开幕式／Opening: 2006.11.19  15:00
    展览时间／Duration: 2006.11.19 - 200612.24
    策展人／Curator: 舒阳 Shu Yang

   From the work of these four artists Li Dafang, Shi Xinning, Zhang Xiaotao and Fu Hong we can see a slight change of direction in Chinese contemporary art. Their paintings have achieved a new mode of discussion, where judging the value of art no longer requires entanglement in the traditions of painting, cultural background or regional location. This does not mean that the unique traditions of painting and regional or cultural context are of no relevance, merely that a momentous change has taken place as regards this type of relevancy. The cultural characteristics of Chinese contemporary art in the context of globalization, and its cultural characteristics as judged by Chinese standards, are two completely different ways of looking at culture. The latter brings up a long-standing dislocation between China and the rest of the world that keeps Chinese culture locked in a relativist confrontation with other cultures. This confrontation swings between emphasising conceptualised national characteristics while neglecting the self-renewal of Chinese culture, and becoming so obsessed with translating other cultures that its own language is lost. Globalization has given all cultures the opportunity to rebuild the world on a foundation of respect for the value of individual lives, and this is the biggest challenge that every culture faces in the process of globalization. The work of Li Dafang, Shi Xinning, Zhang Xiaotao and Fu Hong should be regarded as having emerged in response to the age of globalization, and perhaps their work indicates that Chinese contemporary art is sketching out a new roadmap.

    从李大方、石心宁、张小涛、付泓的绘画作品，我们可以约略地看到中国当代艺术的转向。这些绘画作品获得了一种新的讨论方式：不必再纠缠在绘画的传统和所处的地域文化背景中，来判断艺术的价值。这并不意味着绘画与其特定的传统和地域文化背景无关，只是这种关联在今天已经发生了重大的变化。中国当代艺术在全球化背景下的文化特性与在中国本位下的文化特性，是完全不同的看待文化的方式。后者所牵带出来的永无止境的中外错位，使中国文化永远与其他文化处于相对主义的对峙之中。在这种对峙中，不是在强调概念化的民族性中忽略了中国文化的自我更新，就是热衷于转译他者而完全失语。全球化给了所有文化一个机会，把世界建立在尊重个人生命价值的基础上。无论何种文化，是否尊重个人的生命价值都是在此全球化过程中最大的挑战。李大方、石心宁、张小涛、付泓的绘画作品，该当是应全球化之运而生，也许他们的作品意味着中国当代艺术正在勾画的新路线图。