Yu Ji’s creation is always related to nature. She creates an infinite sense of Zen by extending the model of nature, summing it all up with softness, lightness and sensitivity, intervening in things natural in such a light manner that it seems little force is applied, as she states in describing the theme of ‘Moss’: ‘A bryophyte that lives in water or damp places on the land, without roots, stocks or leaves. It is not know where it begins to grow or where it ends. It has mysterious colours that change imperceptibly.’ The way it suspends itself and the plainness of its surface are interwoven in such a way that the viewer is taken to a scene that is unstriking in nature. There is no need here for association as it is sufficient to experience it, to feel it, in total silence. Yu Ji’s talent lies where she has the ability to microly control the inner connection of the work or intervene in it in a limited manner, her intent not to re-shape the view but to indulge in the materiality of things on a micro basis. —Ding Yi.

Yu Ji, born in 1985, works and lives in Shanghai. Her works cover various medias, mainly sculpture and installation, also performance and video in recent years. Her works often articulate the relationship between time and nature, her artistic practices act as circles of repeats in the most simple and non-drama way. MOSS: Ju Ji's solo show will present some new works since her very first solo exhibition I Stand Alone held in Beijing C-Space last winter. These works will reveal her experiments and daily practices in the past two years.