Yu Ji
Yu Ji: Wasted Mud
Yu Ji: Wasted Mud is the artist’s first publication and is produced to accompany her solo exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery in 2021; her first institutional show outside of Asia. The richly illustrated catalogue presents an in-depth exploration of Yu Ji’s practice to date – spanning sculpture, installation, performance and video – that is motivated by the investigation of the concept of place and the specific interplay between the human body and our surroundings.
Text in both English and Mandarin Chinese, the book features newly commissioned texts contributed by curator Polly Staple; artist and poet Yan Jun and curator Jo-ey Tang, as well as an interview with the artist by Ellen Greig, Senior Curator at Chisenhale Gallery. The book is designed by Jules Estèves. Wasted Mud is co-published by Chisenhale Gallery, with Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Sadie Coles HQ, London and Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong.
Polly Staple; Yan Jun; Jo-ey Tang; Ellen Greig and Yu Ji, 2021
Softcover 144 pages
Publisher: Chisenhale Gallery; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Sadie Coles HQ, and Kiang Malingue
ISBN: 9783753300559
Any orders placed past Friday 19 December will be shipped after the Christmas break. Sadie Coles HQ is closed for the holidays, from December 21st, and will reopen on January 6th, 2026.
