{"id":13416,"date":"2011-08-25T20:32:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=13416"},"modified":"2011-08-25T23:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T03:26:01","slug":"the-sensuality-of-yu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=13416","title":{"rendered":"The Sensuality of Yu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Zhang Yu \u2013 Female figures that challenge the notions of ideal beauty and  self-identity.<\/div>\n<div>Solo opening reception\u00a0<strong>Sept 8<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Exhibiting\u00a0<strong>Sept 8<\/strong> through\u00a0<strong>Oct 1<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>547 West 27th  Street, Suite 533, New York, New York,  10001<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opening-evite.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13416]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13418\" title=\"opening evite\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opening-evite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"544\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Zhang Yu was born in Beijing, China. She graduated from Beijing Science  Technology College with a degree in Art Design in 1994, and continued her study  at the Central Academy of Fine Art for another two years to refine her master  program training in oil painting. After leaving the academy, she developed her  own style and created works that reflect the political climate of the China at  that period. Her subjects included political figure such as Mao\u2019s wife Jiang  Qing and a series on a new generation of empowered Chinese city girls, these  paintings mirrored China as an emerging superpower.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Chinese contemporary art was being recognized on the  international level for the first time.In 1998, Yu relocated to the United  States. She began to explore her art within a new culture and develop her vision  through everyday life. A sense of self-identity began to emerge in her  paintings. Subjects such as female figures, popular cultures and media permeated  in her works. By the time she began her MFA studies at the City College of New  York in 2007, her paintings matured and she established a unique style that  challenges the notions of ideal beauty and self-identity.<\/p>\n<p>Yu has received recognition such as the Koan J. Baysa Award in 2008. During  her career, Yu has numerous solo and group shows in the United States, Japan and  China. She has shown in Nasu-Kougen Museum, Japan; International Arts Festival  ShangHai, China; and many galleries in New York City area including Gallery 456,  Walter Wickiser Gallery, Hans Weiss (Ct), Thomas Erben Gallery, Artists Space,  Exit Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts and White Box.Zhang Yu currently lives and works  in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhang Yu \u2013 Female figures that challenge the notions of ideal beauty and self-identity. Solo opening reception\u00a0Sept 8 Exhibiting\u00a0Sept 8 through\u00a0Oct 1 547 West 27th Street, Suite 533, New York, New York, 10001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13491,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13416\/revisions\/13491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}