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The "Invisible Man" Artist

If you're strolling down the street in Beijing, there's a good chance that you may not even notice when Chinese artist, Liu Bolin, is standing right beside you.

I was in awe when I first saw these photos. I could not even begin to imagine the time and patience it must have took to create these masterpieces. I must admit, the first thing I did was look at all the photos, which you can find right under the cut. However, his art became all the more fascinating when I discovered the deep connection he has to all his work. I'll summarize it for you:

Basically, in an attempt to peacefully protest against what he feels is an unjust system in Beijing, the 36-year-old camouflage expert uses his entire body as a blank canvas to "disappear" into his surroundings. He describes his work as something to "remind people what the community [he] live[s] in really looks like, and what kind of problems exist."

His inspiration began with "a sense of not fitting in to modern society".

"The situation for artists in China is very difficult and the forced removal of the artist's studio is in fact my direct inspiration of this series of photographs, Hiding In The City."

Liu explains that his work, as expected, requires a ton of patience. Although he works with an assistant, it can still take more than ten hours of posing to complete a single portrait. I must say, the result of ten hours of work definitely shows in the final product, and the message he wants to deliver only makes it all the more powerful.