Press · FYINpaper · October 2022
FYINpaper reviewed the art creation of our collaborating artist, Zhang Yanzi, under 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 forward-looking and thought-provoking artworks for the observer, 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 her creation to be shifted to another stage. The theme of “healing” with warm compassion in the past came to an abrupt end, replaced by a more complex mixture of emotions — fear, anxiety, sadness, helplessness and even anger. Confronted with the pandemic of COVID-19 that 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 became a meditation on the process she embraced in the wake of lockdown in New York City during 2020, when music, solitude, and the glorious atmospheric sunsets she 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 that year.
Presented by VillageOneArt
Presented by VillageOneArt
Presented by VillageOneArt
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