Ji Dachun 季大纯

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Ji Dachun is a satirical Chinese painter best known for his cartoon-like figures set alone against reductive white canvasses. Born in 1968, Ji lives and works in Beijing.

Contents 1 Date & Place of Birth 2 Education & Development 3 Art 4 Auctions & Acquisitions 5 Gallery Affiliations 6 Exhibitions 7 References

Date & Place of Birth

Ji was born in 1968 in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China.

Education & Development

In 1993, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

Art

Through subversive wit, Ji Dachun addresses the complex relations between Eastern and Western. Usually working in graphite and acrylic wash on canvas, he infuses his paintings with grotesque humor and accident. His subject matter is the happenstance of everyday life reimagined in absurd collisions of form and context, as in the deadpan Mao, Stalin, Lenin, En, Marx (Rolls Royce), 2004, which shows world-Communist figures seated uncomfortably together in a vintage stretch-limo. Other works, such as Turning into a Tree, 2004, are more playfully transformative, combining human anatomy with natural observation. The subdued, self-consuming preciousness of these works expresses Ji Dachun's irreverent, individualistic aesthetic unique amongst current Chinese art.^[1]

(Right: Ji Dachun, Mao Boob, oil on canvas, 2009.)

Auctions & Acquisitions

Ji's work has been sold through both Sotheby's and Christie's.

For Ji Dachun's full auction record, click here.

Gallery Affiliations

Ji is represented by Art Beatus in Vancouver, Wedel Fine Art in London, and Triumph Art Space in Beijing.

Exhibitions

Ji has exhibited extensively at international art fairs as well as festivals including the first Guangzhou Triennial, 2002, and the Shanghai Biennale, 2000. Recent international solo shows include the Posco Art Museum, Korea; Aura Gallery, China; and Base Gallery, Tokyo. Recent group shows include Democracy Forever, at Plum Blossoms New York, 2004; Images Among Images, at the Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen, China, 2003; and Another Modernism, at the Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, 1997.

For Ji Dachun's full exhibition history, click here.

References

http://www.ionly.com.cn/nbo/ionlyshow/ionlyshow1/lixianting/20061121/013228.htm

1. ↑ http://www.plumblossoms.com/jidachun/jidachun.htm