Zhang Yanzi Reviewed in FYINPaper
Oct 10,2022
By Du Mengxi
The FYINpaper reviewed the art creation of our collaborating artist, Zhang Yanzi, with the theme “Zhang Yanzi: Ink and Wash Paintings”.
As a contemporary ink artist, Zhang Yanzi has been widely acclaimed for her exquisite ink painting skills, bold use of new materials, and the combination of traditional Chinese culture and contemporary art materials in her works. Through her influential solo exhibitions, she confronts the reality of current society with her unique way of thinking, her sharp and witty artistic language creates for the observer forward-looking and thought-provoking artworks, which enables her to become a unique presence in the current environment.
At the end of 2019, Zhang Yanzi went to New York, and she did not expect that her creation to be shifted to another stage. The theme of “healing” with warm compassion in the past has come to an abrupt end, and it was replaced by a more complex mixture of emotions – fear, anxiety, sadness, helplessness and even anger… Confronted with the pandemic of COVID-19 that has swept the world, the series of works “Painted Skin”, “Mask Diary”, “The Edge of the World at Close Quarters”, “Enter the Void” and “The Collective Spirit” become meditate on the process she has embraced in the wake of lockdown in NYC during 2020, when music, solitude, and the glorious atmospheric sunsets she has witnessed from her city high rise apartment began to influence her practice. Her ethereal abstract compositions trace the beauty that lies just out of reach during the quarantine period that came to define metropolitan environments during the past year.
Barriers (2020)
Ink and color on paper
24 x 30 in
Presented by VillagOneArt
In Quarantine(2020)
Ink and color on paper
24 x 36 in
Presented by VillagOneArt
Enter the Void (2020)
Ink and color on paper
24×24 in
Presented by VillageOneArt