“被人认可给了我很大信心,以前我画得很封闭,不敢放弃,面面俱到,现在连背景都敢省略。”他的《三峡新移民》曾被拍出当时中国当代油画的最高纪录2200万元。刘小东称,为他办新画展是一件“有风险”的事。因为“为一个年轻的画家办画展是‘政治正确’的,而为一个成熟的、已经成功了的、并且还有点钱的画家办画展,不仅‘政治不正确’,而且策展人还得为他承担风险。”当然,这是他的自我调侃。2012年6月底开始,他在和田住了两个月,他以新疆采玉人为题材现场绘画,完成了《东》《南》《西》 “Being recognized gave me great confidence. In the past, I painted a very closed one and did not dare to give up. I did not dare to give up everything. Now I even dare to omit the background.” “His New Three Gorges Project” The highest record of 22 million yuan. Liu Xiaodong said that to do a new exhibition for him is a “risky” thing. Because “it is politically correct for a young painter to have an exhibition, and for a mature, successful artist with little money to do an exhibition, it is not only ’politically incorrect’ but also curators For his risk. ”Of course, this is his self-ridicule. From the end of June 2012, he lived in Wada for two months. He painted the scene with the theme of Cai Yu in Xinjiang and completed the works of “East”, “South” and “West”