LOVE (2014) - Liu Bolin
LOVE (2014) - Liu Bolin
Description
Liu Bolin - LOVE, 2014
Photography
Pigment print
Print 10/10
Artwork dimensions: 180 × 128 × 1 cm
Framed dimensions: 182 × 130 × 5 cm
Signed lower right
Certificate issued by Liu Bolin
Invoice issued by Galerie Paris-Beijing
Excellent condition
Born in 1973, Liu Bolin is an internationally renowned Chinese contemporary artist known for his photographic and performance works centered around camouflage. Nicknamed “the invisible man,” he blends into meticulously composed settings to question our relationship with image, society, memory, and identity.
Created in 2014, LOVE is a work of great visual and symbolic intensity. Produced in collaboration with Guerlain, it pays homage to love, beauty, and the emotional power of perfume. Amidst a luxurious backdrop of roses and bottles, Liu Bolin conceals himself within the image alongside his wife and muse, with whom he poses here for the first time.
The composition, saturated with roses in shades of pink, red, and deep green, creates an almost hypnotic floral universe. The artist's body and that of his companion merge with the decor, disappearing into the visual material of the work. This fusion between beings and their environment evokes the strength of the loving bond, but also the fragility of human presence in the face of the ephemeral beauty of the world.
Through his emblematic camouflage technique, Liu Bolin transforms photography into a silent performance. The image becomes simultaneously a portrait, an inner landscape, and a poetic declaration. The roses symbolize passion, tenderness, and memory, while the bottles recall the world of perfume, intimacy, and remembrance.
LOVE perfectly embodies the artist's approach: making the invisible visible. Behind the floral abundance and chromatic richness, the work reveals a profound reflection on love, disappearance, fusion, and the trace that emotions leave within us.
With its monumental format, decorative beauty, and conceptual dimension, this work stands out as a powerful, rare, and luminous piece. It brings to any collection a presence that is at once romantic, contemporary, and iconic.
Details
Artist: Liu Bolin
Title: LOVE
Year: 2014
Artwork type: Multiple 10/10
Category: Photography
Technique: Pigment print
Signature: Signed lower right
Certificate: Issued by Liu Bolin
Artwork dimensions: 180 × 128 × 1 cm
Framed dimensions: 182 × 130 × 5 cm
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