The artist comes from China abd was born in 1964 in Beijing.
A short clip from a show given by the artist titled Bamboo Bamboo Broadway in New York. You can easily tell the artist who has most influenced Ye was Mondrian.
He has worked in various mediums including oils, lithographs, silkscreens, lithographs, watercolor, acrylics, and etchings.
His work is a mixture of surrealism and realism. In many paintings at least one character is involved with something from the Pop art world.
For collegiate studies Liu Ye attended the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts. Whilst there he learned specifically how to paint very large murals. For his graduate studies the artist moved to Germany and attended school in Berlin, Germany.
His father was an author of childrens books. His father wrote his own books as well as worked on those made by government agencies.
Liu Ye was turned onto the books of Hans Christian Anderson by this dad. After spending hours and then days learning to draw the characters in the book, Ye knew he had to be an artist.
High price range: The artist had a painting titled “Night,” which sold for $1,900,000. It was 86 by 70 inches. Acrylics painting titled ” The Bright Road.” It sold for $2.469 million.
Low price range: Lithographs and silkscreens start at $3,000.
Another artist who enjoys bringing old stories, such as those from Hans Christian Anderson, to life. I so love looking at modern interpretations of stories that have been around for so many generations. I also enjoys the way he draws children. As an ex-caricaturist myself, looking at the art of Liu Ye we can see what certain charateristics make up a child.
A large forehead and somewhat larger than life eyes. This will help with expression. Before we learn all the words, babies learn to express emotions by certain facial features. Another key feature is a somewhat smaller than life nose and most importantly NO HARD EDGES AROUND THE MOUTH. So many drawings of children I see(that come from photographs) the tones that make up a babies cheek are done with almost an heavy outline style. This ages them quickly. Even when drawing an older person who in fact does have wrinkles, use thin lines, taper the lines, and don’t press too hard with your pencil.
In his statement we can see how he feels about art and politics. He says,” I find that art should not interfere with politics because art is univeral, and not something emanating from a certain country. ”
This artist is just so versatile in the mediums he uses. He has an awesome style that is very creative and expressive with a high level of technial skill as well.
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