NYAB Event - Ling Jian “Nature Chain”

Ling Jian “Nature Chain”

Klein Sun Gallery

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Klein Sun Gallery presents “Nature Chain,” the first solo show in the U.S. by Ling Jian.

“Nature Chain” comprises works wherein Ling presents hyper-realistic worlds destroyed by the idolatrous image in which they were created. At first glance, the women and sharks in his paintings appear superficially hollow, merely props for displays of zoological intercourse and commentary on the male gaze. Ling’s intent here, however, is to subvert these messages. The women in his “Siren” series are visions of contemporary beauty, but they are distorted; the sharks are eerily anthropomorphized in their graceful sexual interplay.

Ling Jian was born in 1963 in Shandong, China. He graduated with a BA from the Fine Arts Department of Tsinghua University Art College, Beijing, in 1986. Ling’s work has been the subject of solo museum exhibitions including “Moon in Glass,” at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2011) and at Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2010). Recent group shows include “On Sharks and Humanity,” National Museum of China, Beijing, China (2015); “Face,” Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2012); “Lovers Pieces –Contemporary Art from Five Private Collections,” Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim, Germany (2010); and “China Gold,” Musee Maillol, Paris, France (2008).

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• Painting

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