Writing & Publications

Floating Clouds: Liu Qiming

An artist catalogue devoted to Liu Qiming, available as a complete 59-page PDF alongside photographs of its cover, foreword, artwork plates and institutional credits. The foreword is dated October 2013.

One Line on Life

A catalogue for Liu Qiming’s solo exhibition One Line on Life, held in 2008. The photographs document its cover, critical texts, artwork plates and curriculum vitae.

Harmonious But Different: Liu Qiming

A catalogue of Liu Qiming’s solo exhibition, with the English title Harmonious But Different printed on its cover. The back cover credits Yigongguan as producer and gives the exhibition dates as 19 April–10 May 2008 at its gallery in Beijing.

EXPORT 2019: A Joint Exhibition of International Artists

Catalogue for EXPORT 2019: A Joint Exhibition of International Artists. The cover records the exhibition dates as 9–16 March 2019. Selected photographs show participating artists’ portraits, Liu Qiming’s profile and Beauty Dream work plates, and the back cover with design and translation credits.

Artists Rewrite the Map of New York

Catalogue titled Artists Rewrite the Map of New York in Chinese and English on its cover. Selected pages include the contents, Liu Qiming’s rewritten map of New York (pages 12–13), and the final spread with information on the Beijing Songzhuang Art Development Foundation. It accompanies the project of the same name recorded in 2018.

Echoing Interior and External: The First International Invited Exhibition of Emei Contemporary Art

Catalogue of the 2016 exhibition of the same name. They document the cover, title spread, contents and detail, Liu Qiming’s biography and plates of Social Media Circle · Group, and the back cover. The contents place Liu’s section at p. 078, and the artwork spread lists Nos. 02, 03 and 04. The English title follows the wording printed on the cover.

Excellent Work Doctrine

Exhibition catalogue titled Excellent Work Doctrine on its cover, which records the exhibition dates as 25 June–10 July 2016 at 798 Yidian Space, Beijing. Selected pages include the contents, Liu Qiming’s profile, and painting and moving-image plates.

Stifled! More Than Smog

A catalogue for Stifled! More Than Smog. The photographs show its contents, exhibition text, and Liu Qiming’s biography and painting plate.

Inward Gazes: A Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Performance Art

Catalogue of Inward Gazes: A Documentary Exhibition of Chinese Performance Art at the Macao Museum of Art in 2015. The photographs include the cover, an unfolded cover, Liu Qiming’s profile and work plates, a work overview and a selected detail.

2013: The Time Restart

2013

An exhibition catalogue bearing 2013 on the cover, including Liu Qiming’s biography and painting plates.

Crossing the Ocean: An Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art

An exhibition catalogue titled Cruzar el Océano on its cover. The photographs include exhibition information, forewords, Liu Qiming’s biography and painting plates.

Made in China: Contemporary Chinese Artists — Luciano Benetton Collection

Skira

A collection catalogue published by Skira. The photographs show its cover, Luciano Benetton’s foreword, the front and back of Liu Qiming’s small painting Clouds, and artist information.

In Fact We Have Been Waiting for You for a Long Time

An exhibition catalogue, using the English title printed on its cover. The photographs include its contents, publication information, preface and painting plates by Liu Qiming.

Opening the Granary to Accept Rice: 2012 Art Granary Contemporary Art Exhibition

2012

Catalogue of the exhibition of the same name. Its event page records 30 June–30 July 2012 at Chengdu Art Granary in Luodai Hakka Ancient Town, with Wu Yongqiang as curator and academic director. Selected pages preserve the participant list and plates documenting Liu Qiming’s moving-image work 28 Types, 36 Cases (2010).

Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting in Venezuela

A bilingual Chinese–Spanish exhibition catalogue, titled Exposición de Óleos Contemporáneos de China on its cover. The photographs include forewords, Liu Qiming’s biography and two painting plates.

Once in a Decade: One Hundred Artists’ Faces

The cover bears the year 2011. The book presents artists’ portraits across a decade and includes photographic portraits of Liu Qiming.

Vivian Wu and Friends’ Education Charity Fund: Art Charity Auction

A charity art auction catalogue, with Liu Qiming’s artist information and two painting entries in the supplied photographs. No sale results or donation amounts are inferred.

60 70 80: Contemporary Chinese Art

A catalogue of contemporary Chinese art organised around the generations of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The photographs include exhibition information, an artist index, Liu Qiming’s biography and painting plates.

Let’s Play Together (Revised Edition)

The revised catalogue for Shen Jingdong’s 2009 biennial project. The photographed artwork spread includes stills from Liu Qiming’s video works.

Remix and Share: Creative Commons Art Exhibition

A catalogue for an art exhibition presented by Creative Commons China Mainland. The photographs include exhibition and artist information, and a page devoted to Liu Qiming’s video work.

Experience / Gorgeous: Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition

A catalogue of a contemporary Chinese art exhibition, using the English title printed on its cover. The photographs include its contents, Liu Qiming’s biography, painting plates and accompanying text.

Chinese Situation: Contemporary Art Exhibition

A catalogue for the Chinese Situation contemporary art exhibition. The photographs include an artist index, Liu Qiming’s biography and painting plates.

