JINGYI WANG NATURAL sOCIAL DisTANCING - FOUR YOU GALLERY
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NATURAL sOCIAL DisTANCING
JINGYI WANG
FOUR YOU GALLERY
APRIL 2021
NATURAL
sOCIAL DIsTANCING
The past year, for many reasons, has
forced us to confront our relationship with
nature. This consideration has been within
the context of a global pandemic during
which the phrase ‘social distancing’
became normal and more painfully, famil-
iar. Cacti have been the subjects of Jingyi
Wang’s paintings for 5 years, yet with
developing social changes and world
health concerns at large, her artworks have
taken on varying identities.
Capricorn Cactus, 2020
Oil on Canvas
61 x 51 cm
Look, 2021 Oil on Canvas 122 x 101.6 cm
Desire, 2020 Desire#2, 2020 Oil on Canvas Oil on Canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Touching, 2020 Oil on Canvas 122 x 101.6 cm
In the instance of ‘Natural Social Distanc-
ing’ at Four You Gallery, the cacti take
anthropomorphic form. The compositions
are that of traditional portraits or busts,
eerie in their animation and sobering in
their directness. Each portrait is rendered
with sharp focus and pictorial realism
despite the uncanny subjects. The artist’s
style is surreal, yet she challenges the
viewer with naturalistic depictions of famil-
iar forms.
Don't Touch Me, 2020 Longly Portrait, 2020
Oil on Panel Oil on Panel
25 x 20 cm 25 x 20 cm
Dialogue, 2021 Oil on canvas 101.6 x 122 cm
Unmarked Gaze, 2021 Oil on Canvas 106.7 x 89 cm
Distressing is the subjects exterior, yet the
audience may feel a conflicting comfort in
their recognisable form. These are images
we have seen before, yet now they are
shrouded in the defensive spines of cacti.
Intrigue and unease arise correspondingly.
Do they cacti act as a concealing shell, or
are they the subjects’ true identity? This
series of paintings asks you to question
what lies beneath visible surface.
Cactus in a Bikini, 2020
Oil on Canvas
61 x 45.7 cm
Friendship, 2020 Oil on Canvas 66 x 86 cm
Iceberg and Cactus, 2020
Oil on Canvas
66 x 76 cmWandering Cactus, 2021 Oil on Canvas 147 x 102 cm
Ultimately, these paintings address the
relationship between humans and nature.
This is an association that has been at the
forefront of Wang’s mind over the past year
or so. The artist demonstrates the fragility
of the world on a larger scale with an
image of a balloon like globe deflated by
the spine of the anthropomorphic cacti.
Wang paints with such lightness and
movement, the globe looks as if it is col-
lapsing before one’s eyes.
Don't Be Sad, 2020 Barcelona Dream, 2020
Oil on Panel Oil on Panel
25 x 20 cm 25 x 20 cmGrowing, 2020 Oil on Canvas 106.7 x 89 cm
Wandering Earth Ball #2, 2021 Oil on Canvas 107 x 107 cm
Although the subjects are striking main
focuses, the expansive landscapes are
radiant, otherworldly and seem to deny the
possibility of human existence. Threatening
but hopeful, Jingyi Wang’s paintings will
provoke an awed respect for her skill,
gracefulness and humbling attitude towards
nature.
Wandering Earth Ball #3, 2021
Oil on Canvas
107 x 107 cmWandering Earth Ball, 2021 Oil on Canvas 150 x 150
Have a Sweet Dream, 2021
Oil on Canvas
101.6 x 122 cmPoking, 2021 Oil on Canvas 147 x 183 cm
ABOUT THE
ARTIsT
Jingyi Wang (Chinese, b. 1989) is a painter currently living and
working in New York City. In 2013, Wang graduated from China
Central Academy of Fine Arts with a BFA degree, and in 2016
she received her MFA from New York Academy of Art.
Since then the artist has gained significant traction from collectors
and gallerists, who have shown her works extensively in New
York City and elsewhere. The artist has been exhibiting in and
around the city for close to 5 years, her inaugural solo show
“The Growing” was opened at the Amerasia Bank Gallery in
2017. Wang’s “My Loneliness is a Garden” opened at Art Lines
Gallery in New Jersey in 2018, and “Soft Sting” was at Time Arts
Gallery in New York the following year.
Noteworthy press coverage includes reports by The China Press,
Sing Tao daily Newspaper and World Journal. Additionally, her
paintings have been published in ArtMaze, Acrylicworks5,
Creativepaper, and Studio Visit magazines.ABOUT THE
GALLERY
In an attempt to transpose the gender inequality that continues to
persist in the art world, Four You gallery exclusively showcases
the work of female artists. Four You Gallery is a travelling
venue-by-appointment that showcases contemporary art. It o�
ffers female artists a global audience, whilst allowing art enthusi-
asts to discover thoughtfully curated artworks produced by
international talents.
Gallery
Apparent is the lack of representation of female artists in galleries,
as well as the exclusion of women from the mainstream art
market. Four You gallery intends to provide a platform for the
overlooked; o�ering a space that encourages cross-discipline
dialogue led solely by women aiming to inflict change.
Dedicated to the artist and regardless of their nationality, medium,
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