Market Buildings Thomas Street Northern Quarter Manchester M4 1EU T. +44 (0)161 832 7271 email hello@cfcca.org.uk
25 October, 2019 > 19 January, 2020
>
Shanghai based artist Cui Jie is best known for her paintings that fuse together modern and imaginary architectural forms. Described by the Wall Street Journal as one of ‘China’s Rising Art Stars’, Cui constructs new urban landscapes by synthesizing disciplines of architecture across time periods and cultures.
Taking references from architecture and public sculptures in China after the 1978 economic reforms, as well as European modernist and post-war Japanese architectural movement, her work also draws on natural forms visually linking urban and biological growth.
Through the use of convoluted perspectives and imagery her paintings depict the experiences of spatial disorientation in contemporary Chinese cities. Her painting is less about the painting of architecture and more about painting as architecture – dissecting, assembling and superimposing images of cityscapes to convey a heightened senses of rapid urbanisation in China.
Cui Jie has had solo exhibitions in China, Israel and Ireland and has been involved in major group shows in China, the USA and across Europe.
With support from Pilar Corrias
SELECTDISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.name, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.note, a.state, a.access, a.created_time, a.created_user_id, a.ordering, a.language, a.fieldparams, a.params, a.type, a.default_value, a.context, a.group_id, a.label, a.description, a.required, a.only_use_in_subform,l.title AS language_title, l.image AS language_image,uc.name AS editor,ag.title AS access_level,ua.name AS author_name,g.title AS group_title, g.access as group_access, g.state AS group_state, g.note as group_note
FROM bafnt_fields AS a
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_languages`AS l ON l.lang_code = a.languageLEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS uc ON uc.id=a.checked_out
LEFTJOIN bafnt_viewlevels AS ag ON ag.id = a.access
LEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_user_id
LEFTJOIN bafnt_fields_groups AS g ON g.id = a.group_id
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_fields_categories`AS fc ON fc.field_id = a.id
WHERE
(
(`a`.`context` = :context AND (`fc`.`category_id`ISNULLOR`fc`.`category_id`IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2,:preparedArray3)) AND`a`.`access`IN (:preparedArray4)) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`access`IN (:preparedArray5)) AND`a`.`state` = :state) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`state` = :gstate) AND`a`.`only_use_in_subform` = :only_use_in_subform
ORDERBY a.ordering ASC1.05ms6.48KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
SELECTDISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.name, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.note, a.state, a.access, a.created_time, a.created_user_id, a.ordering, a.language, a.fieldparams, a.params, a.type, a.default_value, a.context, a.group_id, a.label, a.description, a.required, a.only_use_in_subform,l.title AS language_title, l.image AS language_image,uc.name AS editor,ag.title AS access_level,ua.name AS author_name,g.title AS group_title, g.access as group_access, g.state AS group_state, g.note as group_note
FROM bafnt_fields AS a
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_languages`AS l ON l.lang_code = a.languageLEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS uc ON uc.id=a.checked_out
LEFTJOIN bafnt_viewlevels AS ag ON ag.id = a.access
LEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_user_id
LEFTJOIN bafnt_fields_groups AS g ON g.id = a.group_id
WHERE
(
(`a`.`context` = :context AND`a`.`access`IN (:preparedArray1)) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`access`IN (:preparedArray2)) AND`a`.`state` = :state) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`state` = :gstate) AND`a`.`only_use_in_subform` = :only_use_in_subform
ORDERBY a.ordering ASC876μs5.28KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
SELECT *
FROM`bafnt_banners`WHERE
(`reset` <= :dateAND`reset`ISNOTNULL) AND
(`checked_out`ISNULLOR`checked_out` = :userId)309μs7.89KBParams/administrator/components/com_banners/src/Helper/BannersHelper.php:69Copy
