天行健―――中国当代艺术前沿展

天行健―――中国当代艺术前沿展

THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE –

 Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art   

策展人 方振宁

艺术家 Artist（按拼音顺序排列）

苍鑫 陈庆庆 陈文令 崔岫闻 方力钧 俸正杰 洪磊 侯俊明 华庆 黄铭哲 黄岩 季大纯

李真 李路明 刘野 刘力国 马刚 缪晓春 祁志龙 沈少民 史金淞 王功新 王明贤 武明中

夏小万 邢丹文 徐一晖 杨千 尹朝阳 于凡 展望 张念 赵能智 郑连杰 钟飙

  展期2007.12.15-2008.1.13

  酒会2007.12.15(六)  15:00

  地点亚洲艺术中心 (北京)  Asia Art Center (Beijing)

  100015 北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号大山子798艺术区 (798东街)

    主题为“天行健--中国当代前沿艺术展”的群展，反映了中国当代艺术最新状态，此展由位于北京798的亚洲艺术中心委托著名艺术评论家独立策展人方振宁策划，聚集了35位位于中国当代艺术最前沿的艺术家。作品分三大类：架上绘画，立体作品和摄影影像作品。中国当代前沿艺术展参展艺术家的作品，反映了当代中国艺术家旺盛的创作欲望和非凡的才能。
   
    主题 “天行健”一语，出自《周易》的“干卦”，全句为“天行健，君子以自强不息”，意为：君子刚毅坚卓，发愤图强。就是说，君子应该向天地宇宙一样运行不息，既使困难重重，也不屈不挠。天行健，这三个字在中国文明的天空中回荡了上千年，他之所以还坚挺在我们的记忆中，那是因为我们把“天”那种刚强劲健的运动作为向上的动力。
   
    在这里，“天”仍然是刚强劲健地运动着，而“君子”，就是中国当代艺术最前沿的艺术家们。今天我们用“天行健”三个字来比喻中国当代艺术的状态，是再合适不过的。
   
    有关这些艺术家的挑选，艺术家的自述和简历，以及评论家对艺术家综合评价，还有高品位文献性画册的出版，是对中国当代艺术这一万里长征中的重要记录。
   
    除此而外，这个展览也是亚洲艺术中心 (Asia Art Center) 在北京以及世界知名的中国当代艺术最重要的聚集地北京798，有着1000平米当代艺术新空间的开幕首展，这是该中心在北京架构最新国际艺术平台的起步，所以我们非常重视艺术家的选择和组合，他是多层次，多空间，多次元复杂而丰富的中国当代艺术状态的缩影。

 

THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE –

Exhibition of Frontier Contemporary Chinese Art   

Curator Fang Zhenning

Artist

Cang Xin/ Chen Qingqing/ Chen Wenling/Cui Xiuwen/ Fang Lijun/ Feng Zhengjie/ Hong Lei/  Hou Chunming /Hua Qing/ Huang Mingche/ Huang Yan/ Ji Dachun/ Li Chen/ Li Luming/  Liu Ye/ Liu Liguo/Ma Gang/Miao Xiaochun/ Qi Zhilong/ Shen Shaomin/ Shi Jinsong/Wang Gongxi/Wang Mingxian/ Wu Mingzhong/ Xia Xiaowan/ Xing Danwen/ Xu Yihui/ Yang Qian/ Yin Zhaoyang/Yu Fan/ Zhan Wang/ Zhang Nian/ Zhao Nengzhi / Zheng Lianjie/ Zhong Biao

Period  2007.12.15-2008.1.13

Opening  2007.12.15(六)  15:00

Venue  Asia Art Center (Beijing)

798 East St., Dashanzi 798 Art District, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100015

The group exhibition with the theme of “Heaven Maintaining Vigor- Contemporary Pioneering Art Exhibition of China” is entrusted by Asia Art Center located in Beijing 798 and are planned by Fang Zhengning, a famous art critic and an independent exhibition planner, which gather 35 most pioneering artists of Chinese contemporary art and reflect the latest movement of Chinese contemporary art. The works are composed of three categories: paintings on the shelf, 3-D works and photographic and video works. The works of the artists participating in the Contemporary Pioneering Art Exhibition of China reflect energetic creative desires and extraordinary talents of Chinese contemporary artists. 

The theme of “heaven maintaining vigor” originated from “Qiangua diagram” in the Book of Changes. The whole sentence is: As Heaven’s movement is ever vigorous, so must a gentleman ceaselessly strive along, which means that a gentleman should be dauntless, resolute and steadfast, and work with stamina and diligence. That is to say that a gentleman should be moving like the heaven and the earth and never give in even in case of setbacks. The words have been echoing in the sky of Chinese civilization for over 1000 years. The reason why they are still rooted in our memory is that we have seen the energetic and vigorous movement of the “heaven” as the motivation to make progress.
   
Here, the “heaven” is still moving energetically and vigorously and the “gentlemen” are the pioneering artists of Chinese contemporary art. It is most fit that we compare “heaven maintaining vigor” to the state of Chinese contemporary art nowadays.

The selection of the artists, self statements and profiles of them, comprehensive evaluation of critics for them as well as the publication of high taste documentary albums of paintings is an important record of the long march of Chinese contemporary art. 
   
Moreover, this exhibition is the exhibition for grand opening of Asia Art Center with a new space for contemporary art covering 1000sqm in Beijing 798, the most important hub of Chinese contemporary art in Beijing and a famous one in the world. It is the starting point of the center to build a latest international art platform in Beijing, so we attach great importance to the selection and combination of artists. It is a miniature of multi-layer, multi-space, diversified and rich state of Chinese contemporary art.