LIU SHIMING: Life Gives Beauty Form

Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University is pleased to announce a retrospective exhibition of the renowned modern Chinese sculptor Liu Shiming, whose body of work engages the past and present, the epic, the mythological, and the everyday. The exhibition, LIU SHIMING: Life Gives Beauty Form, features more than 80 sculptures made over Shiming’s 60-year career, including 27 works that are being exhibited for the first time in the United States. The exhibition also features 12 drawings that illuminate Shiming’s approach to close observational study of the human form and everyday life.

The retrospective will run from July 31 through September 22, 2023, with a public reception on September 6 from 5–8 p.m.

As part of the public celebration on September 6 the Department of Art & Design is hosting a panel discussion from 5:30–7 p.m. examining Shiming’s work and legacy. Panelists include esteemed Rutgers University faculty Tamara Sears, associate professor of art history; John Yau, poet and professor of critical studies in the Department of Art & Design; and Xiaojue Wang, associate professor, Asian languages & cultures.