From a distance, Yun-Fei Ji's traditional brush paintings hark back to the atmospheric landscapes of the Sung Dynasty painters. Step closer though, and Ji's mists are revealed to be toxic clouds, and his craggy mountains are shown to be piles of overflowing garbage and abandoned vehicles. His misty imagery also includes stylized abstractions that may or may not refer to intestines, explosions or bubbling slime. Using traditional materials (inks, Chinese brushes and handmade mulberry paper) Ji employs age-old methods to ...
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From a distance, Yun-Fei Ji's traditional brush paintings hark back to the atmospheric landscapes of the Sung Dynasty painters. Step closer though, and Ji's mists are revealed to be toxic clouds, and his craggy mountains are shown to be piles of overflowing garbage and abandoned vehicles. His misty imagery also includes stylized abstractions that may or may not refer to intestines, explosions or bubbling slime. Using traditional materials (inks, Chinese brushes and handmade mulberry paper) Ji employs age-old methods to illuminate historic and contemporary concerns. This full-color monograph/catalogue includes a new thematic group of six large-scale works made especially for the exhibition. Multi-page gatefolds of these paintings are included.
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Seller's Description:
Fine. 0971219532. As New.; Numerous full page color plates. Foreword by Paul Ha. Introduction by Shannon Fitzgerald. With essays by Tan Lin and Gregory Volk. Interview with the artist by Melissa Chiu. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition that opened at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 23-March 28, 2004.; Tight, clean and crisp. In excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. As New.; 9.5 X 7.7 X 0.4 inches; 95 pages.
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VG+ In Chinese and English. Tan printed wraps. 79 pp. many color plates. Published on the occasion of his second exhibition at James Cohan Gallery's New York location, the catalogue presents a collection of Ji's works from 2006 to the present, along with a collage of varying sources of inspiration that he as collected: blog posts, poems, ancient ghost stories, and excerpts of news articles...-from the introduction.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Printed wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings by Yun-Fei Ji. Essays by Shannon Fitzgerald, Tan Lin, Gregory Volk and Melissa Chiu. Includes a biography and an exhibition checklist. 96 pp. (with gatefolds), and numerous four-color plates. 9-1/2 x 7-3/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. Fine.
