Mountains are a potent metaphor for constancy in a changing world. Yang Jinsong returns to Sydney with Mountain Song, his first exhibition since his show in 2013 at the Ray Hughes gallery.
Trained at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Kassel College of Art (KhK), Yang has incorporated both Eastern and Western perspectives in his art. The dynamic strokes of black and grey lines are inherited from the calligraphy tradition, which Yang practices daily. His works remind us of artists such as Cy Twombly who explore the lines between drawing and writing. They also draw on the sublime landscape paintings and poetry of the Song Dynasty and give the title of the exhibition, Mountain Song, its double meaning.
Internationally renowned German art critic, Ursula Panhans-Bühler wrote: “Yang Jinsong brings the audience in contact with a richness of experience which is often hidden behind many everyday duties that have overridden its deepness. That is the role of an artist.”
About the artist
Yang Jinsong (b.1971, Chongqing, China) is a leading figure in the phenomenal Sichuan contemporary art movement along with artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Zhou Chunya, Luo Zhongli, etc. He was trained at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China, and Kassel College of Art (KhK), Germany.
Yang’s work has been widely exhibited in the world including “Chili from Chongqing”, Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany (2001), “China: Facing Reality”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (2007), and “State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City, USA (2010). He has shown with the Hughes Gallery from 2006 to 2013. He was interviewed and featured by ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald. Most recently, his has shown in “Pulse of the Dragon” at the Casula Powerhouse in 2020, and had a sold-out solo show “All about Trees” at ICICLE, Paris, France (2019/20).
His works are in the permanent collections of the Yuz Museum Shanghai, China; Chongqing Contemporary Art Museum, China; Burger Collection, Switzerland; China Club Berlin, Germany; CP Foundation, Indonesia; Pacific Art Foundation, Indonesia and Singapore; Qinghe Art Museum of Nanjing, China; and other important private collections in the United States, Australia, France, Indonesia, China, etc.
Yang Jinsong lives and works in Beijing.
Trained at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Kassel College of Art (KhK), Yang has incorporated both Eastern and Western perspectives in his art. The dynamic strokes of black and grey lines are inherited from the calligraphy tradition, which Yang practices daily. His works remind us of artists such as Cy Twombly who explore the lines between drawing and writing. They also draw on the sublime landscape paintings and poetry of the Song Dynasty and give the title of the exhibition, Mountain Song, its double meaning.
Internationally renowned German art critic, Ursula Panhans-Bühler wrote: “Yang Jinsong brings the audience in contact with a richness of experience which is often hidden behind many everyday duties that have overridden its deepness. That is the role of an artist.”
About the artist
Yang Jinsong (b.1971, Chongqing, China) is a leading figure in the phenomenal Sichuan contemporary art movement along with artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Zhou Chunya, Luo Zhongli, etc. He was trained at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China, and Kassel College of Art (KhK), Germany.
Yang’s work has been widely exhibited in the world including “Chili from Chongqing”, Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany (2001), “China: Facing Reality”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (2007), and “State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City, USA (2010). He has shown with the Hughes Gallery from 2006 to 2013. He was interviewed and featured by ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald. Most recently, his has shown in “Pulse of the Dragon” at the Casula Powerhouse in 2020, and had a sold-out solo show “All about Trees” at ICICLE, Paris, France (2019/20).
His works are in the permanent collections of the Yuz Museum Shanghai, China; Chongqing Contemporary Art Museum, China; Burger Collection, Switzerland; China Club Berlin, Germany; CP Foundation, Indonesia; Pacific Art Foundation, Indonesia and Singapore; Qinghe Art Museum of Nanjing, China; and other important private collections in the United States, Australia, France, Indonesia, China, etc.
Yang Jinsong lives and works in Beijing.
