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 奥燕 发表于: 2017-10-17 22:38:02|显示全部楼层|阅读模式

[油画] 历史的见证-关于"时光交错"张杰与何晋渭作品

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Historical Testimony—On the Works of ZHANG Jie and HE Jinwei in The Intersection of Time
  By/Wang Chunchen
  Today,we often raise questions about history。First,what is history? Second,is there a certain history or not? Third,how does history exist? Since the ancient times,history has been a chain of time that extends seamlessly and endlessly。We can hardly assume its starting and ending points。Compared with the immemoriality and continuity,human existence is only ephemeral。In the face of the vast universe,human fate seems to be tragic。

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南部县地图 Map of Manbu County

  And in the present,we are caught in the state of ignorance,since we don‘t know whether it’s the inevitability of history that leads us here or history has been like today all the time。But we are all clearly and physically experiencing and realizing all the changes in our lives,even some drastic ones。Scenery and people can all be new and strange。In today’s society,on one side,there are dazzling neon lights and numerous high-rises,and on the other side,the large-scale disappearance of the past things。When cities are expanding without restriction and devouring the green lands unscrupulously,what we gain are not home but endless lust and perturbed humanity。

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陈家大院 2016年 Chen‘s Yard 2016

  What kind of history is this? What are the causes for such results? The reality is both in this moment and in the history,since the past no longer exists and the future is being changed。If history is a record,we can only be faithful to it;if history is a memory,we can only paint it with pigment that never fades;if history is going to embrace the future,then these canvas should be the physical evidence in the future,proving that at the beginning of 21st Century there is a group of people who have produced some paintings and writings for keeping our attention away from oblivion。

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南部县留守儿童、孤寡老人 Children and elderly stay-at-home

  These are the deeds of people who have the sense of history。ZHANG Jie and HE Jinwei are artists who come from the Sichuan and Chongqing region of China。Born in the 1950s and 1960s,they have gone through the Cultural Revolution,Chinese society’s opening up in the 1980s,the market transformation in the 1990s,and the profound social fission from the beginning of 21st Century till now。This life and living background is no longer their personal experience,but the portrayal of the whole era and the mental journey of a couple of generations in this era。The whole social transformation is shocking:living in such an environment,what they see and the information they receive every day are the large-scale urban expansion,the disappearance of rural green lands。More importantly,people are encoded in a new way,which means all the old and preexisting modes are remolded,and people’s identities are undergoing unprecedented situations and changes。The houses,streets,and neighbourhoods that have been lived by the past several generations all disappeared,along with all the memories。When they are replaced by brand new urban architectures constructed by steel and concrete,we can only hope this is the birth of new history where new generations will come onto the stage and be able to safeguard their home and belief。ZHANG Jie uses his skilled brushes to recount the contrast between these historical scenes and the reality。While time does not freeze in reality,it freezes in under his brush。His The Story of Empty-Nest Elderly serial works are both the historical depiction of the real China and the visual literature for archaeology in the future。Here streets and allies are no longer carriers of the poem but the helplessness of history and the regret of future。

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亚洲现场陈家大院项目 Chen‘s Yard Project of Asia Scen Art Space 2016

  These paintings are not created by painter’s brush,but by the historical moments。Reality crushes the history and reorganizes the history;reality erases the memory and plants new genes into it。The situation for people in reality has already exceeded our imagination:all the left-behind children can equal to real sadness and tears of their relatives。HE Jinwei’s has created a series of realistic works themed on the theme of left-behind children in recent years,and these children have become a scar ironed on his heart。He is constantly seeking the traces of memory and trying to preserve the time,hoping those children who are living in the same land as ours have a healthy and complete childhood。However,these most sincere and daily meanings of life are broken,which makes HE Jinwei sign and feeling sad at heart。Is this our land? Are these children our next generation? Is this the future created by own hands? Children will always be the inevitable continuation of human beings,and we all grow up from childhood。So what does incomplete childhood means? Due to social transformation,distorted social structure,and boundaries of social identities,alienation is taking place in China,which leads to the separation of thousands of families。Children are living distantly from their parents,parents find no way to meet their missing for children,and children are losing parental love and suffering emotionally and spiritually。If this sort of separation only takes place in several families,we cannot call it the tragic of history;if the pains are only in several Souls,we cannot criticize it as the absurdity of reality。But the situation is different from this assumption。The reality is that millions of people in China are suffering this sadness and pain,and millions of families are experiencing separation。What a tragic and cold reality it is!

