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2020-now: Memorandum
“Memorandum” is a long-term creative project with several individual painting series that combines unique visual art experimentation with technology, economic and financial market information to realistically record mass sentiments. The paintings artistically depict the human desires and investment behavior across the past 15 years of artist Gan Yu’s creative life.
Memorandum: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and George Soros, 8/17/2009 – 10/24/2011
“Memorandum: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and George Soros, 8/17/2009 – 10/24/2011”
81” x 176”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester
Four panels completed from Sept 2009 to Aug 2021
Exhibition:
THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION NEW APPROACHES TO REALISM
Group Exhibition at Ethan Cohen Gallery KUBE, Aug 27 – Dec 15, 2021
81” x 176”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester
Four panels completed from Sept 2009 to Aug 2021
Exhibition:
THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION NEW APPROACHES TO REALISM
Group Exhibition at Ethan Cohen Gallery KUBE, Aug 27 – Dec 15, 2021
Memorandum: George Soros Project #2 Dialogue", 2008-2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #2 Dialogue",
81” x 166”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester, Four panels completed from Sept 2008 to Aug 2021
Exhibition: CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE
Group Exhibition at Ethan Cohen Gallery KUBE
Oct 23 – Dec 22, 2021
The KuBe Art Center and Monira Foundation are proud to present Contemporary Portraiture: Artist As
Subject, a significant exhibition with the participation of a number of prominent collections. On view at the
KuBe Art Center October 23 – 24, 2021, Artist as Subject is an exhibition that explores the rich diversity of how
artists approach portrait making today. Contemporary Portraiture: Artist as Subject explores the rich diversity
of artistic approaches in today's portraiture. Drawing from four collections; Eileen S. Kaminsky Collection,
Doron Sebbag Collection, The Mana Collection, and Ethan Cohen Collection, Co-curated by Ysabel Pinyol
Blasi, Executive Director of the Monira Foundation, and Ethan Cohen, Director of Ethan Cohen Gallery, and
Founder of the KuBe Art Center, the show aims repositions portraiture as a context-based and driven practice.
Featured Artists (参展艺术家)
Aboudia, Ai Weiwei (艾未未), Alex Katz, Allison Schulnik, Anna Navasardian, Anne Muntges, Angela Gram, Antonio M.A. Boua, Austin Stiegemeier, Basmat Levin, Ben Degen, Benjamin Keating, Bernard Williams, Bill Viola, Carroll Dunham, Catheris Mondombo, Chi Ming (迟明), Christian Vincent, Cindy Sherman, Claudia Coca, Clayton Brothers, Dana Schutz, David Wakstein, Edwin Schlossberg, Erika Harrsch, Eugene Lemay, Fang Lijun (方力钧), Ferran Martin, Frederic Bruly Bouabre, Gan Yu (喻干), George Condo, Gerhard Richter, Gu Dexin (顾德新), Gunter Brus, Hannah van Bart, Helen Frankenthaler, Hemann Nitsch, Huang Yan(黄岩), Jac Lahav, Jamie Diamond, Jeffrey Spencer Hargrave, Jeannie Weissglass, Jerry Robinson, Jim Peters, John Newsom, Jon Kessler, Jonas Mekas, Julie Heffernan, Li Quanwu (李全武), Liu Xiaodong (刘小东), Liu Xiaohui (刘晓辉), Malick Sidibé, Matt Saunders, Max Ferguson, Michal Rovner, Mina Cheon,Naoto Nakagawa, Osvaldo Romberg, Peng Yu and Sun Yuan (孙原和彭禹), Qi Zhilong (祁志龙), Qiu Zhijie (丘志杰), RaySmith, Ron English, Sandro Chia, Sante D’Orazio, Shen Ling(申玲), Sherry Kerlin, Shi Chong(石冲), Sigalit Landau, Sui Jianguo (隋建国), Tang Hui (唐晖), Thomas Deininger, Tony Shore, Wang Yuping (王玉平), Ushio Shinohara, Wu Junyong (吴俊勇), Yayoi Kusama (草间弥生), Yigal Ozeri, Yuan Yunsheng (袁运生), Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚), Zhang Xiaomao (张晓毛), Zhou Xiaohu (周啸虎), Xiao Lu (肖鲁), Zhang Dali (张大力), Zhang Hongtu (张宏图), Yue Mingjin (岳敏军)
81” x 166”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester, Four panels completed from Sept 2008 to Aug 2021
Exhibition: CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE
Group Exhibition at Ethan Cohen Gallery KUBE
Oct 23 – Dec 22, 2021
The KuBe Art Center and Monira Foundation are proud to present Contemporary Portraiture: Artist As
Subject, a significant exhibition with the participation of a number of prominent collections. On view at the
KuBe Art Center October 23 – 24, 2021, Artist as Subject is an exhibition that explores the rich diversity of how
artists approach portrait making today. Contemporary Portraiture: Artist as Subject explores the rich diversity
of artistic approaches in today's portraiture. Drawing from four collections; Eileen S. Kaminsky Collection,
Doron Sebbag Collection, The Mana Collection, and Ethan Cohen Collection, Co-curated by Ysabel Pinyol
Blasi, Executive Director of the Monira Foundation, and Ethan Cohen, Director of Ethan Cohen Gallery, and
Founder of the KuBe Art Center, the show aims repositions portraiture as a context-based and driven practice.
