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
New Chinese Potted Landscape, wire, cloth, wood 92 x 65 x 109 cm, 2006
A piece of rock, a gnarled pine tree, a bank of mist, a murmuring brook, a small pavilion, a small arched bridge – these things have always been considered by Chinese to make up a rich poetic scenery, and bonsais are seen as a kind of distillation or refinement of such scenery. Idlers and the scholar officials have continuously played with these symbols and from the contemplation of the bonsai came endless hours of satisfaction.
Since the pursuit of science and Western civilization of the May Fourth Movement and up until the Reform and Opening up, we’ve slowly changed our aesthetic principles. We want to develop! We want to build something! We want to build the most modern cities. But the authorities ambitious investment in urban planning research and realization of these projects are for the purpose of creating a model which can be displayed, to make everyone in the city pay attention to it, to enjoy it together and take satisfaction in showing it off.
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou provide models for the whole country. They each offer a symbol of ideal modernization for people to appreciate, study and copy. It’s like a life-size big bonsai that we’ve established on land. It makes us sigh, our city is developing so quickly and we have the ability to keep pace with the times – to build a perfect era. Tomorrow will be sweeter than honey.
