Portrait of an artist
Carefully crafted 'selfies' become fascinating works of art that demand a closer look, Wang Qian reports.
Although referring to herself as "unprofessional", she has more than 300,000 followers on Instagram for her tender and fragmented photos. On Chinese micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo, she has about 50,000 followers.
Many users on the latter are amazed by her self-portraits, commenting that they "seem so simple at first, but when viewed more closely, they are clearly thought out and detail-oriented".Some of her Instagram followers have produced creative paintings from her self-portraits.
Her work has also drawn the attention of galleries at both home and abroad. Three of her pieces are on display at a group exhibition, House of the Rising Light, in both London and Rome, hosted by the Dorothy Circus Gallery, from July 30 to Sept 18.
"Liu's photographs are always pervaded by a sense of quietness and the elaborated and playful perspectives are a distinctive feature of the artist's introspective compositions," according to the gallery.