Featured Artists (参展艺术家)
Aboudia, Ai Weiwei (艾未未), Alex Katz, Allison Schulnik, Anna Navasardian, Anne Muntges, Angela Gram, Antonio M.A. Boua, Austin Stiegemeier, Basmat Levin, Ben Degen, Benjamin Keating, Bernard Williams, Bill Viola, Carroll Dunham, Catheris Mondombo, Chi Ming (迟明), Christian Vincent, Cindy Sherman, Claudia Coca, Clayton Brothers, Dana Schutz, David Wakstein, Edwin Schlossberg, Erika Harrsch, Eugene Lemay, Fang Lijun (方力钧), Ferran Martin, Frederic Bruly Bouabre, Gan Yu (喻干), George Condo, Gerhard Richter, Gu Dexin (顾德新), Gunter Brus, Hannah van Bart, Helen Frankenthaler, Hemann Nitsch, Huang Yan(黄岩), Jac Lahav, Jamie Diamond, Jeffrey Spencer Hargrave, Jeannie Weissglass, Jerry Robinson, Jim Peters, John Newsom, Jon Kessler, Jonas Mekas, Julie Heffernan, Li Quanwu (李全武), Liu Xiaodong (刘小东), Liu Xiaohui (刘晓辉), Malick Sidibé, Matt Saunders, Max Ferguson, Michal Rovner, Mina Cheon,Naoto Nakagawa, Osvaldo Romberg, Peng Yu and Sun Yuan (孙原和彭禹), Qi Zhilong (祁志龙), Qiu Zhijie (丘志杰), RaySmith, Ron English, Sandro Chia, Sante D’Orazio, Shen Ling(申玲), Sherry Kerlin, Shi Chong(石冲), Sigalit Landau, Sui Jianguo (隋建国), Tang Hui (唐晖), Thomas Deininger, Tony Shore, Wang Yuping (王玉平), Ushio Shinohara, Wu Junyong (吴俊勇), Yayoi Kusama (草间弥生), Yigal Ozeri, Yuan Yunsheng (袁运生), Zhang Xiaogang (张晓刚), Zhang Xiaomao (张晓毛), Zhou Xiaohu (周啸虎), Xiao Lu (肖鲁), Zhang Dali (张大力), Zhang Hongtu (张宏图), Yue Mingjin (岳敏军)
Memorandum: George Soros Project #5 Meditation and #3 Market Legendary, 2011-2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #5 Meditation",
24” x 72” with 3 panels, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, cardboard and wood, 2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #3
Market Legendary",
40” x 96”, ink, acrylic, mixed-media and polyester collage on paper and cardboard, three panels completed from Nov 2011 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
24” x 72” with 3 panels, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, cardboard and wood, 2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #3
Market Legendary",
40” x 96”, ink, acrylic, mixed-media and polyester collage on paper and cardboard, three panels completed from Nov 2011 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Memorandum and George Soros Project #2 Close-up, 2021
Left Two Panels:
"Memorandum: Soros Project No 2 Dialogue",
81” x 166”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester, Four panels completed from Sept 2008 to Aug 2021
Right Two Panels:
“Memorandum: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and George Soros, 8/17/2009 – 10/24/2011”
81” x 176”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester
Four panels completed from Sept 2009 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
"Memorandum: Soros Project No 2 Dialogue",
81” x 166”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester, Four panels completed from Sept 2008 to Aug 2021
Right Two Panels:
“Memorandum: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and George Soros, 8/17/2009 – 10/24/2011”
81” x 176”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper and polyester
Four panels completed from Sept 2009 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Memorandum: George Soros Project #4: Curtain, 2022
Memorandum: George Soros Project #4 Curtain
48” x 83”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, 2022
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
48” x 83”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, 2022
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Memorandum: George Soros Project #7: Mirror, 2021-2022
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #7 Mirror"
48” x 81”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
48” x 81”, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #3
Market Legendary", 2011-2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #3
Market Legendary",
40” x 96”, ink, acrylic, mixed-media and polyester collage on paper and cardboard, three panels completed from Nov 2011 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Market Legendary",
40” x 96”, ink, acrylic, mixed-media and polyester collage on paper and cardboard, three panels completed from Nov 2011 to Aug 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Memorandum: George Soros Project #5: Meditation, 2021
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #5 Meditation"
24” x 72” with 3 panels, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, cardboard and wood, 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
24” x 72” with 3 panels, ink, acrylic and mixed-media on paper, cardboard and wood, 2021
The artworks are pieces of my visual history which recorded market
activities and leaders related to the events during specific times. Gan Yu’s artwork explore the intersection of visual arts, technology, global economics and financial market activities, and discusses the ways in which people are confronted by issues such as our living surroundings and cultural heritage in the midst of human civilization.
Memorandum: George Soros Project #6, Portraits, 2021-2022
"Memorandum: George Soros Project #6 Portraits", Mixed-media on paper, cardboard, wooden panel and canvas in different sizes, 2021-2022
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