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Invisible man shows his true colours
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2860c526-7ba1-4293-9ee7-16e73006cc34/E1812405-CE61-4913-9AFF-444D50D39FEB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34" href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34" style="font-size: 11px;">www.metro.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.metro.co.uk/img/CF604C7C-B9BE-47C1-B878-3A15F4373802" alt="Liu Bolin melts into earthquake rubble. His work requires him to pose for more than ten hours at a time" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><H2 class="articlestandfirst">Just like a chameleon, artist Liu Bolin can blend into any background. </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> The real-life invisible man can disappear into his surroundings – no matter how complicated they might be. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> In a series of mind-boggling photographs, the 36-year-old melts into red phone boxes and even earthquake rubble. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> It means people walking by while he is carrying out his performance often have no idea he is nearby until he moves away. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> To create his pictures, Mr Liu, of Shandong, China, uses his own body as a canvas, painting himself to merge with whatever is behind him. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.metro.co.uk/img/3668D367-3AC0-4C2A-A34B-6EFDF83CEBE5" alt="Wallflower: He’s lost in graffiti" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> The artist was forced from his studio by the Chinese government – an experience which affected him deeply. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Invisible_man_shows_his_true_colours&in_article_id=707605&in_page_id=34"><P class="article"> 'The forced removal is in fact my direct inspiration of this series of photographs, “Hiding in the City”,' he added. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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