interview Adrian Parr Zaretsky Liu Shiming exhibition venice intimate unthinkables

Liu Shiming, Mother Returns, 1993 (cast 2026). Bronze, 48 × 15 ¾ × 12 ½ in. (122 × 39.9 × 31.7 cm.).

A vertical bronze sculpture portrays a woman in a long dress gently holding the hands of a smiling child who stands between her feet, with stylized, rounded forms emphasizing tenderness and maternal presence.

interview Adrian Parr Zaretsky Liu Shiming exhibition venice intimate unthinkables

interview Adrian Parr Zaretsky Liu Shiming exhibition venice intimate unthinkables