2023
acrylic, marker, crayon on canvas
80 x 90 cm
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Little Hydra
2022
acrylic and marker on canvas
70 x 90 cm
installation view with stereogram wallpaper
Painting Unsettled, UCCA Edge, Shanghai, 2023
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Hydra
2022
acrylic, marker, spray paint, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
200 x 160 cm x 3
installation view with stereogram wallpaper
Painting Unsettled, UCCA Edge, Shanghai, 2023
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Sphinx
2022
acrylic, enamel, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
200 x 320 cm
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Sphinx (3)
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Sphinx (2)
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Sphinx (1)
2022
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
PAINTINGSphinx (2022-)
2022
Harpy
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
120 x 200 cm
PAINTINGSisters (2021-22)
2022
Sisters (4)
2022
acrylic, enamel, spray paint, oil crayon on canvas
180 x 160 cm
PAINTINGSisters (2021-22)
2022
Demoiselles (2)
2022
acrylic, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
PAINTINGSisters (2021-22)
2021
Demoiselles (1)
2021
acrylic, oil crayon, spray paint on canvas
200 x 190 cm
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Diorama (1)
2021
acrylic and inkjet print on canvas
230 x 200 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Diorama (2)
2021
acrylic and marker on canvas
230 x 200 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Bullet)
2020
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Blossom)
2020
acrylic, spray paint, marker on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Kelly)
2020
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Tiffany)
2020
acrylic on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Agent)
2021
acrylic and enamel on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Icon (Empty)
2021
acrylic on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Fossil (1)
2021
acrylic on canvas
120 x 160 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGParadise (2020-21)
2021
Fossil (2)
2021
acrylic and oil crayon on canvas
120 x 160 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (1)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (2)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (3)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (4)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (5)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (6)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (7)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (8)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (9)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (10)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (11)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (12)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (13)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (14)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (15)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (16)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
Armada (17)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
ASQ Little Teapot
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
ASQ Aqua
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
ASQ Horus
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
AS Ghost
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 130 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
AS Ada & Oda
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
185 x 130 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2018
AS Night
2018
acrylic, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
90 x 120 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2017
AS-01
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil on canvas
180 x 130 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2017
AS-02
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil on canvas
180 x 130 cm
PAINTINGArmada (2016-18)
2016
Warship
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
200 x 600 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (1)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (2)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (3)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (4)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (5)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTING
2018
Bannermen (6)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
PAINTINGSentinels (2017)
2017
Sentinel (1)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
PAINTINGSentinels (2017)
2017
Sentinel (2)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
PAINTINGSentinels (2017)
2017
Sentinel (3)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
PAINTINGSentinels (2017)
2017
Sentinel (4)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
PAINTINGCAPTCHA (2017)
2017
2RFV4E
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon, collage on canvas
65 x 80 cm
PAINTINGCAPTCHA (2017)
2017
Wavy Chess (2)
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
60 x 80 cm
PAINTINGCAPTCHA (2017)
2017
Wavy Chess (1)
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon on canvas
60 x 80 cm
PAINTINGCAPTCHA (2017)
2016
9aPS1
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
100 x 120 cm
PAINTINGCAPTCHA (2017)
2016
3cqB8
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon, colored pencil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Velázquez)
1 – Guided Tour (Velázquez), 2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker on canvas
180 x 200 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Cézanne)
1 – Guided Tour (Cézanne), 2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
130 x 180 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Dürer)
1 – Guided Tour (Dürer), 2016
acrylic, marker, crayon on canvas
130 x 190 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Polke)
1 – Guided Tour (Polke), 2016
acrylic, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 180 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Stella)
1 – Guided Tour (Stella), 2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
300 x 450 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Mondrian)
1 – Guided Tour (Mondrian), 2016
acrylic, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
140 x 140 cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGGuided Tour (2016)
