LIU LIJUN
EPOCHE SERIES 19
CHINESE LACQUER SCULPTURE
Epoche Series 19 is a freestanding sculpture by Chinese lacquer artist Liu Lijun. Rising with a rugged verticality, its fractured planes and hollow passages suggest both erosion and emergence, as if shaped by natural forces over time. Light slips across its surfaces, emphasizing the tension between solidity and void, weight and suspension. Crafted with the ancestral technique of natural Chinese lacquer, the work embodies vulnerability and strength in equal measure, offering a contemplative presence within contemporary space.
Dimensions: 140×70×60 cm
Materials: Chinese Lacquer, Ash, Ramie, Mixed media
Year: 2024
Signed and certified by the artist
About the artist
LIU LIJUN
Liu Lijun, born in Fuzhou, Fujian province in 1992, is a rising figure in contemporary lacquer installation art. She graduated from Minzu University of China in 2015 and is now based in Fuzhou, where she continues to develop a highly personal artistic language.
Liu’s work distills abstract symbols of industrial civilization, transforming them into sculptural forms that fold space and evoke hidden layers of experience. Her practice seeks to unearth the complex relationships between the contemporary era and human emotions, resulting in works defined by tension, contrast, and contradiction.
In her recent series, Liu moves beyond the rigid surfaces of earlier works to expose fragile, wound-like edges—sensitive and vulnerable, yet resonant with inner strength. These forms are self-contained but operate like Möbius strips, where inside and outside, surface and depth, continually exchange roles in a shifting dialectic.
Her process combines a sensitivity to material with a strong conceptual drive. By embracing lacquer’s inherent tactility, luster, and depth, she creates installations that challenge the viewer’s perception of space and body, evoking collective memory and lived experience through abstract form.
Liu has presented her work in significant contemporary Chinese lacquer exhibitions and cultural forums in China and internationally, including recent projects such as Touch the Future and Dispersion: Contemporary Chinese Lacquer Art Exhibition. Her practice positions her among a new generation of artists redefining lacquer as a medium not of ornament, but of presence, vulnerability, and poetic force in the 21st century.
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