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kATHERINE CHANG LIU
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
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katherine Chang Liu, American and of Chinese origin, is on exhibit for the From then on the paintings sprout like as many minute parchments,
first time in France. Her paintings, created with a mixture of techniques, almost organic. The eye looks closer. Imperceptible details become
weave together a web of interior spaces, both meticulous and chaotic, apparent, the symmetries organize themselves, the senses act, react,
where you get lost with delight. Silver-grays, the masses move from one create meaning. Entomologist of the minute, the artist, delicately, makes
painting to another, without respite for the retina, incapable of analysis. us touch the mystery, the birth of a vision. An eye and a technique of
Then thin lines spring to the surface, dig a furrow, an air hole. A layer oriental influence mix with processes of simultaneous visions, dear
underneath shows through the surface. A resurgence of satiny yellow, to cubists and surrealists. katherine Chang Liu’s paintings fit in this
an explosion of red, an unfinished word, waiting. Crystals of conscience archaeological vein that attempts to lay bare the graffiti of the soul.
little by little touch and connect to form a small sensible galaxy. Laurence Bufflier, Le Progres
LItmUs #1, 2007 MIxED MEDIA ON PANEL 10x16x2.5 IN. / 25x40x6 CM.
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