Tibetan self-immolators inspire Chinese painter
- Published: 7 Mar 2013 at 13.49
- Online news: Asia
Stacked up in Liu Yi's studio dozens of China's most sensitive subjects stare out from thick black-and-white oil paintings, from victims of Tiananmen Square to Tibetans who have set themselves on fire.
Artist Liu Yi arranges paintings showing the faces of Tibetan self-immolators at his studio on the outskirts of Beijing, February 21, 2013. Stacked up in Liu's studio dozens of China's most sensitive subjects stare out from thick black-and-white oil paintings, from victims of Tiananmen Square to Tibetans who have set themselves on fire.
Liu, 50, is a rare example of a member of China's Han ethnic majority taking up the Tibetan cause -- a project that has finally brought the authorities to his door.
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