07/14/2026
“My work isn’t just physical layers, it is historical layers. To me it is the reversal of excavation.
Maybe we think that life is not just today - not just now. In the Chinese language, we don’t have a tense change; I meet you now, I meet you yesterday, I meet you 30 years ago.
I think the long lasting action is also part of it. The past never becomes the past, you always carry it with you. Your background is not hollow when you excavate into it.
There are many layers, which is what history is all about.”
- Hung Liu (1948-2021)