Pause by Zhang Ruyi
Pause Exhibition view
The various works displayed in Pause, whether it’s images produced as extensions of the manipulation and mutation of plant shapes (cactuses), paintings that result from the three-dimensional progression between surfaces and the space as a whole, or sculptural works that lie scattered and weave through the exhibition space, all these allude to the erosion of individual serenity as a result of modern civilization’s rapid progress. As described by the artist herself, she carefully observes natural settings and objects in life that have become baptized by industrial civilization. In her artistic practice she clearly highlights the insignificant objects that common sense would typically deem mundane and trivial.
Reflection 1 2015 mixed media on paper 60x80cm
Reflection 1 2015 mixed media on paper 60x80cm details
Reflection 2 2015 mixed media on paper 60x80cm
Reflection 1 2015 mixed media on paper 60x80cm details
Pause exhibition view
The shape of 45 degrees 2016 door, doorknob, cement, cement board, 78x58x240cm
Wave 2016 mixed media on paper 40x40cm
Wave 2016 mixed media on paper 40x40cm details
Sharp 4 2016 Mixem media on paper 80x80cm
Sharp 4 2016 Mixem media on paper 80x80cm details
Pause 2016 cement, plug, electric coil, 30,5x4x254cm details
Pause 2016 cement, plug, electric coil, 30,5x4x254cm details
Pause 2016 cement, plug, electric coil, 30,5x4x254cm details
Pause 2016 cement, plug, electric coil, 30,5x4x254cm details
Shape being Stretched 1&2 2016 mixed media on paper 20x30cmx2
Flow away 2016 cement, plug, electric coil, dimension variable
A Silver Line 2016 Mixed media on paper 40x40cm
A Silver Line 2016 Mixed media on paper 40x40cm details
Zhang Ruyi (b.1985) currently lives and works in Shanghai. She received her BA degree from the Printmaking Department of the Fine Art College of Shanghai University in 2007 and an MFA from the Fine Art College of Shanghai University in 2012.
Among her exhibitions: Gap, Bazaar Compatible, Shanghai, China (2014); Cut | Off, Don Gallery, Shanghai, China (2014); Memo I, White Space – Beijing, China (2013); Revel, MoCA, Shanghai, China (2013). Zhang received the Luo Zhongli Contemporary Art Scholarship from Chongqing Art Museum in 2012.
From the 1st July, Zhang Ruyi will participate to “A Beautiful Disorder” a group show at Cass Sculpture Foundation in UK.