Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

Speaker: Liu Xiaodong, artist
Panelist/Discussant: Winnie Won Yin Wong, Rhetoric Department
Moderator: Andrew F. Jones, Chair, Center for Chinese Studies
Sponsor: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
Liu Xiaodong (b. 1963) studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Masters of Fine Art in oil painting. Currently Liu teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. In the 1990s Liu became well-known for paintings of his friends, relatives, and daily life that reflect social problems on a wide scale. Liu's Hometown Boy series is a combination of childhood memories and his life journey. In this series of paintings, Liu put his childhood friends onto the canvases created in 2010 in his hometown, Jincheng. For the film, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien accompanied Liu Xiaodong to Jincheng to film the interplay of past and present as seen through the eyes of the artist. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion that will include the artist.

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It was a great honor to learn oil painting from Prof Xiaodong 7 years ago in Beijing, but at the time he was a bit fat LOL. I still remember the big studio without air conditioner which made the place very hot during summer time. Liu was impressively skillful and sharp in instructing students to paint better. Interestingly enough, I got my master degree 5 years ago from UCB and I just found this video and learned that he has been visiting UCB and gave this lecture.

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特别有趣的访谈！解释了好多影片幕后花絮。

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such a great movie

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金城小子这部纪录片确实好看

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also my hometown♥

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great

[@alascool1995]

余华也来过这开讲座吧

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gross.........dog meat