White Addiction

An exhibition catalogue from Double Luck Gallery, with exhibition dates of 21 June–1 August 2008 printed inside. The photographs include Liu Qiming’s artist information and artwork page.

Continuation and Transcendence: 30 Years of the Sichuan School of Oil Painting (1976–2006)

A catalogue surveying the Sichuan School of Oil Painting from 1976 to 2006, including a painting by Liu Qiming. The photographs show its covers, publication and preface pages, and an artwork spread.

International Auction Co. of China: 2007 Art Auction

An auction catalogue from International Auction Co. of China, with 2007 printed on the cover. The photographs include an artist index and entries for Liu Qiming’s paintings; no sale outcome is inferred.

Chinese Contemporary Art Document

Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House

A documentary volume on contemporary Chinese art, including a biography and painting plates credited to Liu Qiming (Liu Qi). The photographs document its cover, title and publication pages, contents, artist pages and back cover.

Contemporary Chinese Paintings

1999 · China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House

A four-volume set edited by Tang Huawei. The copyright page records the first edition and first printing in August 1999. Supplied pages include the copyright information and opening of Zou Yuejin’s introductory essay, “Ideology within the Realist Paradigm,” as well as plates of Mask · State (p. 281) and Self-Portrait (p. 282), credited under the historical name Liu Qi. The English book title follows the wording printed on the cover.

Contemporary China Art

China Fine Arts Publishing Group · Beijing Yinguan Electronic Publishing Co., Ltd.

A volume on contemporary Chinese art, including a biography and painting plate credited to Liu Qi. The photographs show its cover, title and publication pages, contents and artist entry.

Chinese Art Today

Beijing Publishing House; Beijing Arts and Photography Publishing House

Edited by Guo Xiaochuan, with Han Chao as deputy editor. The photographed cover identifies Volume II. Selected pages include the title page, a portrait and biography under Liu’s historical name Liu Qi, the plate for Lighthouse · Shadow No. 3, and an account of the book’s launch and academic symposium.

Creative Commons Quarterly

2009 · September 2009, No. 4

Issue 4, September 2009. The photographed pages include coverage of Liu Qiming’s video practice and film stills.

ART GUIDE

The photographed spread includes an advertisement and exhibition information for Liu Qiming’s One Line on Life solo exhibition.

HI ART

2008 · July–August 2008, No. 21

Issue 21, July–August 2008, featuring an article on Liu Qiming, The Lifeline in a Grey Space, with painting plates.

World Art

2008 · No. 4, 2008

Issue 4 of 2008. The photographed pages feature Harmonious but Different, an interview with Liu Qiming and Xu Ze, accompanied by artwork reproductions.

World Art

2008 · No. 6, 2008

Issue 6 of 2008, including an advertisement for One Line on Life and Wu Yongqiang’s essay Between Passion and Reflection — On Liu Qiming’s Oil Paintings.

ARTCO

2008 · July 2008

The July 2008 issue, with an advertisement for One Line on Life and an article on Liu Qiming and his paintings, Life Hanging by a Thread — Liu Qiming and His Paintings.

Art Focus

2008 · June–August 2008

The June–August 2008 issue, including an advertisement for One Line on Life and Between Passion and Reflection — On Liu Qiming’s Oil Paintings.

Art China

2008 · No. 7, 2008

Issue 7 of 2008. The photographed pages include an advertisement for One Line on Life and an exhibition feature documenting Liu Qiming’s paintings.

ART GUIDE: Art Beijing 2007 Special Issue

2007 · Art Beijing 2007 Special Issue

An Art Beijing 2007 special issue, with an artist entry and painting plates credited to Liu Qiming (Liu Qi).

World Art: Chinese Edition, Oil Painting Volume

2007 · No. 5, 2007; overall No. 64

Issue 5 of 2007, Chinese edition, oil painting volume. The photographed pages contain an exhibition review on regionalism, modernity and contemporaneity, with a painting plate by Liu Qiming.

Art Focus

2007 · September 2007

The September 2007 issue. Its contents and artist pages include a biography and painting plates credited to Liu Qiming (Liu Qi).

Art Focus (Trial Issue)

2007 · June 2007, trial issue

The June 2007 trial issue. The photographed pages include exhibition information and Preserving Personal Historical Memory — On Liu Qiming’s Oil Paintings.

KUART

The photographed pages include Art’s Contemporaneity and the Entanglements of Fate — Wu Yongqiang in Conversation with Liu Qiming, illustrated with paintings and video stills.

University Art

Chengdu Times Publishing House

An art textbook by Huang Zongxian, Wu Yongqiang and Tao Jing. The photographs show its cover and a case-study page featuring Mountains · 3 under the name Liu Qi. The painting dates to 1998.

From Principles to Form: General Art Studies

Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House

A textbook for art and design education in Chinese higher education, edited by Huang Zongxian. The photographs show its cover, inside pages and a case-study reproduction of Mountains · 3. The year 1998 in the artwork caption denotes the painting’s creation, not the book’s publication.