Shanghai opens first exhibition of Wang Yi

Wang Yi is featured at the first exhibition of the year at Jiushi Art Museum in Shanghai.

The Shanghai-based artist was winner of the John Moores Prize in 2018, a prize launched in 1957 at Liverpool, UK, aiming at "creating an opportunity for artists to be judged solely on the merits of their painting".

"It's time I summed my work after winning the prize," the 41-year-old artist told the media at the opening on Jan 18. The exhibition will go on at Jiushi Art Museum, on the 6th level of House Roosevelt on the Bund till Feb 18.

With the title of Island, Wang's solo exhibition features 12 oil paintings, including his John Moores Prize-winning piece, Staring, which was also the first piece of his River and Boat series. Six paintings of the series are on exhibition, and the other six are from the Red Riding Hood series. There are also ten encaustic paintings and 30 or more watercolor sketches on paper.