shan shui: landscapes revisited

Shan Shui: Landscapes Revisited is a series of evocative, abstract mountain- and cloudscapes, organic and layered, reminiscent of Chinese shan shui landscapes. Placing emphasis on expression rather than representation, classical Chinese landscape paintings did not aim to show the realistic appearance of nature but instead to capture its essence and rhythm, revealing the artist’s inner landscape.

In this series I search for expression by exploring the boundaries of photographic process, delving into the photographic materials themselves. The photosensitive chemicals in instant film, exposed to ambient light and hand-extruded, are worked in stages over time, capturing movement and gesture and recording evidence of the artist’s hand, which ultimately finds expression in the collision of light, chemicals, film, and physical manipulation.

Archival Pigment Print | 22" x 14" | 35" x 22" | 54” x 34”
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This is a small selection from the full series. For further information or a PDF catalog, please inquire.

To acquire a print, please contact Susan Spiritus Gallery.

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PRESS

“The results are striking as formal compositions. The interplay of shapes and colors are enjoyable at a purely abstract level. But they go deeper than that. The images work at a conceptual level both for their updated twist on an ancient art form and the beautiful process of photographic world building that Yip has devised.”
—Jennifer Shaw, Polaroid Week: Jonas Yip: Shan Shui, Lenscratch, October 28, 2022

EXHIBITS

2024
Visions Unfold, 8/31-9/29, SubTerra Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Visions Unfold, 8/23-8/25, Tryst, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Annual Community Exhibition, 7/26-10/6, Manhattan Beach Art Center, MB, CA

2023
dust to dust, 9/22-11/26, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Brand 51: Works on Paper, 7/8-9/1, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA

2020
2020 CPA International Juried Exhibition, 11/14-12/20, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA