Yun-Fei Ji
	new work 25 may - 25 june, 2001       monk's meditation on a woman's vagina being interrupted, 2001 mineral pigment on mulberry paper 19 x 108 inches             monk's meditation on a woman's vagina being interrupted, (detail)             dinner at the forbidden city, 2001 mineral pigment on mulberry paper 54 x 67 inches               the garden of double happiness, 2001 mineral pigment on mulberry paper 40 x 108 inches (diptych)       press release Pierogi is very pleased to present the first New York solo show of Yun-Fei Ji. Ji uses traditional techniques and styles of Chinese painting as a point of departure. Make Noise in the East, Attack in the West The above saying refers to an ancient Chinese military strategy, one that emphasizes the element of surprise in organizing a war campaign. For me, it also refers to the making and viewing of art: displaced expectations produce anxiety and surprise, which in turn heighten the act of seeing and knowing. Ji makes intricate and beautifully rendered paintings on multiple layers of mulberry paper. The surprise element comes when one moves in and looks closely at these seemingly balanced constructions. What initially appear to be seductive ink-stain landscapes, are revealed on closer inspection to be scenarios of industrial, environmental disasters; gas stations, pick-up trucks, tanks and other objects; as well as masked figures with various animals serving as metaphors for humans. The idea of the implicit also has political implications in China, where all important political messages are conveyed in code, a method often described as Ôpointing to the chicken to insult the dog.Õ Reading between the lines is the only way one can access information. The compelling aspect of this work is its use of traditional Chinese style and mythology in contrast to contemporary issues.   bio ONE-PERSON SHOWS 2001 New Work, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2002 Whitney Biennial 2002, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 2001 Best of the Season, Selected Work from the 2000-01 Manhattan Exhibition Season, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT ArtForum Berlin 2001, work exhibited by Pierogi, Berlin Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art; Palm Beach, Florida Selection, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2000 The Meat Market Art Fair, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York The Old News, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk, P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY Haulin' Ass: Pierogi in L.A., Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Multiple Sensations, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA Super Duper New York, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY 1999 Sensation, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY Faculty Show, Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey 1998 Yun-Fei Ji, Andrea Dezso, Randy Wray, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY 1997 Fermented, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY Relocating Landscape-East and West, Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY Travel-Sized, City College, New York, NY Reflecting Pool, Kenkeleban Gallery, New York, NY Twelve Cicadas in the Tree of Knowledge, Asian American Arts Center, New York, NY 1996 Immigrant Artists from East and West, ONETWENTYEIGHT Galley, New York 1993 Recent Paintings, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas 1990 Introduction, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas AWARDS 2001 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Rhode Island 2001 Art OMI, New York 1999 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, works on paper 1998 Joan Mitchel Foundation Grant 1997 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 1996 The Millay Colony For the Arts. Residency, Austerlitz, New York Artist in the Marketplace Program, the Bronx Museum, New York 1995 The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming 1994 Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada 1993 The Macdowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire 1991 Henry Street Settlement, New York BIBLIOGRAPHY Smith, Roberta, Yun-Fei Ji, The New York Times, June 29, 2001 Shaw, Lytle, Art Reviews, Time Out NY, June 21-28, 2001 Olesen, Alexa, Ji Yun-fei Puts a New Spin on an Old Landscape, Virtual china.com, 2000 Cotter, Holland, A Flock of Fledglings Testing Their Wings, The New York Times, 1997 Introduction, Houston Chronicle, 1989 Scott, Daniel, Two Artists from China, Boston Chronicle, 1987 Fine Arts, art journal published in China, 1985 Art Journal, art journal published in China EDUCATION 1989 M.F.A Fullbright College of Art and Science. U.S.A. 1982 B.F.A Centual Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R. China.
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