Chinese Artist Paints HImself Invisible – Arts & Entertainment

www.thisisdiversity.com — Pictures of the work of Shandong artist Liu Bolin who paints himself nearly invisible into various Chinese scenes from Thisisdiversity.com. Pretty awesome.

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