Liu Wei’s early works often dealt with urban architecture, city landscapes, and everyday objects, and represented various aspects of the physical world by employing a recurring geometric schema in paintings and installations. Throughout the last two decades, he has worked with a dazzling assortment of materials – from ox-hide dog-chews to books, from household electronic devices to Chinese porcelain and discarded building materials. His recent large-scale installations evoke the formality and splendour of Modernist stage sets, filled with geometric shapes and forms.