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  I once visited HE Jinwei’s hometown with him and saw a newly built temple and a Buddha statue inside the temple under the mountain rock。A giant reclining Buddha is lying under the cliff,with extravagant red and golden decoration。Inside the three-layer temple,there are Bodhisattva statue,Luohan statue,and folklore gods and Daoism figure statues。Their glamor and luxuriousness derive from the desperation of local people,who devoted their utmost passion to these decorations for the purpose of having a place that safeguards their inner peace。All the wish is to be free from turbulence and sufferings。Praying for afterlife peace is absurd in reality! The reality of today’s society should be harmonious and peaceful and should march towards progress,rationality and modern civilization。But what the reality brings to people are endless regrets and worries。

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  ZHANG Jie’s empty nest series and HE Jinwei’s left-behind children series have constructed the two dimensions of scene and people,which talks with one another in dialogues。One group reveals the vanity of reality with rich colors and the other group express the graveness of reality with black and white。In these two series,history and reality are lasting reflections;in the mutual gazing between history and reality,the intersection of time during this centurial transformation is even more pronounced。ZHANG Jie and HE Jinwei use their historical approach to record and present the scenes of China,which leaves proof for future and alert for today。It is true that we will never be able to arrive at the Faramita of future。Therefore,we can only fulfill the responsibilities of a person with integrity,pursuit and conscience in reality。How can we realize the salvation of mankind? Will Messiah come again? All the attitudes on human beings,both Western and Oriental,have become our most pressing concern。

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  While living on the earth,we can only conscientiously and relentlessly express our existence in the reality through writing and painting,praying that the history will not。
  June 6,2017,Beijing

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何晋渭(左)、张杰(右)1989年合影 Photo of He Jinwei & Zhang Jie in 1989

历史的见证
──关于“时光交错”的张杰与何晋渭作品
⊙作者:作者:王春辰

  今天,我们常常提出历史的问题。第一,历史是什么?第二,有无历史?第三,历史如何存在?从古至今,这是一条时间的链条,绵密无间,不断延展,甚至我们无法设想它的起点和终点。对于它的恒古性和持续性,我们人的存在不过是沧海一粟,微不足道到极点。面对这样茫茫苍穹,我们似乎悲从中来,何堪于人世间的繁忙与纷扰!

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何晋渭、张杰90年代照片 Photos of He Jinwei & Zhang Jie in 1990s

  今天,我们置身在一种无名的状态中,因为我们不知道是历史的必然性导致今天如此,还是历史从来是如此。但我们又都清晰地、切肤地经历着、感受到我们所遭遇的一切变化和改变,甚至变得面目全非,物非人非。景观不是那个曾经的景,人不是那个曾经的人。举目所在,一面是华灯异彩、高楼林立,一面是过往的一切在大面积地消失;当城市无限生长,肆无忌惮地吞噬田野绿地的时候,我们得到的不是我们的家,而是无休止的欲望的蔓延,是人性不能再守候于安详。

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何晋渭、张杰2016年陈家大院写生照片 Zhang Jie & He Jinwei in Chen‘s Yard

  这是怎样的历史?是怎样的结果导致如此?现实是当下的,但它却是实实在在历史的,因为过往已经不存在,而未来就这样地被改变。如果说历史是一种记录,我们只好记录它;如果历史是一种回忆,我们只好用无法忘却的画笔来呈现它;如果历史还有未来,就让这些画布成为未来的物证,证明曾经在21世纪初叶有一批人、画了一批画、写了一批文字、为的是不让我们的目光被遗忘。

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残院。荒草 何晋渭 布面油画 2017 60x50cm

  这就是一些怀有历史感的人的所作所为。张杰和何晋渭都是来自中国四川、重庆地区的艺术家,他们出生在1950年代、60年代,经历了文革、1980年代的中国社会开放、90年代的市场转型、21世纪初十年迄今的社会大裂变。这样的生活与生存背景已经不是他们个人的事情,是整整一个时代的写照,是这个时代几代人的心路历程。所有的社会变迁都是触目惊心的,他们就身处在这样的环境里,每天看到的、接触的讯息都是大规模的城市扩张、乡村田野的消失,更主要的是人群的重新被编码,即任何旧有的、固定的模式都被改造了,他们的身份属性遇到前所未有的新情况、新变化。历史上几辈人居住的屋舍、巷陌、街区都消失殆尽,所有的过往记忆都不复存在,当一切被簇新的钢筋混凝土的城市建筑取代时,我们只有期盼这是新的历史诞生,新新人类将由此出场,他们将可以守卫他们的家园和信念。张杰以娴熟的画笔一一道来这样的历史场景与现实对比,时间只有在他的画笔下才被凝固,而不是在现实中。他的空巢计系列是现实中国的历史画卷,是未来考古的视觉文献。阡陌街巷不再是诗意的承载,却是历史的无奈和未来的遗憾。

