Beijing-based artist Liu Wei\u2019s show, \u2018Nudit\u00e0\u2019 is a commentary on the state of the world from 2020-2021. Dominating the entire White Cube Bermondsey space, Liu draws on the work of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, relating his theories of \u2018nudity\u2019 to an urban landscape drained of life and human connection during...
What is urban space without bodies? Chinese artist Liu Wei describes his eerie exploration of deserted cityscapes at White Cube Bermondsey© Liu Wei. Photo © White Cube
Beijing-based artist Liu Wei’s show, ‘Nudità’ is a commentary on the state of the world from 2020-2021., Liu draws on the work of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, relating his theories of ‘nudity’ to an urban landscape drained of life and human connection during the pandemic. Born in 1972, Liu grew up during a period of rapidly accelerating urbanisation in China. The artist hasLiu Wei, ’Nudità’, White Cube Bermondsey, until 5 September 2021.Expanding upon the artist’s recent solo exhibition at Long Museum earlier this year, a new series of works is a timely examination of how urban space, devoid of human presence, is just a series of redundant, abstract objects.
‘Would a society, absent of physical bodies, lose the foundation of love, and would it still be possible to trust one another without physically getting together?’, says Liu. ‘We compromise everything: our daily life, social relationships, work, even friendship, romance, religion, and political creeds, to preserve the “bare life." After all, we’ve only become more distant, sceptical, or even hostile.
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