Writing & Publications
Interviews, criticism and the artist’s own writing, alongside publications, historical documents and internet memory.
Commentary & Interviews
Commentary on current affairs, society and culture, alongside interviews and conversations.
New Year Messages for 2017 from One Hundred Chinese Public Intellectuals
A collection of New Year messages published by Yingxiangli Guancha (Influence Watch) on January 2, 2017. Liu Qiming contributed one message as an independent artist. This archive preserves the complete supplied document and its individual attributions.
Liu Qiming: Art as an Expression of Thought and Spiritual Play
Zhang Yuanmei of Travel News examines Liu Qiming’s move from university teaching to independent practice, historical memory in his painting, and social criticism across moving-image, performance and internet-based work.
Travel News: An Interview with Liu Qiming
Liu Qiming discusses his early art education, independent practice, social realities, charitable participation and internet art, including the psychological and social relationships activated by Red Envelope.
Liu Qiming in Conversation with Art Data Network
A conversation at Caoba Commune on the artist’s move across media, the body and its location, and the choices and traces produced by online platforms and smart devices.
Art’s Contemporaneity and the Entanglements of Fate — Wu Yongqiang in Conversation with Liu Qiming
Wu Yongqiang and Liu Qiming discuss cultural relevance, the equality of artistic media, historical memory and the relation between contemporary art and social criticism.
Interview with Liu Qiming
Liu speaks with 99 Art about leaving teaching for independent practice, moving between Beijing studios, and developing performance and video during the financial crisis.
The “Suojia Village Phenomenon” Is Not a Story — An Interview with Liu Qiming
Li Jianzhang interviews Liu Qiming about the Suojia Village artist community, threatened demolitions, the 2007 Restart exhibition, art education and artists’ responsibilities as citizens.
History Made Poetic, Poetry Made Historical
An interview excerpt around the exhibition One Line on Life, discussing individual fate, historical memory, artistic education and independent thought.
Blood-Red Temptation — An Interview with Liu Qiming
In this World Art interview, Liu discusses historical symbols, social responsibility, personal experience, and the relationship between life and artistic expression.
Liu Qiming: Art Is Noah’s Ark at the Site of Human Catastrophe
In a CCA interview during the COVID-19 pandemic, Liu Qiming discusses life in New York, political and cultural divisions, volunteer work, and New York COVID-19 Color Diary.
Beijing Youth Daily: A Portrait of Liu Qiming and an Interview Fragment
An interview fragment from the artist’s Caochangdi studio, touching on his work, temperament and pursuit of artistic expression.
Interview for an American Art Magazine
A bilingual conversation on artistic independence, historical memory, changing forms of expression, and the relationship between personal life and social criticism.
Interview for Lici Cunzhao
A photograph documenting Liu Qiming being interviewed for Lici Cunzhao in his studio.