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石头记系列 何晋渭 The Story of Stone Series  He Jinwei

  这样的画卷不由画家画笔画出,而是由这个历史的瞬间刻画的。现实将历史粉碎,又重组历史;现实将记忆抹平,又另外植入新基因。现实人的境遇已经超出我们的想象,所有的这些留守儿童都是现实的悲伤、亲人的眼泪。何晋渭近年来的系列创作都是围绕着留守儿童,谱写了一幅又一幅的现实图景,这些留守儿童成为他心中挥之不去的一道伤痕。他在自己生长的家乡不断寻觅记忆的痕迹,希望留住时间,希望那些与其一样生活在那片土地上的儿童有健康、完整的快乐童年。这些作为最为朴素、最为日常的生活意义竟然都被打破、打碎,使得何晋渭悲心难平,感喟万分。这是我们的大地吗?这是我们的子嗣吗?这是我们自己一手造成的未来吗?儿童永远是人类繁衍延续的必然,我们皆由生命的初始经儿童年华而成长,一个不能完整成长的童年意味着什么?中国因社会转型、因社会结构的扭曲、因社会身份界限的分离,而导致千百万家庭生生离别,儿童与父母天各一方,父辈思念孩子无以有解,儿童失去父母之爱而心灵饱受别离之苦。如果是几个人的离别,不足以述说历史的悲戚,如果是几个人的伤痛,不可以指斥现实的荒谬;但它们却不是。这是举国千百万人的悲戚与痛苦,数以百万计的儿童与父母分离,这是何等的悲苦和现实的麻木。

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残院·斜阳 何晋渭 布面油画 2017 80x60cm

  我曾经与何晋渭一起去访问了他的家乡,看到了在山岩下的一处新修的庙宇和里面的佛像。一面巨大的卧佛横躺在山崖巨石之下,披红挂金,极尽奢华之能事。错落三层的佛堂里有菩萨像、罗汉像,也有民间的仙道人物像,它们之所以浮华艳丽,都是生于这片土地上的人的无奈,他们用他们最大的热情来装扮这里,为的是让自己有一片守护心灵宁静的场所,求的是不再动荡、不再纠葛。为来世而求宁静是多么的现实荒诞,现实在今天本应该是和谐安宁的,本应该是进步的,本应该是理性向着现代文明迈进的,但现实让人们遭遇的却是无尽的遗憾和忧心。

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空巢记系列 张杰 布面油画 2017 80×100cm

  张杰的空巢组画与何晋渭的留守儿童系列构成了景观与人群的两个维度,互为对话倾述。一组以丰富的色彩展示实现的浮华,一组是黑白色为主来表现现实的凝重;在这两个系列里,历史与现实是无尽的反思,在相互对视下,更加凸显了世纪之变的时光交错。张杰和何晋渭以他们的春秋笔法来记录、呈现中国现场的历史之镜,它们给未来留下证据,给今日提示惊醒。是的,我们永远无法达到未来的彼岸,我们只能在此岸做到一个本分人该有的责任,寄托我们今人还不曾泯灭的情怀与良知。从东方到西方,在关于人的一切态度上,我们如何做到人类的救赎、弥赛亚是否再次降临,都成了我们心中的郁结。

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空巢记系列 张杰 布面油画 2017 100×130cm/80×100cm

  但是在尘世间的我们,唯有我们保有良知、坚韧不懈地用画笔、用文字表达我们和现实同在,祈求历史不背弃这片土地上的芸芸众生。
  2017年6月6日于北京

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本次展览策展人王春辰(一排左四)与艺术家何晋渭(左五)于南部县合影

  Curator of this exhibition Wang Chunchen(Left 4 Row 1)
  & Artist He Jinwei(Right 5)in Nanbu County

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