黄致阳，灵兽（局部），黄铜、金箔，135 x 86 x 132 cm，2008

　　黄致阳《永远的边界》个展

　　北京艺门画廊

　　2009年2月21日-4月30日

　　台湾艺术家黄致阳个展开幕酒会：2009年2月21日下午2点到6点。欢迎光临！

　　艺术家自述：

　　在我看来，从一定的时空距离之外看待事物从来都很重要。因此，我倾向于在审视人生时，当一个局外人，与主流刻意保持一定的距离，仿佛“游移”在日常生活的主流之外。对我来说，“游移”通常意味着对周围环境和现状的质疑。可以说，对于生活我有着自己坚持的一种态度，也就是刻意与主流以及或许被他人视作重心的东西保持一定的距离。

　　对大多数人来说，当代艺术已被理所当然地作为日常生活的有机组成部分。然而，这并不意味着当代艺术的潮流能够解决生活中的所有问题或成为主流的一部分。大部分所谓“当代艺术”无非是为了满足市场需求和我们对于最新消费产品和西洋景的难填欲壑所出现的副产品或现象。今天，大量“当代艺术”只不过是制造了社会现实的模糊影像，都是些因为远离现实而常常显得虚假而庸俗的形象。现在的“当代艺术”可不像以前那个“现代艺术”那样致力于描述现实和有血有肉的活动中的饱满份量，而是常常缺乏意义和内容，总趋从于日常生活中流行的——以及表面的——东西。所以我觉得是时候给目前所谓的“当代艺术”换个更恰当的词了。

　　应当承认的是，我自己也加入了制造“当代艺术”的行列。从前我觉得自己是一个艺术创作者，而现在我自认为是一个艺术制造者。作为“艺术制造者”的我竟然比作为“艺术创作者”的我更加快乐，也比从前更加不遗余力地去实现我的作品，这令我自己也感到惊奇。这一态度和自我意识的转换是随着我生活环境上的变化出现的。在北京生活了两年，已让我习惯于自己目前这种边缘人状态，习惯于在外围当一个生活的旁观者。我因为边缘而享有更多自由，也因为边缘而少了很多焦虑。我可以作为一个局外人来看待围绕事件中心的纷纷扰扰，高兴的话有时也可以进去搅和一下。不过大多数时间里我还是与所谓“当代艺术”相关活动这一现象保持了距离。我这样说，也许会让人有理由怀疑我对现今艺术界的态度还是很复杂的。

　　在《永远的边界》中，我意在展现近期完成作品的主要焦点，亦即我带着复杂的心情在边缘生活的状态下完成的东西。保持这一边缘状态强化了我对生活中许多现实状况的矛盾心情。作品正是在边缘生活和源自这种边缘生活的不可避免的矛盾态度的对抗中产生，从而有了这个展览的名字，“永远的边界”。

　　黄致阳

　　2008年9月30日

　　北京

　　开放时间：周三到周日上午10点到下午6点。周一和周二仅接受预约参观。

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　　Pékin Fine Arts:

　　Huang Zhiyang (b. 1965 Taipei), Peripheral Vision, Solo Exhibition

　　February 21 – April 30, 2009

　　Huang Zhiyang Auspicious Beast – Pio Pio (Detail) Bronze Sculpture With Gold Leaf 135 x 86 x 132 cm, 2008

　　Opening Reception for Taiwanese artist Huang Zhiyang’s solo exhibition in China: February 21, 2009, from 2 to 6 pm. ALL WELCOME!

　　Artist’s Statement:

　　“In my view, it’s always important to consider matters from the vantage point of a bit of time and distance. Consequently, I tend to view life from the sidelines, deliberately maintaining some distance from the mainstream, seemingly “drifting away” from the main currents of every day life. “Drifting away” for me, usually means questioning my surroundings and the status quo. You could say I’ve developed an attitude towards life that I adhere to, where I intentionally keep some distance from the mainstream and from what might be considered central to others.

　　For most, contemporary art is widely accepted as integral to every day life. However, this does not mean that trends in contemporary art can solve all of life’s problems nor become part of the mainstream. Most so-called “Contemporary Art” is no more than a by-product or phenomenon needed to meet the demands of the marketplace and our endless appetite for the latest consumer products and spectacle. Today, much of “Contemporary Art” never goes beyond creating faint shadows of societal reality, images so far removed from reality that they often appear fake and vulgar. Unlike “Modern Art” of the past, which sought to depict the heavy weight of reality and flesh-and-blood activities, today’s “Contemporary Art” often lacks meaning and substance, typically conforming to what is popular –and superficial - in every day life. So in my view, it is time to find a more appropriate term for what passes these days as “Contemporary Art”.

　　Admittedly, I am also engaged in “Contemporary Art” production. In the past I thought I was an art creator, but now I regard myself as an art producer. To my surprise, I feel happier with the title of “Art Producer” rather than “Art Creator”, and I am more determined than ever in realizing my art works. This shift in my attitude and self-consciousness arose following my change in my living environment. The past two years living in Beijing have made me accustomed to my current status as a person on the periphery looking at life’s events from the sidelines. Thanks to my marginal status, I now enjoy more freedom and less anxiety. I can observe all the hustle and bustle and turmoil around the centre of activity, as an outsider, and occasionally butt in if I wish. But for most of the time, I stay away from this phenomenon of so-called “Contemporary Art” related activities. Having said all of this, one may rightfully ask whether I am more than a little ambivalent toward the art world of today.

　　In I attempt to present the main focus of my most recently completed Art Work; Art Works that came out of my status living on the periphery with an attitude of ambivalence. Maintaining this marginal status reinforces my feelings of ambivalence toward many of life’s realities. And the Art Work that is born of this tension between a life on the periphery and the inevitable attitude of ambivalence resulting there from, has inspired the title of this exhibition. In Chinese, the term is literally translated as “Always on the Periphery”.

　　Huang Zhiyang

　　September 30, 2008

　　Beijing

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