Floating Dream on Mirror No.05 , Photography, 2020

Floating Dream on Mirror series

I used wax to make fruit, shells and skulls. During the process of shooting, I keep them heating and melting and take pictures for multiple times. The image in the mirror is different from (things at) other times.

Floating Dream on Mirror No.02, Photography,180X135, 2020

Floating Dream on Mirror No.03, Photography, 135X1180, 2020Floating Dream on Mirror No.04, Photography, 2020

Floating Dream on Mirror No.06, Photography, 180X135, 2020Floating Dream on Mirror No.07, Photography, 180X135, 2020

Skin Bag series

The Skin Bag series created during the pandemic was derived from the Zen ideology of “transforming the original body from nothing”. I combined and blended some animal images, including people, organs, animals, birds, insects... etc., with flowers.

Skin Bag No.05 (and details), Oil on Polyester, 120X105cm, 2020

Photo by Li Yingwu

JIANG Zhi

Born in 1971 in Yuanjiang, Hunan, China, Jiang Zhi graduated from China Academy of Art in 1995. Jiang works with a wide range of media, including photography, painting, video, and installation. Fiction and poetry have also been an important part of his artistic output. Consistently engaging with contemporary social and cultural issues, Jiang consciously positions himself at the intersection of poetics and sociology, while weaving mundane social and personal experiences into his works.

As one of the most versatile Chinese artists of his generation, Jiang Zhi has had two major solo retrospectives at OCAT Shenzhen (2016) and Times Museum in Guangzhou (2012). His work has also been exhibited by international institutions and biennials, including “Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World” (Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA, 2017),  the 9th Shanghai Biennial (Shanghai Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China, 2012), the 4th Guangzhou Triennial (Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, 2012), Beijing Today Art  Museum “The First Today’s Documents (2007 ), “Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China” (ICP and Asia Society, New York, USA, 2004),  “Zone of Urgency”, the 50th Biennale di Venezia (Venice, Italy, 2003), and the 4th Gwangju Biennale (Gwangju, South Korea, 2002).  Jiang was awarded the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA) in 2000, the Academic Award of Reshaping History (Chinart from 2000 to 2009) in 2010, and the Credit Suisse Today Art Award in 2012.

Jiang currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

Image and Text Courtesy of the Artist.

Edited by Sue and Emily/CAFA ART INFO