JUNYI LIU: Paint It Red

A new body of work by Junyi Liu is being highlighted during an online solo exhibition on Artsy this summer, hosted by 33 Contemporary and PoetsArtists

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Paintings within the show, titled Scarlet Reckoning, present whimsical and theatrical scenes featuring traditionally beautiful young women in dresses reminiscent of Victorian dolls. Accompanying these women are the archetypal handsome princes and counts. While the pieces feel vaguely like illustrations out of the fairytales of old, they’re actually quite different the moment you ponder them more closely.

“The men, who thought they had everything under control, did not realize the seeds of their downfall were already planted before they even stepped on stage,” says Liu. In Victory of the Hunted, an almost cherubic girl in a crimson dress, brandishing a knife, stands over two figures sprawled across the floor. The Feast Is Served features a young female looking at her unconscious dining partner with what