Beijing-based artist Liu Ruowang is known for depicting animals in his paintings, sculptures and installations to imply the complicated relationships between humankind and nature and other living creatures. 

In the summer of 2020, Liu began an exhibition series at home and abroad to show his works engaging viewers in a discussion on issues emerging in the pandemic. 

The exhibition was held in Florence, Italy, Yukou and Yulin, both in Shaanxi province, and Yanggao of Shanxi province. Titled Ruowang: Coping with COVID-19, it is now on at Liu's Dudu Art Museum in Beijing displaying large-scale, eye-arresting paintings, installations and mixed-media works.

Liu creates an unreal, mystic atmosphere in which people are awed with unusually huge depictions of animals such as snakes and bats. By doing so, he addresses how the pandemic has influenced the world order and people's life, the differences between urban and rural systems and the importance of international exchanges. 

Liu is however not intended to express sadness or heroism. Underlying his compassion for all lives, he hopes to evoke among people a critical thinking over the future of the human society.