Published on the occasion of the 2023 exhibition ‘Shaanbei’ at Lisson Gallery New York, this full-colour, dynamic catalogue documents the most recent series by legendary Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong.

This marks the artist’s most ambitious and personally significant project to date, featuring large-scale paintings, works on paper, diary entries and a documentary.

New scholarship is included, featuring essays by Xiaoyu Weng, Curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario; Hou Hanru, curator and former Artistic Director of MAXXI, Rome; and Barry Schwabsky, art historian, critic and poet.

Published alongside the exhibition ‘Liu Xiaodong: Shaanbei’, 4 May – 10 Jun 2023, Lisson Gallery, New York.