Yun-Fei Ji

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Yun-Fei Ji is a Chinese painter. Born in Beijing in 1963, he now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

His paintings come into being according to traditional Eastern art-making practice, on handmade rice paper with translucent ink or paint based on natural pigments. He uses ancient techniques, including calligraphy. The paintings are reminiscent of traditional Chinese landscape painting: there is no focal point, only a landscape with tiny figures and scenes with no clear organisation. When looked at closer, it becomes clear Yun-Fei depicts internal difficulties of the Chinese culture, e.g. the failure of the communist utopia. The artist borrows these past events to comment on present problematic developments The hybrid compositions are even more layered when one realises the social subjects are alternated with autobiographical notes.

In 2001, Yun-Fei Ji took part at the Whitney Biennale in New York and The Drawing Center in New York included some works in its collection. “The Old One Hundred Names” at Zeno X Gallery was Yun-Fei Ji’s first European exhibition, that was successfully adopted by the Pratt Institute in New York. The solo exhibition “The Empty City” was held begin 2004 in the Contemporary Art Museum in St Louis, USA, and at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham MA (USA) in 2005. Also in 2005 his work, “Great news comes from the collective farm” could be seen at Zeno X Storage in Borgerhout (BE) . In 2006 the exhibition “Water that floats the boat can also sink it” took place at James Cohan Gallery in New York (USA).

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