SELECT`a`.`id`,`a`.`type`,`a`.`name`,`a`.`clickurl`,`a`.`sticky`,`a`.`cid`,`a`.`description`,`a`.`params`,`a`.`custombannercode`,`a`.`track_impressions`,`cl`.`track_impressions`AS`client_track_impressions`FROM`bafnt_banners`AS`a`LEFTJOIN`bafnt_banner_clients`AS`cl`ON`cl`.`id` = `a`.`cid`WHERE
(
(
(`a`.`state` = 1) AND
(`a`.`publish_up`ISNULLOR`a`.`publish_up` <= :nowDate1)) AND
(`a`.`publish_down`ISNULLOR`a`.`publish_down` >= :nowDate2)) AND
(`a`.`imptotal` = 0OR`a`.`impmade` < `a`.`imptotal`) AND`a`.`catid`IN (:preparedArray1)
ORDERBY`a`.`sticky`DESC, `a`.`ordering` LIMIT 5427μs2.89KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
SELECTDISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.name, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.note, a.state, a.access, a.created_time, a.created_user_id, a.ordering, a.language, a.fieldparams, a.params, a.type, a.default_value, a.context, a.group_id, a.label, a.description, a.required, a.only_use_in_subform,l.title AS language_title, l.image AS language_image,uc.name AS editor,ag.title AS access_level,ua.name AS author_name,g.title AS group_title, g.access as group_access, g.state AS group_state, g.note as group_note
FROM bafnt_fields AS a
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_languages`AS l ON l.lang_code = a.languageLEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS uc ON uc.id=a.checked_out
LEFTJOIN bafnt_viewlevels AS ag ON ag.id = a.access
LEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_user_id
LEFTJOIN bafnt_fields_groups AS g ON g.id = a.group_id
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_fields_categories`AS fc ON fc.field_id = a.id
WHERE
(
(`a`.`context` = :context AND (`fc`.`category_id`ISNULLOR`fc`.`category_id`IN (:preparedArray1,:preparedArray2,:preparedArray3)) AND`a`.`access`IN (:preparedArray4)) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`access`IN (:preparedArray5)) AND`a`.`state` = :state) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`state` = :gstate) AND`a`.`only_use_in_subform` = :only_use_in_subform
ORDERBY a.ordering ASC1.05ms6.48KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
SELECTDISTINCT a.id, a.title, a.name, a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.note, a.state, a.access, a.created_time, a.created_user_id, a.ordering, a.language, a.fieldparams, a.params, a.type, a.default_value, a.context, a.group_id, a.label, a.description, a.required, a.only_use_in_subform,l.title AS language_title, l.image AS language_image,uc.name AS editor,ag.title AS access_level,ua.name AS author_name,g.title AS group_title, g.access as group_access, g.state AS group_state, g.note as group_note
FROM bafnt_fields AS a
LEFTJOIN`bafnt_languages`AS l ON l.lang_code = a.languageLEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS uc ON uc.id=a.checked_out
LEFTJOIN bafnt_viewlevels AS ag ON ag.id = a.access
LEFTJOIN bafnt_users AS ua ON ua.id = a.created_user_id
LEFTJOIN bafnt_fields_groups AS g ON g.id = a.group_id
WHERE
(
(`a`.`context` = :context AND`a`.`access`IN (:preparedArray1)) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`access`IN (:preparedArray2)) AND`a`.`state` = :state) AND
(`a`.`group_id` = 0OR`g`.`state` = :gstate) AND`a`.`only_use_in_subform` = :only_use_in_subform
ORDERBY a.ordering ASC876μs5.28KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy
SELECT *
FROM`bafnt_banners`WHERE
(`reset` <= :dateAND`reset`ISNOTNULL) AND
(`checked_out`ISNULLOR`checked_out` = :userId)309μs7.89KBParams/administrator/components/com_banners/src/Helper/BannersHelper.php:69Copy
SELECT`a`.`id`,`a`.`type`,`a`.`name`,`a`.`clickurl`,`a`.`sticky`,`a`.`cid`,`a`.`description`,`a`.`params`,`a`.`custombannercode`,`a`.`track_impressions`,`cl`.`track_impressions`AS`client_track_impressions`FROM`bafnt_banners`AS`a`LEFTJOIN`bafnt_banner_clients`AS`cl`ON`cl`.`id` = `a`.`cid`WHERE
(
(
(`a`.`state` = 1) AND
(`a`.`publish_up`ISNULLOR`a`.`publish_up` <= :nowDate1)) AND
(`a`.`publish_down`ISNULLOR`a`.`publish_down` >= :nowDate2)) AND
(`a`.`imptotal` = 0OR`a`.`impmade` < `a`.`imptotal`) AND`a`.`catid`IN (:preparedArray1)
ORDERBY`a`.`sticky`DESC, `a`.`ordering` LIMIT 5427μs2.89KBParams/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php:166Copy