Mocube is honoured to present Fu Jingyan’s latest show‘Watch Out for Snakes’ opening on the 18th of February, 2023. The exhibition will continue until 2nd of April, 2023.

"The form and the content of my paintings are quite different. I can only give a general idea. If I talk too much, it will be bluffing as it deviates from the picture. I can give some clues and let the paintings speak for themselves or leave them to the audience.

Often I think about painting and its role in my life in an environment other than the studio. Try to deal with these bits and pieces in daily life, not to obey them but to find a “hard” or ambiguous thing that speaks for the romance and hope in the hardship of the journeys. Then slowly digest it, and finally, present it. In this process, expressions are used deliberately in the hope that the work will capture this spirit.

The ways of expression are chosen according to the subject matter to see which method is relatively more suitable. There are many things I don't understand which cause the expression to be carried out under a kind of unknown. Naturally, it is more of a personal emotional expression. Like a diary, sometimes it's a small, very light flash, or a keyword pulled from life. What I paint is a form and I like it as original and simple. There are too many uncertainties. It can be anything. Consequently, the work seems to be random and they seize in a node in progress. Sometimes I make several paintings that repeat the same subject. Like being chewed, it generates other appearances but the fundamental things remain the same."

Text by Fu Jingyan