2016
Guided Tour (Duchamp)
1 – Guided Tour (Duchamp), 2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
120 x 450cm
2 – perspective view: installation at White Space, Beijing, 2016
3 – floor plan of the installation at White Space:
red – painting on the wall
green – spectator’s position for perspective view
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Venus in Armor
2015
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Bride
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
King (Golf is Politics)
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon and oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Giant
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
300 x 150 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Small Giant
2016
acrylic, marker, oil crayon, colored pencil on canvas
120 x 120 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Elephant
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 150 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Prodigy
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 150 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Elephant
2015
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon on canvas
185 x 130 cm
PAINTINGNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Elevating the Artist (Mask)
2015
oil, acrylic, marker on canvas
120 x 90 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2015
Beowulf
2015
acrylic, marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on canvas
130 x 105 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2015
Terrain (1-4)
2015
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon, collage on aluminum
4 parts, 70 x 80 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
Horizon
2014
acrylic, marker, ballpoint pen on canvas
120 x 160 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
Third Eye
2014
acrylic and marker on canvas
230 x 200 cm
painting with wall installation (thread, nails): White Space, Beijing, 2014
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
Highest Peak
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, colored pencil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
Deepest Pit
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, colored pencil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
The Raft (Evros)
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon on canvas
190 x 230 cm
PAINTINGProjection (2014-15)
2014
Spaceship
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
190 x 230 cm
PAINTINGPortraits (2012-14)
2014
Half A Picture (J) / (Q)
Half A Picture (Jack)
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
190 x 130 cm
Half A Picture (Queen)
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
190 x 130 cm
PAINTINGPortraits (2012-14)
2014
Cut
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
45 x 95 cm; 150 x 130 cm
PAINTINGPortraits (2012-14)
2013
Design
2013
acrylic, enamel, charcoal, collage on canvas
150 x 120 cm
PAINTINGPortraits (2012-14)
2012
XY / XX
XY
2012
oil and acrylic on canvas
220 x 110 cm
XX
2012
oil and acrylic on canvas
220 x 110 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2018
Study for Armada (11)
2018
pencil and colored pencil on paper
40 x 30 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2018
Study for Armada (8)
2018
acrylic, marker, pencil, colored pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2018
Study for Armada (6)
2018
pencil and colored pencil on paper
21 x 14.8 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2018
Study for Armada (9)
- 2018
marker, pencil, colored pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm - 2018
pencil and colored pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2017
Study for AS-02
2017
marker, pencil, colored pencil on paper
21 x 14.8 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2017
Study for Armada Triptych
2018
pencil and colored pencil on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2017
Study for Armada (5)
2017
watercolor, marker, colored pencil on paper
47.7 x 36 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2017
Study for Armada (2)
2017
pencil and colored pencil on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2017
Study for Armada (1)
2017
acrylic on paper
60.7 x 42.9 cm
WORKS ON PAPERStudies for Armada (2018)
2016
Study for Warship
2016
watercolor, pencil, colored pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
ZO7X3N
2017
marker, spray paint, colored pencil, pencil on paper
34 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
55GOT8
2017
acrylic, marker, pencil, colored pencil, oil crayon on paper
32.5 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
BL01CS
2017
acrylic, varnish, marker, colored pencil on paper
36 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
MoD7x
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon, collage on paper
36 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
N9Rl6H
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, collage on paper
34 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
8R2HAE
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, collage on paper
36 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
3QW9ST
2017
acrylic, marker, pencil, colored pencil, oil crayon, collage on paper
36 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
A29EZW
2017
acrylic, spray paint, oil crayon on paper
32.5 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
C4qS8W
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon, collage on paper
36 x 48 cm
CAPTCHA (2017)WORKS ON PAPER
2017
1YFXP3
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, colored pencil, collage on paper
36 x 48 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Indian Dwarf
2016
acrylic, marker, crayon, pencil, collage on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Giant
2016
acrylic, marker, crayon, pencil, collage on paper
54.3 x 39 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Nun
2016
acrylic, marker, crayon, pencil, collage on paper
54.3 x 39 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Philosopher Behind Glass
2016
pencil, ballpoint pen, ink on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Artist on Paper (2)
2016
watercolor, marker, colored pencil, collage on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2016
Artist on Paper (1)
2016
watercolor, colored pencil, crayon on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Elephant (1)
2015
