Artists Wei Qingji and Wu Yi Talk on Ink in Contemporary Art Practice

　　Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009

　　Time: 18:00-19:00

　　Venue: Timezone 8 (798), No 4 Jiu Xian Qiao Rd

　　Timezone 8 is pleased to announce that artists Wei Qingji and Wu Yi will speak at timezone 8 (Beijing 798) on ink painting within the framework of contemporary art discourse. This members only event will take place at Timezone 8 (798) 6:00-7:00pm, Saturday November 7. Canapes and refreshments will be served prior to the talk.

　　Timezone 8's just published monographs Wei Qingji and Wu Yi will also be available for sale and signing.

　　About the Artists (for more information about Wu Yi, visit http://www.timezone8.com/wuyi.htm):

　　Born in Qingdao in 1971, Wei Qingji is among the leading 'experimental ink' painters in contemporary art in China. Trained in ink at Nankai University, Wei Qingji has over the last ten years created a personal aesthetic that in its incongruity of form and content seems ironic, but not crude. While his materials are traditional, their multi-form application and ironic message are anything but. Nor is his work rehashed postmodern pastiche resulting in a signature style. Rather, his 'ink experiments' avoid the irony that comes from repetition and stylization. His ouevre resists easy classification as it varies from a stark blank field with graffiti-like brushwork, to a charcoal black ink Matterhorn against a Ruscha-esque Hollywood sky, to a cartoon mise-en-scene line-drawn in a Shanghai modernist 'xieyi' style from the 1930s.

　　His works have been included in various prominent exhibitions such as the Second Annual Chengdu Biennale and the International Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition at the Asian Cultural Center in New York. He was one of only two ink artists represented by the renowned curator Hans Van Dijk. He is currently teaching at the College of Art in South China Normal in Guangzhou.

【编辑：张瑜】