Beautiful City No. 4, 2024; Mixed media, 125cmx272cm
Featuring the artist’s diversified practices and profound exploration in contemporary art, the exhibition entitled on “Time’s Imprints” provides a concentrated presentation of Zhou Jirong’s art achievements.
Beijing No. 1, 1987; Silkscreen print, 64cm×84cm
City–The Waking of Insects No .1, 1993; Silkscreen print, 64cm×48cm
The Last Memorial No 1, 1997; Collagraph print, 65cm×49cm
Prof. Zhou Jirong has been teaching in the Printmaking Department at Central Academy of Fine Arts for many years. He has long been engaged in the teaching and researching of printmaking creation and techniques, from which he has accumulated rich experience that in turn contributes to his practices in silkscreen prints, collagraph prints and so on.
Landscape–Bird's Nest, 2013; Collgraph print, 75cm×60cm
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, 2019; Collgraph print, 236cm×294cm
Old City No. 3, 2019; Mixed media of pulp, 220cm×320cm
Zhou has been sensitive to the changes in cities while seeking historical imprints in urban neighborhoods. Derived from the most genuine feelings about real life, Zhou’s various series of works represent his concern, thinking and nostalgia for the changing cities in different periods since the 1980s. From the initial “City”, “Gate”, to the recent “Mirage” and “Dream”, he has broken through the limitation of materials in the process of repeated reflection and observation.
Mirage No. 83, 2024; Mixed media, 115cm×190cm
Mirage No. 84, 2024; Mixed media, 70cmx100cm
“Zhou Jirong’s world of visual images provides both a display of technological innovation and his profound reflection on the relationship between nature and people in the process of urbanization, as well as the position of individuals in society. The reality of radical social development reveals to us the multiple aspects of modern urban life through his delicate and profound artistic expression. From the bustling urban landscape to the memories that gradually disappear as time goes by, the context of urban development and historical precipitation are unveiled,” said Ji Shaofeng, Director of Hubei Museum of Art.
About the Artist
Born in Guizhou Province in 1962, Zhou Jirong graduated from the Printmaking Department at CAFA in 1987. He is the Professor of the Printmaking Department at CAFA, Director of Studio Two of Printmaking Department, Doctoral Supervisor, Member of China Artists Association.
He won the Excellence Award of the Twelfth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 2014 and the Thirteenth National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 2019, the Best Work Award of the Beijing International Printmaking Biennale in 2003, the Lu Xun Printmaking Award (1979-1999) in 1999, and Outstanding Award of Beijing-Taipei Modern Printmaking Exhibition in 1991, Excellence Award of Beijing Printmaking Biennale in 1987. He has held solo exhibitions at Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Red Gate Gallery, Cambridge, London, United Kingdom, Madrid, Salamanca, Spain, and Belgrade, Serbia. He Participated in the eighth, twelfth and thirteenth National Exhibition of Fine Arts, 2002 “Modern Art Exhibition of China” in Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb in Croatia, 2003 “Beijing International Art Biennale” in National Art Museum of China, 2004 “Officina Asia International Art Biennale” in Morandi Museum, Bologna, Italy, 2016 “Chinese Civilisation History Theme Art Creation Project Exhibition” in National Museum of China, 2018 “Chinese Printmaking Elite Exhibition” in National Printmaking Center of Italy, 2018 “Post-printing—The Second CAA International Printmaking Triennial”, etc.
His works are collected by the National Museum of China, National Art Museum of China, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Museum Ludwig, Museum of The University of Sydney, among others.
About the Exhibition
Academic Chair: Ji Shaofeng
Curator: Liu Libin
Dates: April 18–May 26
Venue: Gallery 1, 2, Hubei Museum of Art
Courtesy of the Artist and Hubei Museum of Art, edited by CAFA ART INFO.
