Plow and Hands and Untitled are unique pulp paintings about tools used during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Liu made several pulp paintings while she was engaged in creating four screenprinted editions (Voyager I, Voyager II, Women of Color, and Opium Wars) at Pyramid in tandem with her New York gallery. It was the first time she worked in hand formed paper. Knowing her narrative direction so well, these pulp paintings are handled like a schematic drawing, only in wet pulp. They are full of life, as large sketches, and confident with Liu’s skilled linear application.
Liu's work is found in many major museums, including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, DC; the Dallas Museum of Art, TX; the San Jose Museum of Art, CA; and the City University of New York. Hung Liu is being celebrated with a personal retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery in fall 2021.
Papermaker: Helen Frederick and Assistants (Plow and Hands)
Printer: Susan J. Goldman (Voyager I, Voyager II, Women of Color, and Opium Wars)
Learn more about the artist:
hungliu.com