crayon, pencil, charcoal on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Elevating the Artist
2015
acrylic, pencil, crayon on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Foreign Bride
2015
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on paper
49.8 x 34.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERNew Folks (2015-16)
2015
Pirate
2015
marker, colored pencil, crayon, transparent foil on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
MS-2
2015
marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
MS-3
2015
marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Beowulf (1)
2015
marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on paper
42 x 59.4 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Beowulf (2)
2015
marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on paper
42 x 59.4 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Beowulf (3)
2015
marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on paper
42 x 59.4 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Artificial Snow (2)
2015
acrylic, crayon, ballpoint pen on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Artificial Snow (3)
2015
acrylic, crayon, ballpoint pen on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2015
Artificial Snow (1)
2015
acrylic and ballpoint pen on paper
21 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2014
Landscape (1)
2014
marker, ink, pencil, collage on transparent paper
29.7 x 42 cm
WORKS ON PAPERProjection (2014-15)
2014
Landscape (2)
2014
marker, ink, pencil, collage on transparent paper
29.7 x 42 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2013
Session
2013
watercolor, pencil, colored pencil on paper
34 x 24 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2013
Standby
2013
marker and pencil on transparent paper
42 x 29.7 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2013
Donna
2013
ballpoint pen, pencil, colored pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2013
MD series
MD (L-R)
2013
acrylic, crayon, pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm x 2
MD
2013
ink, marker, collage on transparent paper
30 x 42 cm
MDMD
2013
ink, marker, enamel on paper
26 x 49 cm
MD
2013
colored pencil and collage on transparent paper
42 x 29.7 cm
L-R
2013
ballpoint pen and marker on paper
29.7 x 21 cm x 2
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2012
Geographer
2012
acrylic, watercolor, crayon on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2012
Cardinal
2012
acrylic and colored pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
WORKS ON PAPERPortraits (2012-14)
2012
Female Head
2012
acrylic, marker and pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
INSTALLATION | VIDEO
2021
Mirage
2021
sound installation (audio, 28:56 min) and wallpaper, dimensions variable
Script for Mirage (English with Chinese translation): Download PDF
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Walter Benjamin’s research work The Arcades Project and Emile Zola’s novel The Ladies’ Paradise portray the world of department stores and luxury goods full of temptations. Since their emergence in the 19th century, they have become an indispensable component of consumer culture.
The audio piece Mirage that surrounds the gallery space brings these two literary works together, along with quotes from a contemporary visual merchandising guide. With a massive wall paper showing the image of the historical front gate of the German department store KaDeWe, the exhibition constructs a ‘consumer temple’. The interchanging black and white light gives the room an illusory atmosphere, revealing the ‘second face’ of these paintings, while visualizing the temptation the store environment generates on a psychological level.
INSTALLATION | VIDEO
2019
Scylla – A Fragment
2019
single-channel-video (HD, color, sound)
16:42
Vimeo password: whitespace
The video Scylla – A Fragment is a multi-layered montage that combines storytelling with the abstract camouflage of the Armada paintings. Moving detail shots from the painting series appear next to virtual sky and seascapes, artificial thunder from screen-savers and sleep videos, as well as original historical footage from World War II.
A computer-generated voice reads out excerpts from Homer’s Odyssey, featuring Odysseus’s son Telemachos, the Spartan King Menelaos, the nymph Circe who warns Odysseus of the monster Scylla – and finally, Odysseus’ tragic encounter with the monster itself. Recorded details from the Armada
paintings merge dynamically with film documents from 1941, where a clash between the legendary British battleship Hood and the German Bismarck led to a military catastrophe and the eventual destruction of both ships.
Tragedy, heroism, and the aesthetics of violence and victory are present in both this WWII episode and Homer’s myth. Scylla becomes an emblem for death and destruction — an abstract monster whose uncontrollable dynamic is portrayed in the dynamised painterly abstraction and distortion of this moving collage, while the camera “flies” across the canvas as if mapping an imaginary topography.
Along with the Armada series, this video wants to reflect on the technoaesthetics of war machines and their representation. It revolves around the question how such an event in history or mythology can be restaged — the narration is balanced between persuasive pathos and the weirdly detached, profane technological tools of today.
INSTALLATION | VIDEO
2016
Watchman
2016
acrylic glass, aluminum, digital print on transparent foil
191,5 x 128 x 55 cm x 4
installation includes: tripod, flashlight, motor
installation view: “Our Painting”, Yang Art Museum, Beijing, 2016
PAINTINGINSTALLATION | VIDEO
2016
King of My Castle
2016
cord, nails, acrylic, spray paint, tape, oil crayon, marker, black light
overall dimensions variable
installation view: solo exhibition “The Grand Illusion”, White Space Beijing, 2016-17
ARTIST'S BOOKS
2020
Anchor
Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng
2019-20
designed by On Paper Studio, printed in Beijing
folded booklet format: 248.5 x 347 mm, poster format: 694 x 994 mm
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The Anchor project is an experiment that was conducted in collaboration with 20 international authors,
curators, and art historians. Each of them was assigned an artist who was completely unknown but for a
short CV and a digital artwork titled Anchor, and asked to write an interpretive text or comment about the work based only on information from the artist’s biography.
