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23.01.2022 Vermilion Art is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition with acclaimed Chinese artist, Li Jin (b.1958). To Live [It Up] has been curated by leading art critic, John McDonald, a long-term admirer of his work. From 2001-2013 Li Jin’s brush-and-ink paintings were exhibited in Sydney, with great success, by the late Ray Hughes. Over the past decade Lin Jin has become a global favourite, exhibiting extensively in museums and private galleries in China, Europe and the United... States, where his work has been acquired by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (@metmuseum) and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (@mfaboston) Chinese ink painting may conjure up thoughts of serene, landscapes, flowers and birds, but Li Jin takes a very different approach. Although he is steeped in tradition, and master of many techniques, his pictures are bold, whimsical and sensual hedonistic celebrations of the pleasures of food, drink and sex seen through a frame of self-deprecating humour. To Live [It Up] features 38 works, including a suite of 20 small, idiosyncratic coloured ink paintings; eight ink sketches incorporating his distinctive calligraphy; two painted fans; five semi-abstract ink pieces; two large- scale works on paper and one magnificent scroll painting. According to John McDonald, To Live [It Up] has a message that relates to both China’s recent history and the COVID-19 outbreak: Having come through the hard times, we should make the most of the good times. Or as Li Jin himself puts it: "My appetite for life and my desire to express myself have not been diminished by the pandemic. The uncertainties have been a good test for me to keep faith in art and life." DM for more information. Contact us at [email protected] to register for viewing sessions or request the ecatalogue. . . . #lijin #toliveitup #exhibition #opensoon #johnmcdonald #vermilionart @twtproperty @lijin0505

20.01.2022 Reposted @asiaartarchiveinamerica . . . We are pleased to see leading Chinese contemporary artist Fang Lijun’s work as the cover of exhibition catalogue, Dream of China: '97 Chinese Contemporary Art. Asia Art Archive Collection.... . . . #fanglijun #bookcover #artwork #exhibition #asiaartarchive #contemporaryart See more

20.01.2022 Repost from @artmoney_au Paintings by Zai Kuang available from @vermilion_art_au with #artmoney 10 payments. 10 months. No interest. . Food #10 // 2020 // oil on canvas // 30x30cm #contemporaryart #artwork... #painting See more

20.01.2022 OPENING SOON! Vermilion Art is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition with acclaimed Chinese artist, Li Jin (b.1958). To Live [It Up] has been curated by leading art critic, John McDonald, a long-term admirer of his work.... Chinese ink painting may conjure up thoughts of serene, landscapes, flowers and birds, but Li Jin takes a very different approach. Although he is steeped in tradition, and master of many techniques, his pictures are bold, whimsical and sensual hedonistic celebrations of the pleasures of food, drink and sex seen through a frame of self-deprecating humour. To Live [It Up] features 38 works, including a suite of 20 small, idiosyncratic coloured ink paintings; eight ink sketches incorporating his distinctive calligraphy; two painted fans; five semi-abstract ink pieces; two large- scale works on paper and one magnificent scroll painting. DM for more information. Contact us at [email protected] to register for viewing sessions or request the ecatalogue. . . . #lijin #toliveitup #exhibition #opensoon #johnmcdonald #vermilionart @lijin0505

16.01.2022 Keep smiling and stay positive. ‘No big deal’ by beloved artist Chen Wenling. . . . #red #keepsmiling #keeplaughing #nobigdeal #chenwenling #art #sculpture

15.01.2022 OPENING SOON! Stay tune for our upcoming exhibition - acclaimed Chinese artist Li Jin’s solo show To Live [It Up], curated by leading art critic John McDonald, a long-term admirer of his work. Li Jin was trained at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts and has been a leading figure in contemporary Chinese ink art since the 1980s. He was awarded the Annual Ink Artist at the 2013 Award of Art China, and was the only ink artist selected by the authoritative publication L'OFFICIEL Art i...n 2019. In 2015, his major survey show ‘The Sensory Life of the Mass: 30 Year of LI Jin’ was exhibited at the Long Museum in Shanghai. His works are in the collections of major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Art Museum of China, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Seattle Art Museum, and Hong Kong Museum of Art. DM for more information. Contact us at [email protected] to register for viewing sessions or request the ecatalogue. #Contemporarychineseart #inkpainting #lijin

