Wu Yiming: Shepherd's Purse

ShanghART M50 is launching a special project that is not just solo or group exhibitions, focusing on the presentation of a singular subject within an overall context. Artists, as the subjects, extract emotions and philosophical reflections from the repetitive treatment of a single object, compressing them into the embrace of the subject. This project presents only one artist and one subject in the same time and space, with chapters transitioning and evolving.

The things that capture the interest of artists are fixed others. These others often exist in the most inconspicuous ways in daily life (even becoming abandoned objects). Depicting these others requires a long time of gazing and devoutly waiting for a response that awakens from within the object. This response is enough to separate it from its original context and unearth it, allowing the artist to reimagine and shape it from their subjective perspective, merging with this other. The process involves fluidity and control, ultimately endowing it with eternal spiritual attributes.

Wu Yiming: Shepherd's Purse
Exhibition Dates: January 9, 2024 - January 27, 2024

In Wu Yiming's recent works, there is a greater focus on private and everyday objects of contemplation. The shepherd's purse, a wild vegetable beloved by the Chinese, possesses the simplest and unadorned appearance. Under Wu Yiming's ink, it sometimes emits a vibrant and blossoming state of life, while at other times, it becomes a wilted remnant left behind.