Liu Shiming
Sculpting Empathy
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2026
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-4741-5 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
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Liu Shiming (1926 - 2010) is a revered Chinese artist whose works have had a distinct impact on the course of modern Chinese sculpture. Born in Tianjin in 1926, Shiming attended the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing where he was part of the first generation of sculptors trained by the People's Republic of China to study both traditional Chinese art and French modernist principles. Receiving early recognition for his work, Shiming's student project, Measuring Land (1950), was one of the first works exhibited abroad following the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Though well respected in China, the sculptor, who died in 2010 at the age of 84, is only now beginning to win the wider recognition he deserves. Meanwhile, contemporary competitors are numberless, most of them Instagram-friendly, while art history tends to focus on towering names and indisputably major movements and events: Braque and Picasso inventing Cubism, Duchamp's readymades redefining art itself, Warhol's mind-bending Brillo Boxes, etc. So why examine an artist in the middle ground? Perhaps, first, because that is where the vast majority of us live, trying to make sense of our lives and grateful for the occasional insight, release, or enrichment that visual art can bring us. Second, because the story of Liu Shiming reveals a great deal about the forces that have shaped postwar art worldwide. He was a man who sought to lead a simple life, dedicated entirely to art, in the midst of China's epochal, dangerously complex 20th-century social and political changes.
Though well respected in China, the sculptor, who died in 2010 at the age of 84, is only now beginning to win the wider recognition he deserves. Meanwhile, contemporary competitors are numberless, most of them Instagram-friendly, while art history tends to focus on towering names and indisputably major movements and events: Braque and Picasso inventing Cubism, Duchamp's readymades redefining art itself, Warhol's mind-bending Brillo Boxes, etc. So why examine an artist in the middle ground? Perhaps, first, because that is where the vast majority of us live, trying to make sense of our lives and grateful for the occasional insight, release, or enrichment that visual art can bring us. Second, because the story of Liu Shiming reveals a great deal about the forces that have shaped postwar art worldwide. He was a man who sought to lead a simple life, dedicated entirely to art, in the midst of China's epochal, dangerously complex 20th-century social and political changes.
Richard Vine is a New York-based art critic and the former managing editor of Art in America.
Preface
Origins
Tianjin, Tangshan, Beijing: 1926-46
Student Years
Beijing: 1946-51
Early Success
Beijing, Shanxi, and Elsewhere: 1952-60
Provinces
Henan, Hebei, and Elsewhere: 1961-74
Return to Beijing
National Museum of Chinese History: 1975-80
Central Academy of Fine Arts: 1980-1995
Home
1995-2010
Cultural Contribution
Appendix
Life Chronology, Exhibition History, Awards, and Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 73 color images |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-4741-6 / 1978847416 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-4741-5 / 9781978847415 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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