Provenance: Blind embossed with the artist’s signature.
Edition: Open Edition from Von Zos
Condition: Excellent
Kristen Liu-Wong’s paintings fusepsychedeliccolors with bawdy scenes that envision a bacchanalia of modern life. A BFA graduate of Pratt Institute, Liu-Wong has earned acclaim for her maximalistportraits, which are erotic and provocative, often tounsettlingeffect. She moved to Los Angeles in 2015, where she rose to prominence for her freelance and commercial work and gathered more than 196,000 fans on Instagram. Imaginative in their narratives, Liu-Wong’s compositions reference Japaneseshunga, Americanfolk art,cartoonsfrom her childhood, and ancient Greek and Roman pottery andmythology. Her scenes are packed with sexual and violence action, and dance between raw feelings of pleasure and aggression.