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Jizi: Journey of the Spirit, a memorial retrospective curated with the artist’s son, Chunchen Wang, presents a selection of Jizi’s large scale ink paintings and a monumentally-sized rarely-seen, scroll. Jizi’s work confronted the legacy of the Revolution’s antipathy to religion and traditional Chinese life ways and attitudes. Deeply interested in the spirit, the artist’s work contains a strong metaphysical strain and sheds light on the complex, and at times contradictory, impulses at work in contemporary Chinese art and culture.

Image: Jizi, Flying Snow No. 2, 2010, ink on paper.

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Jizi: Journey of the Spirit, an essay by Thomas Rose

Jizi and Domains of Space: Dao, Natural Environment and Self, an essay by David A. Brubaker

 

 

The Jizi: Journey of the Spirit exhibition is in collaboration with the Minsheng Beijing Modern Art Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Educator Resources

Educator Resources

Expand classroom learning, interact with exhibitions, enhance student experiences, and create lasting multi-departmental relationships through the Weisman Art Museum. Read on to learn more about our exhibitions, tours, workshops, and resources and how they can work for you. Free public tours Drop in for a free public tour! On select WEDNESDAYS AT 6 P.M. and SATURDAYS, AT 1 P.M., student tour guides will meet you at the front desk of the museum. Tours last for one hour. Topics range from current exhibitions to the…

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