‘This publication follows, by nearly two years, the exhibition that established Liu Wei’s position at the center of the artistic conversation in China. That exhibition titled “Colors”, opened at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art on 7 February 2015 and ran into the spring. It contained a universe of new works— massive paintings, a wall of video screens scrolling through colored backgrounds, sculptures in books, and glass-sliced metal—which brought together the stands in a practice that had been, for years before that point, notoriously hard to categorise. It explained without saying directly (the only text in the exhibition was a blurb of around 300 words), how these various, seemingly scattered, undertakings formed a coherent whole, and why they should be considered important.’- excerpted from preface

This book includes articles by Gao Shiming, Lu Mingjun, Francesco Bonami, and Yuko Hasegawa, addressing Liu Wei’s works from their perspectives. Preface by Philip Tinari, an exhibition floor plan, images of installation views, color plates of works, and artist biography are also included.

Please note that articles translated into English and Chinese are contained in the supplementary booklet.