The invisible man returns - and he's harder to pick out than ever
- Chinese artist Liu Bolin is back with more jaw-dropping work
- Blends into fruit and veg stall, shelves of soft toys and bus stop
- Artists spend up to 10 hours at a time covering him in paint
Now you see him - now you don't.
Liu Bolin, the Chinese artist who has become world famous through his 'invisible art', is back with some his most jaw-dropping work yet.
His latest exhibition at the Eli Klein Art Gallery in New York shows him melting into backdrops including shelves packed with soft toys, fruit and veg and a magazine rack.
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Seamless: Artists spend hours carefully painting Liu Bolin from head to toe so he can blend in to the background
Vanished: An incredible attention to detail is required for Liu Bolin to blend into backgrounds such as these shelves full of soft toys
Blink and you'll miss it: Travellers could be forgiven for not noticing artist Liu Bolin hiding at this bus stop
Popular: The images have gathered critical and public acclaim across the world
Disappearing act: No matter how complex the backdrop, Liu Bolin manages to become virtually invisible to the naked eyeEach picture takes hours of painstaking work, as artist's spend up to ten hours at a time covering Liu Bolin in paint so that he blends seamlessly into the background.
The 40-year old is such a perfectionist, bystanders often walk by with no idea he is even there until he moves.
This new series of photographs feature some of his most eye-catching works to date.
In one, he somehow manages to disappear in front of a wall covered in mobile phones and stood on the harbour with a huge naval ship in the background.
The Chinese national, who has gathered critical and popular acclaim around the world for his body of work, says the pictures make a statement about his place in society.
'Each one chooses his or her path to come in contact with the external world. I chose to merge with the environment,' he said about his upcoming exhibition.
Patience: The artist spends up to ten hours at at time to ensure the effect is inch perfect
Frozen like a statue: The artist has no problem disappearing even in an outdoor environment such as in front of this Chinese statue
Thin air: Artist Liu Bolin says his 'invisible' pictures make a statement about his place in society
Art imitating art: A wall covered in graffiti provides another fascinating backdrop for Liu Bolin to disappear
Camouflage: The artist blends in with rows and rows of people dressed in red hoods in this picture posed in Beijing
Fading away: The artist creates his own version of a family portrait with a mother, father and child stood in front of a lantern shop in Beijing
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