Exploring Nature2014-4
2014
Oil on canvas
80×100cm
When Roses Bloom
2013
Oil on canvas
65×80cm
Exploring Nature 2013-6
2013
Oil on canvas
65×80cm
Exploring Nature 2013-11
2013
Oil on canvas
65×80cm
When the Wind Is Passing By
2014
Oil on canvas
110×80cm
A Line with Emotion
2015
Oil on canvas
50×80cm
Untitled
2019
Watercolor on paper
24×32cm
Untitled
2019
Watercolor on paper
32×24cm
Untitled
2017
Watercolor on paper
19×24cm
Untitled
2018
Watercolor on paper
19×24cm
Untitled
2018
Watercolor on paper
19×24cm
Untitled
2016
Watercolor on paper
24×32cm
When Roses Bloom 2005-5
2005
Oil on canvas
90×80cm
When Roses Bloom 2005-9
2009
Oil on canvas
70×80cm
When Roses Bloom 2005-2
2005
Oil on canvas
90×80cm
When Roses Bloom 2008-6
2008
Oil on canvas
80×90cm
When Roses Bloom 2008-6
2008
Oil on canvas
80×90cm
When Roses Bloom 2005-11
2005
Oil on canvas
40×50cm
Paper Rose No.2
2002
Oil on canvas
38×47cm
Roses 2006
2006
Oil on canvas
30×40cm
A Rose got A Cut
2002
Oil on canvas
41×32cm
When Roses Bloom 2009-8
2009
Oil on canvas
65×80cm
When Roses Bloom 2009-10
2009
Oil on canvas
60×60cm
When Roses Bloom 2009-11
2009
Oil on canvas
60×60cm
1962 Born in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
1991 Graduated from Zhengzhou Textile Technical College
1990-1993 Study in Xu Beihong Studio of Central Academy of Fine Arts and
Beijing Fine Art Academy
Currently lives and works in Zhengzhou.
Around 2011, when Zhang Yu spent many years working on a sole subject in her painting – roses, despite a turn from representational to abstract expression. When she embarked on painting, it took her a long “hardworking” time to enable the roses she painted to represent and express her wishes and state of mind. Painstakingly, she was trying to challenge the standards of academic painting and found its limitations and constraints in no time, which triggered her gradual turn to a kind of painting that defies external standards. She started to focus back on the subjects she loved when she was young, or, particularly, her favorite subjects from the time when she devoted herself to carving and textile pattern design.
A Cool Wood and A Quiet Ravine
Curator：Monica Dematté
Artists：Pan Tao, Zhang Yu, Zhu Bing
Duration：Dec.13.2020 — Jan.17.2021
