Latest News from You Wendi in April | The "Similarity and Non Similarity" of Chinese Culture:

2023.03.25-2023.05.08
1、"Spinach is not a Flower" Guangzhou Station Officially Opened

You Wendi's solo exhibition "Spinach is not a Flower" is touring in Guangzhou and officially opened at the 33 Contemporary Art Center. This exhibition will continue until May 8th. Thank you for your continued attention.


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The protagonist of this exhibition is still the transformation and traversal of the virtual era, as well as classic works such as Pixiu, Huami, and Glass Horse, which combine mythology and IP. Under the artistic expression of traditional culture and contemporary fashion, opening a new chapter in ink painting.


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Ms. Liu Yi, Director/Producer of 33 Contemporary Art Center640-3.jpegFrom left: Artist You Wendi, Founder of Art Guangdong Lu Xiaokun, and Ms. Bao Yu from the Common Art Center


The opening ceremony was presided over by Mr. Ai Hai, Art Director of Guangzhou 33 Contemporary Art Center.



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Ai Hai, Director of 33 Contemporary Art Center



Artist You Wendi's art has always had a unique discourse, rebuilding a visible bond between contemporary art and traditional art, giving classical ink painting a new dimension. This is related to You Wendi's own experience and cannot be separated from the influence of social popular culture background. However, how to find a path of reconciliation between herself and the world, classical traditional technology, and real digital media. We look forward to you personally uncovering the mystery.




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《Thousand Mile Constellation Map》Series, Ink on Silk, 100x50cm, 2022

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《The Spring Tour of the Lady of Guo State》, Ink on Silk, 60x120cm, 2018




“This is the visual philosophy hidden in You Wendi's paintings: spinach is not a flower, nor is it a flower, and white horses are not horses, and white horses are also like flying horses. By making full use of the principle of "between like and not like" in Chinese culture, you can expand it into a child like similarity game, and play it as "instant illusion", which also reflects the pleasure of naming "image nominalism", and fully reflects the appropriation of modern "allegory", The "crossing and overprinting" of images between ancient and modern China and the West, resembling classical yet trendy play, meticulous yet illusionary like a dream, and the flipping and disorder of grammar also comes from the illusions of painting and visual illusion. This is the unique "Journey to the West" of Wendi's generation, where everything is truly joking about daily life, but everything is so classical and mysterious.”


——Excerpt from Xia Kejun's "Spinach is not a Flower"



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Group photo of guests present at the opening ceremony




2、「Blooming in Spring」Celebrating the dreamlike spring at the Beijing Bulgari Hotel


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Star Appreciator: Li Guangjie

On April 13th, friends gathered by the banks of Liangma River to light up the color of life at Chunri Art Garden. The "Initial Blossom" art exhibition invites artists to meet and gather at the Beijing Bulgari Hotel in spring. Artist You Wendi praises the dreamlike spring in her works "Dreamer" and "Butterfly Sea", depicting a unique style of spring.


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Exhibition Site




3、「Phoenix Great Wall」Scenic Area ✕ Longfu Temple



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As a specially invited artist of Jingyue, You Wendi's works, with their unique style and innovative expression, perfectly combine trendy symbols and some problems in social life with traditional ink elements through appropriation and extension, and re ignite new vitality, deeply loved by the audience.




4.You Wendi「Phoenix Great Wall」Limited time release



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2023/04/27 12:00——04/29 Official release

Release time is only 3 days
Starting from mid May, it will be sent out one after another
Stay tuned for more details and unboxing videos!




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Contemporary ink and wash artist You Wendi is a masterpiece summarizing her artistic career, with nearly a hundred works and ten years of dormancy. Through 10000 word interviews and artistic interpretations, she provides us with diverse perspectives on traditional ink and wash art. Traveling around the world, with honesty and directness, You Wendi always maintains a sense of "present" participation in reality in her eyes, facing the current society with ink strokes, presenting the past and future of the contemporary world without judgment, using her brush as the blade, overcoming obstacles and forging ahead.



Author: You Wendi
Produced by: Common Art Center
Year of publication：2023
Number of pages：120p
Price：198.00元
Binding: Hardbound


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