After the authors had written their contribution, it was revealed to them that all 10 male and 10 female artists of different nationalities and backgrounds were fake identities. The digital collage Anchor attached to the different CVs was specifically designed for this purpose – its motif is derived from the logo of the Berlin pub Ankerklause, located in the multicultural area of Kreuzberg, while the ‘anchor’ itself reflects the idea of moving and settling down, finding a new home or cultural roots.
The fictional concept aims to raise the question of how foreign artist identities are perceived by an
insider audience, when they are declared to be unknown, coming from various backgrounds and often
working as outsiders away from the established art scene. How does a CV affect the reception of an
artwork and the range of its readings? What must an acceptable artist CV look like today, when there is
so much talk about outsiders, minorities, and diversity in a globalized art world? How does the idea of a certain cultural or social background feed the ‘exotic’ image, regardless of the individual artwork?
By opting for a flashy, random collage with a pop post-internet look, we are referring to the fact that most artworks today are viewed as digital images, while at the same time raising the question whether digital media are erasing cultural differences through an accelerated migration of popular forms and tastes.
Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng
PAINTINGARTIST'S BOOKS
2017
Transeuropa
Ce Jian & Yuzheng Cheng
2017
published by A Book Edition, Berlin
120 p., 60 acrylic paintings on paper, softcover, 14.5 x 21 cm
ISBN 978–3–947295–00–5
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This partner project shows a succession of 60 copies of the EU map (status in 2014). It starts with a copy after an official map, done in acrylic on paper, after which the partners took turns at copying the map, working only after the previous version done by the other. Over the course of two months, the EU was gradually (accidentally, subconsciously) altered in the repetitive daily routine, until the political order in the map dissolved and became something else – just like the map is an abstraction of the world, the abstraction of the map is a painting.
ARTIST'S BOOKS
2015
K2
2015, edition of 15 books with 7 transparent sheets bound in 15 combinations, 29.7 x 21 cm
PAINTINGWORKS ON PAPERARTIST'S BOOKS
2010
Marco Polo – A Travel Guide
2010, Ce Jian, Andrew James Art, Shanghai, 2010, 52 p., softcover, 21 x 14 cm
Artist’s book and exhibition catalog for the solo show Marco Polo – A Travel Guide at Andrew James Art in Shanghai, realized during an artist residency at JIA Shanghai in 2010.
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The Marco Polo travel guide series is especially popular among German tourists and has become a symbol of their curiosity about foreign places and cultures. For my Shanghai project, I took this guidebook as a manual and strictly followed each sightseeing recommendation like a good tourist, while learning about my own country of origin through foreign eyes.
The photos and materials collected along the way resulted in a large number of paintings, drawings and collages, part of which were used to create this new Marco Polo guidebook – a fragmentary and ironic recount of my personal “Shanghai experience”.
CONTENTS
I. Bund
1. The Shanghai Club
2. Old Lady On the Bank
3. Custom House
4. Peace Hotel
5. Chaplin Was Here (1-2)
6. Bank of China
7. Shanghai Mansions
II. The Old Town
8. The Old Town
9. My Itinerary
10. Chinese Garden (1)
11. Chinese Garden (2)
III. French Concession
12. Tricolore
13. Sun Yatsen Lived Here
14. Arts and Crafts Museum
15. Morris Estate
16. Fuxing Park (1-3)
IV. Pudong
17. High Buildings
18. View From Above
19. Pudong As Seen From Cheng Huang Miao
20. View From the Pearl Tower
21. Skyline
V. Culture
I – Natural History
22. Where They Come From
23. How They Lived
24. How It Was (1)
25. How It Was (2)
26. New Species (2)
27. New Species (3)
28. Chinese Birds (1)
29. Chinese Birds (2)
30. Chinese Birds (3)
II – Culture and Habits
31. Family Life (1)
32. Family Life (2)
33. Their Galleries (ShanghART)
34. Their Galleries (M50)
35. Their Religion
36. Their Women
III – Cuisine
37. Their Food (1)
38. Their Food (2)
39. Their Food (3)
40. Their Food (4)
41. Dessert (1)
42. Dessert (2)
VI. General Advice for Travellers
43. Don’t Eat
44. Never Buy Bootlegs
45. Never Get Into a Taxi Without an Address
46. Never Underestimate the Traffic
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