Photos: Meet ‘The Invisible Man’, a Chinese artist who makes himself disappear

[caption id=“attachment_1257525” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Here, Liu Bolin demonstrates his art installation by blending in with vegetables displayed on the shelves at a supermarket in Beijing. Reuters image[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1257527” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Liu Bolin (C) is painted by assistants as he makes himself look exactly the same as the wall of an old temple in a Hutong in central Beijing. Reuters image[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1257535” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Liu Bolin (3rd row, R) and other participants are painted as part of a project to make themselves look exactly the same as the seats in a theatre. Here, Bolin made himself and other participants “disappear” into the red seats of a Beijing theatre. Called “Red Theatre”, the latest project is Liu’s third to make a group vanish and one of more than 100 “invisible works” he has completed since 2005. Liu covered a similar “red chair” topic in 2010 at Milan’s La Scala opera house, but said he also wanted to do it in China. Reuters image[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1257537” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Can you spot the superman? Bolin is in the centre, blending himself into the background in front of a shelf lined with comic books as part of a series of performances in Caracas. Reuters image[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1257539” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Bolin poses for a picture for the media before preparing for his performance. “Background is very important in my pieces,” Bolin has said. “The longest time it has taken for a camouflaging to be done has been a whole day. My body was frozen stiff.” Reuters image[/caption]