2023
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
90 x 74 cm
2023
Shell (1)
2023
Shell (2)
2023
acrylic, marker, colored pencil, oil crayon on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2022
Little Hydra
2022
acrylic and marker on canvas
70 x 90 cm
installation view with stereogram wallpaper
Painting Unsettled, UCCA Edge, Shanghai, 2023
2022
Hydra
2022-23
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
2022
Sphinx (3)
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
2022
Sphinx (2)
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
2022
Sphinx (1)
2022
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
2022
Harpy
2022
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
120 x 200 cm
2022
Sisters (4)
2022
acrylic, enamel, spray paint, oil crayon on canvas
180 x 160 cm
2022
Demoiselles (2)
2022
acrylic, marker, oil crayon on canvas
220 x 200 cm
2021
Demoiselles (1)
2021
acrylic, oil crayon, spray paint on canvas
200 x 190 cm
2021
Diorama (1)
2021
acrylic and inkjet print on canvas
230 x 200 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Diorama (2)
2021
acrylic and marker on canvas
230 x 200 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Bullet)
2020
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Blossom)
2020
acrylic, spray paint, marker on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Kelly)
2020
acrylic on canvas
160 x 120 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Tiffany)
2020
acrylic on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Agent)
2021
acrylic and enamel on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Icon (Empty)
2021
acrylic on canvas
120 x 95 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Fossil (1)
2021
acrylic on canvas
120 x 160 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2021
Fossil (2)
2021
acrylic and oil crayon on canvas
120 x 160 cm
presented in interchanging white and black light
2018
Armada (1)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (2)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (3)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (4)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (5)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (6)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (7)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (8)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (9)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (10)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (11)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (12)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (13)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (14)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (15)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (16)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
Armada (17)
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
2018
ASQ Aqua
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
2018
ASQ Horus
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
2018
ASQ Little Teapot
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
150 x 150 cm
2018
AS Ghost
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 130 cm
2018
AS Night
2018
acrylic, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
90 x 120 cm
2018
AS Ada & Oda
2018
acrylic, enamel, marker, oil crayon on canvas
185 x 130 cm
2018
Bannermen (1)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
2018
Bannermen (2)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
2018
Bannermen (3)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
2018
Bannermen (4)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
2018
Bannermen (5)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
2018
Bannermen (6)
2018
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
160 x 160 cm
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.
2017
2RFV4E
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon, collage on canvas
65 x 80 cm
2017
Wavy Chess (2)
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2017
Wavy Chess (1)
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2017
Sentinel (1)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 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
2017
AS-01
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil on canvas
180 x 130 cm
2017
Sentinel (3)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
2017
AS-02
2017
acrylic, spray paint, marker, colored pencil on canvas
180 x 130 cm
2017
Sentinel (4)
2017
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 200 cm
perspective view: installation at Peres Projects, Berlin, 2017
2016
Venus in Armor
2015
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
2016
Bride
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
2016
King (Golf is Politics)
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, crayon and oil crayon on canvas
230 x 160 cm
2016
Giant
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
300 x 150 cm
2016
Small Giant
2016
acrylic, marker, oil crayon, colored pencil on canvas
120 x 120 cm
2016
Elephant
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 150 cm
2016
Prodigy
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
190 x 150 cm
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
2016
9aPS1
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon on canvas
100 x 120 cm
2016
3cqB8
2016
acrylic, spray paint, marker, oil crayon, colored pencil on canvas
100 x 120 cm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2016
Warship
2016
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon on canvas
200 x 600 cm
2015
Beowulf
2015
acrylic, marker, ballpoint pen, pencil on canvas
130 x 105 cm
2015
Elephant
2015
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon on canvas
185 x 130 cm
2015
Elevating the Artist (Mask)
2015
oil, acrylic, marker on canvas
120 x 90 cm
2015
Terrain (1-4)
2015
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon, oil crayon, collage on aluminum
4 parts, 70 x 80 cm
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
2014
Cut
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
45 x 95 cm; 150 x 130 cm
2014
Horizon
2014
acrylic, marker, ballpoint pen on canvas
120 x 160 cm
2014
Third Eye
2014
acrylic and marker on canvas
230 x 200 cm
painting with wall installation (thread, nails): White Space, Beijing, 2014
2014
Highest Peak
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, colored pencil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
2014
Deepest Pit
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, colored pencil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
2014
The Raft (Evros)
2014
acrylic, enamel, marker, crayon on canvas
190 x 230 cm
2014
Spaceship
2014
acrylic, marker, colored pencil on canvas
190 x 230 cm
2013
Design
2013
acrylic, enamel, charcoal, collage on canvas
150 x 120 cm
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
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