Post-Edenic — Eve Yifan Jiang Exbition

NORITO is pleased to present Eve Yifan Jiang's first UK solo exhibition, Post-Edenic, on the occasion of London Gallery Weekend.

"Temperament determines material; material reshapes temperament," says Eve Yifan Jiang.

Trained in Western academic oil painting from a very young age, Jiang later encountered Gongbi (traditional Chinese meticulous painting), a formative experience that ultimately shaped her practice and led her to adopt ink on silk as her primary medium. Unlike more forgiving techniques, ink on silk permits little revision: once made, each mark remains permanently exposed. The process entails a degree of sustained vigilance which, over time, has turned Jiang into an extraordinarily cautious painter. Since relocating to London, her practice has evolved even further: silk has become Jiang's second skin, stretched directly onto wooden supports, leaving its translucency exposed.

In Post-Edenic, this referential framework finds its anchor in Jiang's very own introspective landscape, informed by her engagement with psychoanalytic thought. Central to this is Lacan's Mirror Stage, where the formation of the self occurs through recognition and separation. This condition finds its parallel in the idea of Eden — not as a place, but as a state that is lost upon gaining consciousness. Awakening, in this sense, is inseparable from exile; the moment one becomes aware is the moment they understand that return is no longer possible.

Opening hours: Wed-Fri 12-6pm, Saturday 12-4pm. Closed Sunday-Tuesday.

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