March 14 — August 4, 2020
New York: 21st Street
Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of historic works by Guo Fengyi, the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery in New York. The show focuses on a selection of Guo’s hyperdetailed and conceptually complex scrolls that range in scale from 12 feet to nearly 30 feet in height. Created by employing a meditation system associated with tai chi, these works present an in-depth survey of the artist’s practice which began during the latter portion of her life. In addition to the drawings, the gallery will exhibit one of Guo’s notebooks documenting her qigong regimen, allowing viewers a unique look at the process that afforded the artist’s unique and therapeutic approach to artmaking. Concurrent to this exhibition, The Drawing Center is hosting “Guo Fengyi: To See from a Distance,” the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in New York.
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Guo Fengyi was born in 1942 and passed away in 2010 in Xi'an, central China. During her lifetime, Guo was represented in major institutional exhibitions and projects at institutions such as the Gwangju Biennial (2010); The Museum of Everything, London (2009), Mori Art Museum, Japan (2009); Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (2007); Shenzhen Biennial (2006); Taipei Biennale (2005); Yokohama Triennial, Japan (2005); Prague International Biennale of Contemporary Art (2005); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France (2004). In 2002, Guo worked with Judy Chicago on a multi-venue event for Long March Project After her death in 2010, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, Canada organized the first North American survey of Guo’s work that opened in 2012. Other group exhibition venue highlights after her passing include: The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia (2017); Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands (2016); Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013); Hayward Gallery, London (2013); The 55th Venice Biennale (2013); and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (2012).
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