There are optical illusions, and then there is the artwork of Chinese artist Liu Bolin that will absolutely bend your mind.
It might be hard to see — probably because he’s been disappearing into his paintings since 2005 in what began as performance art and somewhat of a political statement.
Using his body as a canvas, Bolin stands still for hours in a landscape while his assistants paint on him to create a camouflage, blending him into his surroundings.
While his art is playful, his mission is actually quite serious.
In his work, Bolin has always drawn attention to the various social problems that accompany China’s rapid economic development, making social politics the focus of his pictorial commentaries.
Why?
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