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.



Seamless: Artists spend hours carefully painting Liu Bolin from head to toe so he can blend in to the background

Blink and you'll miss it: Travellers could be forgiven for not noticing artist Liu Bolin hiding at this bus stop

Disappearing act: No matter how complex the backdrop, Liu Bolin manages to become virtually invisible to the naked eye
Each 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.