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..For centuries an area known for horse trading, the previous year Liu had spent time there painting horses and became fascinated by the region’s crossroads of cultures...
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Mary Boone Gallery, 24th Street
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..Liu Xiaodong’s work could be seen day after day and the white canvasses gave way to highly chromatic, photographic quality paintings...
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Massimo De Carlo, Milan / Ventura
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..Xiaodong’s paintings are pointing with simple gestures to the reality of the periphery, the margins and the paradoxes of our contemporary society...
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Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen
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..It is hereby that Liu Xioadong embodies the concept of "painting as shooting." ...
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Faurschou Foundation, Copenhagen
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..Far from a jerky, machinic gesture, Liu sought a painterly sensibility in his digital proxy, albeit one he has no further control over apart from choosing the location and paint colour...
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Lisson Gallery, London (Bell Street)