Tong Liu 刘童

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SAIC SHOWS 2024 GRADUATE EXHIBITIONS

Master of Fine Arts in Studio, Sculpture

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Tong Liu (b. 1995, China) is a conceptual artist and works in multiple media.

He focuses on making things up by upsetting contexts, expanding with layers, misdirecting the viewer, minimizing meaning, and exhausting possibilities. His practice concentrates on concepts that are triggered by the logical structure of artworks, interrogating the actions and tools of making art and the immediate relationship in actual space with given artworks, by which they ultimately intervene with reality.

He received his BFA in Sculpture from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 2021, and is currently pursuing the MFA program at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His past work has been shown at Art Beijing, XYZ Art Gallery, CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, BIG HOUSE in Wuhan, Tao Xichuan Art Museum in Jingdezhen and Co-Prosperity, SAIC Gallery in Chicago.

Tong Liu 刘童 - Nothing: For Losing Weight

Nothing: For Losing Weight, 2021, Negative 71 lbs.

Nothing: For Losing Weight, 2022, Negative 71 lbs

In the beginning, I planned to lose weight. In order to motivate myself , to have a reason to keep going, I decided to make an artwork. Much like an actor who loses weight for a role, this artwork would require me to lose weight and persist in doing so. I conceived of many ideas the final form of the work would take and collected every kind of data in the process of creating the artwork. The gym was my studio. In the 118 days (2/21 - 6/18) during this process of figuring out what the artwork would be, I lost 71 pounds. I had accomplished what I set out to do before I completing the artwork. And I realized I didn't need to make anything concrete at all.

For Eating Some Burgers, 2021-23, 36 works

The work is made merely in order to eat more burgers, as a plausible excuse, as a reason to obtain the material or to perform the act.

Tong Liu 刘童 - Off to class. Bacon and potato soup left over. Fish tank water, don’t forget to change it.

Off to class. Bacon and potato soup left over. Fish tank water, don’t forget to change it., 2022, Sticky notes, bibliography

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