Romantic Setting, 2005 Inkwash on Xuan paper, 56.5 x 37.5 inches Li Jin Eat Drink Man Woman Haines Gallery is pleased to introduce Chinese artist Li Jin in his first U.S. exhibition in cooperation with the Asia Society. Fusing traditional elements of calligraphy and soft watercolor washes, Li Jin focuses on daily life in his domestic China with a jovial irreverence. Employing a spontaneous brushwork and an idiosyncratic calligraphy, Li Jin's blithe scenarios are imbued with deadpan expressions and a convivial communal spirit. Colorful, playful, and thoroughly postmodern, the texts in these paintings are derivatives of the titles and allude to a larger narrative at play within the image. Li Jin's conversational style is at times both banal and sublime always pointing to an artistic free-spiritedness. This exhibition of ink and color paintings on paper will feature several large-scale vertical scrolls. Jin's work combines characteristics of the New Literati school, led by artists such as Zhu Xin Jian and Zhou Jing Xin with elements of the avant garde, as seen in the oil paintings of Fang Li Jun and Zhang Xiao Gang. Li Jin's work has been exhibited and is in the collections of numerous institutions in Australia, Europe, North America, and China. He is currently professor of art education at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. The Berkeley Art Museum recently acquired a major work by the artist that will also be on display. Exhibition: September 8 - October 8, 2005 Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10:30am - 5:30pm, Sat 10:30am - 5:00pm Haines Gallery 49 Geary Street, Suite 540 USA-San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone +1 415 397-8114 Fax +1 415 397-8115 Email info@hainesgallery.com www.hainesgallery.com |
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