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KATHERINE CHANG LIU
Lives and works in Los angeles, california, Usa
 www.JenkinsJohnsongallery.com
artist contact
 kchangliu@verizon.net
Katherine Chang Liu paints at the edge of sight, even of
consciousness, evoking a hypnogogic state in which nothing
is known completely, even clearly, and yet so much known.
Peter Frank, Art Critic, Los Angeles
Katherine Chang Liu, American and of Chinese origin, is on
exhibit for the first time in France. Her paintings, created with
a mixture of techniques, weave together a web of interior
spaces, both meticulous and chaotic, where you get lost with
delight. Silver-grays, the masses move from one painting to
another, without respite for the retina, incapable of analysis.
Then thin lines spring to the surface, dig a furrow, an air hole.
A layer underneath shows through the surface. A resurgence
of satiny yellow, an explosion of red, an unfinished word,
waiting. Crystals of conscience little by little touch and
connect to form a small sensible galaxy. From then on the
paintings sprout like as many minute parchments, almost
organic. The eye looks closer. Imperceptible details become
apparent, the symmetries organize themselves, the senses
act, react, create meaning. Entomologist of the minute, the
artist, delicately, makes us touch the mystery, the birth of
a vision. An eye and a technique of oriental influence mix
with processes of simultaneous visions, dear to cubists
and surrealists. Katherine Chang Liu’s paintings fit in this
archaeological vein that attempts to lay bare the graffiti of
the soul.
Laurence Bufflier, Le Progres, Lyon, France
The Possibility of a Slower Paced Life
In Katherine Chang Liu’s paintings there is something very
Scandinavian, even though the artist herself is building traces
of her own ethnic heritage in her art. The perception of
color and composition has clear dialogue with Scandinavian
modernism and contemporary art. The refined restraint, as
well as the harmony the work reflects, feels very familiar. In
Liu’s work what are especially fascinating are the details that
lead to reflections of the “unfinished” state of things. One of
the most simplified and at the same time harsh criticism is
how the Western world diagnose time and space to describe
culture. The West is obsessed with time. How would our
perception and goals change if we were to be defined by our
pace. You can say that Katherine Chang Liu’s work encourage
us to pace life, to return to introspection, examine the past,
and in general, to slow down.
Mia Tykkylainen, Turun Sanomat, Turku, Finland TRENDS

nIgHT reAdIng #3
2007 mixeD meDia on paneL 16x10x2.5 in. / 40x25x6 cm.
katHerine cHang LiU’s work range From 10”x10” to 6’x9’