Published in conjunction with 'The Silent Strength of Liu Xia', an exhibition comprising 26 photographs made by the Beijing photographer, poet and wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo. It was held at the City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Arts Centre in June 2012. Exhibition curator Guy Sorman writes, 'Using only black and white imagery, her photography is rooted in calligraphy, the historical source of all the plastic arts in China. It is with these "Chinese shadows" that she describes both the national renaissance and the repression of contemporary China. Strange dolls that Liu Xia calls her "ugly babies" roam the countryside of Beijing; these creatures are intended to escape the incomprehensible censors, representing the human condition in China.'

Alternative title

Liu xia chen mo de li liang

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Onsite

Location code

MON.LIX6

Language

Chinese - Traditional,

English

Keyword

photography, censorship, solo exhibition

Publication/Creation date

2012

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

Content type

artist monograph,

catalogue

Chapter headings

Liu Xia's Poetry: Translation by Zhang Yu (Edited by Bonny Cassidy) - LIU Xia, 劉霞

Untitled to Xiaobo - LIU Xia, 劉霞

Freedom Reflex: The Photographs of Liu Xia - A.D. COLEMAN

'...To Little Xia, Who Plays Games with Dolls Every Day...' (from the subtitle of a 1999 poem by Liu Xiaobo) - Marian BOTSFORD FRASER

An Artist Couple's Diary - Tienchi Martin LIAO, 廖天琪

Communicating in Gestures - CUI Weiping, 崔衛平

On Liu Xia - Andrew J. NATHAN

Related event

venue	date
City University of Hong Kong, 香港城市大學, Hong Kong	2012
Hong Kong Arts Centre, 香港藝術中心, Hong Kong	2012

Artist

LIU Xia, 劉霞

Organiser

Flying Dragon LLC,

Independent Chinese PEN Centre

Citation

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In Copyright

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Photography

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The Silent Strength of Liu Xia, 劉霞沉默的力量