08.01.2022 Today, let’s have a look at Li Jin’s master piece - The Banquet No.1(detail) in The MET’s collection. A motley scene of food, drink, flowers, and people unfolds across the surface of this large handscroll. The costumes of the figures encompass such a vast range of eras and typesancient scholar’s robe, modern qipao, World War II bomber jacket and helmet, skin-tight pink bodysuit with pointy earsthat the scene has the quality of a dream, or a costume party, or both. Expres...sions on the faces of the partygoers range from beatific to melancholy to vacant. The free spirit that imbues Li’s content is perfectly matched by his painting technique, which displays a breezy indifference to accepted canons of brushwork. Li applies color broadly, allowing it to saturate the paper in irregular shapes without regard for the contour lines of a given subject. At times, he even layers colored washes on top of ink lines before they have fully dried, creating murky mixtures of color and ink. Far from an indication of technical deficiency, however, Li’s approach to color reveals his mastery of his materials, as only an artist in complete control of brush, ink, and color could paint in such a seemingly offhanded manner and achieve such consistent and appealing results. Stay tune for our upcoming solo exhibition for Li Jin - To Live [It Up] DM for more information. Contact us at [email protected] to register for viewing sessions or request the ecatalogue. @metmuseum #themet See more

07.01.2022 They can’t cancel the spring | our special exhibition is now on at our gallery and online. . . "Do remember they can't cancel the spring." The famous British painter David Hockney has spent a lifetime looking on the bright side of life. He recommends spring as a cure for our ills. In March this year, he released his new iPad paintings of daffodils to share messages of hope. In isolation himself, at age of 82 years, David Hockney is still working constantly. ... Inspired by David Hockney, we curated a group exhibition to welcome Spring. These include oil, acrylic, ink painting by Chen Yanyin, Gao Ping, Li Jin, Lin Chunyan, Shu Xinghua, Sun Ziyao, Wang Lifeng and Wang Yunyun. These eight artists portray flowers and landscape and show us hope, beauty and determination. . . #davidhockney #spring #theycantcancelspring #2020 #exhibition #flowers #contemporaryart #painting #artcollector #cure #vermilionart #lijin #chenyanyin #gaoping #linchunyan #shuxinghua #wanglifeng #wangyunyun #sunziyao @ Walsh Bay

06.01.2022 Installation view of Li Jin, The Heart Sutra, 2020, ink and color on Xuan paper, 36x46cm

03.01.2022 Sun Ziyao’s ink and mixed media on paper ‘white roses’ featured in our new hang for the upcoming group show In Bloom. Swipe to see artwork details. . . . .... #rose #flowers #spring #blossoms #inbloom #art #sunziyao #contemporaryart #artcollector @ Walsh Bay See more

03.01.2022 Li Jin, ‘I feel good’, silkscreen on fine art paper. Check online via link in bio, or DM for a private viewing. . . . .... . . . #lijin #inkpainting #silkscreen #limitededition #art #artcollection #printmaking #bath #doglover #contemporaryart See more

03.01.2022 Glad to see contemporary Chinese artists Zhang Huan, Fang Lijun and Ah Xian’s work at @sherman_gene ‘s home. . . . .... Reposted from @afrmag A home is a portrait of its owners, and the best interior designers are adept at capturing the essence of their clients, writes design editor Stephen Todd. Art dealer and collector Gene Sherman had made self-portraits of her former abodes, assuring the design and decoration herself. But when it came to the house she and husband Brian recently acquired, Sherman decided to hire a skilled portraitist interior designer Don Cameron to paint this particular picture. The Shermans bought the Federation arts and crafts property from @atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes in 2018. Sitting on a grand plot opposite Sydney’s Centennial Park, it was designed a little over a century ago by architect Donald Esplin for Sir Allen Taylor, a former lord mayor of Sydney. Sherman is renowned for her intellectual approach to fashion, architecture and art, and her house now reads as an eloquent essay on the beauty of the bespoke. We reveal Chez @sherman_gene for the first time for our August issue, out in the @financialreview on July 31. See more of this "perfect amalgam of function and beauty" via our bio link. : @toddstervision : @jamesbrickwood [portrait] Ross Honeysett [interiors] See more