VER: Photos of the exhibition in museo Martin-Gropius-Bau
A doll hangs on a beam, Another shout sitting between official documents… These are just some of the enigmatic and disturbing images of the Chinese artist Liu Xia, Liu Xiabo Nobel Prize Wife, that can be seen in the exhibition presented today (20.02.2015) In the Berlin Museum of Martin-Gropius-Bau. Fear and loneliness completely impregnate the harsh black and white images of the Chinese artist. Cruel broken scenes just because of the appearance of a doll. Through these dolls, Liu reflects the continuous threat in which he lives as the wife of the Nobel Peace Nobel Xiaobo, in prison from 2009 for his defense of human rights. "Su trabajo alude por completo a la situación represiva en la que se encuentran muchas personas en China", The Museum Director declared, Gereon Sievernich, During the presentation of the exhibition, that will open its doors to the public tomorrow until the 19 April. "Las imágenes expresan una nostalgia y reflejan algo que en China no se permite decir", He added. For five years the painter, Photographer and poet lives under house arrest in Beijing. His works are prohibited and lives under continuous vigilance without being able to buy milk if it is not in the company of a policeman. The crime of this woman of 53 years is being Liu Xiaobo's wife, that in 2009 He was sentenced to eleven years in prison for collaborating in the Manifesto in favor of Charta Human Rights 08. The exhibition in Berlin hosts near 50 works of the complete work of the photographer where a photo stands out where her husband holds on her shoulder a small doll with a gesture of screaming. (dpa)
