In his almost half-century-long career, the esteemed ink-wash artist Jizi (1942–2015) created a vast body of work during a dynamic period of Chinese history. Opening next week at WhiteBox on the Lower East Side, “Jizi: Journey of the Spirit,” a memorial retrospective curated in association with the artist’s son, includes a selection of large-scale paintings (and a monumentally-sized, rarely exhibited, scroll) that reveal Jizi’s decades-long search for a synthesis of styles, cultures, and ideas that honor tradition, reinforce the ideal of the universal oneness of all things, and embrace personal expression. In its abstraction, its expressiveness, and its spiritual dimension — packed with painterly instincts that recall Kline, Motherwell, and Dzubas — Jizi’s luminous work can claim particular resonance for New York audiences. JID designed the promotional materials, including a movie-size poster.