Hung Liu has lived in the United States since 1984 and while she speaks English fluently, her malapropisms add a layer of humor and seriousness to any conversation. Likewise, her paintings, with their beautifully rendered scenes are commentaries on life in Communist China but also on the absurdity of life anywhere. What is happy and gay? What is an atomic family? The hardships of her early life in China are a source material of incredible power, but Hung Liu taps into it without bitterness. Paulson Fontaine Press (formerly Paulson Bott Press) invited Hung Liu to their studio to work on a set of prints coinciding with her showing at the Oakland Art Museum in March of 2013.
