群展(参展艺术家)：

 

白宜洛，蒋迪，练东亚，耐戴夫.坎德，何新城，

盛天泓，王功新，王晋，王庆松，翁奋，张洹，张鸥

 

5.12四川大地震刚过去两个月，

 

艺术界在面对这种悲剧的时候该如何去做？

 

人们首先应该把精力投入满足基本需求上吗？

 

艺术创作是基本需求吗？

 

在捐助物资之后，当代艺术是否在四川地震灾区重建工作中扮演角色？

实际上，生存本能常常促进艺术家的创作，有意或无意中，对人类和养料及庇护所之间关系的探索成为许多艺术作品的常见主题，后者的形象反复出现。在不同程度上我们都一直处于焦虑之中，本能地寻求养料和庇护所。真实的生活把各种艰难状况强加于我们，提醒我们艺术创作源于日常生存的微不足道的仪式。

 

尽管这些艺术家进行创作时采用完全不同的媒介、尺寸、大小、颜色和概念，但是他们都把养料和庇护所当作本能需求和艺术创作的支撑。同时，这些作品也提出了这两个问题：消费动机和环境保护道德之间的关系是什么？拥有感觉不错的东西和必须拥有的东西之间的区别是什么？

 

如果没有足够的养料、庇护所和水，基本生存会是一大挑战。我们可能问自己的问题是，如果庇护所是安全的港湾，那么艺术也是安全的港湾吗?

 

 

Group Exhibition at PÉKIN FINE ARTS To include works by:

 

Bai Yiluo,  Jiang Di, Lian Dongya, Nadav Kander, Neville Mars, Sheng Tianhong, Wang Gongxin, Wang Jin,  Wang Qingsong, Weng Fen, Zhang Huan, Zhang O

 

We are only two months removed from the Sichuan earthquake of May 12^th.  

 

How does the art community remain relevant in the face of such tragedy? 

 

Should peoples’ energies be diverted to the job of putting basic needs first? 

 

Is art creation a basic need? 

 

After cash donations, does contemporary art have a role in the reconstruction of Sichuan’s earthquake hit, devastated areas?

 

In fact, basic survival instincts are often the impetus for artists’ work.

Consciously or unconsciously an exploration of our relationship with food and shelter is a common theme underlying many art works.  And images of food and shelter resurface again and again. To varying degrees we all exist in a continuous state of anxiety, instinctually seeking food and shelter.  Real life imposes its harsh conditions.  And we are reminded that

art-making comes from the small daily rituals of every day survival. 

 

These artists create works of disparate medium, size, color and concept. However, they all hang together on the basis of food and shelter as universal instinct and artist’s prop.  These artworks also raise questions of motivations for consumption vs. the ethics of conservation, and the difference between what is nice to have and what is a must-have.

 

Without adequate food, shelter and water supplies, simple survival is a challenge.  The question we may ask ourselves is if shelter is a safe haven, is art also a safe haven?