Ji Wenyu Zhu Weibing
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Texts
- Feat of Humanity, linen, gauze and other materials, 606 x 88 x 15 (cm), 2010
- Make Beautifu,Sculptures – linen, fabric, latex, insulative packing materials, chair (bought from a furniture store ) , 108 x 88 x 106 cm, 2005
- New Chinese Potted Landscape, wire, cloth, wood 92 x 65 x 109 cm, 2006
- No one in the Garden of Eden
- “No one in the Garden of Eden,” mixed media, 310 x 126 x 87cm, 2010
- “Thoughts on Reading ‘Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy’” 103 x 69 x 105, stainless steel, wheelchair, and cloth, 2011
Exhibitions
- Learning from the Literati 3
September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012 - Cold Comfort
February 4th, 2012 - March 18th, 2012 - Learning from the Literati 2September 6th, 2011 - October 17th, 2011
- Shifting Definitions November 6th, 2010 - December 18th, 2010
- Learning from the Literati 1September 9th, 2010 - October 31st, 2010
- Re-Visioning History May 22nd, 2010 - July 17th, 2010
Feat of Humanity, linen, gauze and other materials, 606 x 88 x 15 (cm), 2010
The work “Feat of Humanity” 2010 takes the form of a traditional landscape scroll painting. There is a small person sitting in a huge landscape who is looking at a hydropower station between the mountains and the waterfall. There are many things in nature that fill people with awe and pride, leading them to believe that they themselves are great and invincible. Today’s nature is not the same as the nature we see in traditional Chinese paintings. It has been transformed by humans. Do we still remember the awe-inspiring nature that existed in the past?
Now, the noises of modern society are forcing people to concern themselves with an alternative form of quiet reflection. This peacefulness is not the quiet serenity of the past, but is the settling of the dust after a momentous disturbance. This is not true peace, but only a noisy shadow of tranquility.
