invisible artist

how insane is this?? these are works by Chinese artist, Liu Bolin, who's become famous for painting himself "invisible" and photographing himself around his country. Liu uses his works  as a form of protest against the oppressive Chinese government, which he says does not allow freedom of expression. they speak about not fitting into society, and about being forced to conform.

it can take up to 10 hours to paint Liu completely, and the most amazing thing is that he uses no digital manipulation on the photographs at all! here are some of his works:

pretty cool, hey?