013) ISBN 978-0300197037
- Interview: Chinese artist Liu Dan, Financial Times, 30 Oct 2015
External Links
[edit]- Liu Dan on Artnet [1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liu Dan 刘丹". INKstudio. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ a b "Liu Dan Art, Bio, Ideas". The Art Story. Retrieved 2025-01-27.