顧德新:2009.3.14
開(kāi)幕：2009年3月14日 週六 16:00
展期：2009年3月15日 – 2009年4月3日
開(kāi)放時(shí)間：10:00–22:00（週一參觀請(qǐng)預(yù)約）
地址：前門(mén)23號(hào)?天安時(shí)間當(dāng)代藝術(shù)中心 北京市東城區(qū)前門(mén)東大街23號(hào)
作為在國(guó)際當(dāng)代藝術(shù)界倍受尊崇的藝術(shù)家，顧德新被公認(rèn)為近20年來(lái)最具超前意識(shí)的觀念藝術(shù)家，是"前衛(wèi)藝術(shù)家中最前衛(wèi)的一位"（評(píng)論家栗憲庭語(yǔ)），"只為藝術(shù)生産作品的藝術(shù)家"（評(píng)論家黃專語(yǔ)），甚至"中國(guó)最好的藝術(shù)家"（評(píng)論家費(fèi)大為語(yǔ)）。受天安時(shí)間當(dāng)代藝術(shù)中心之邀，顧德新將於2009年3月14日首次在中國(guó)的心臟位置實(shí)施新作。
作為中國(guó)觀念藝術(shù)的先驅(qū)，顧德新是早期概念主義團(tuán)體"新刻度小組"的重要成員，早在1989年就是巴黎蓬皮杜藝術(shù)中心"大地魔術(shù)師"國(guó)際大展的參展藝術(shù)家，歷年來(lái)參加過(guò)國(guó)內(nèi)外多個(gè)重要藝術(shù)展覽。在多年不間斷的創(chuàng)作生涯中，顧德新善於利用生活中為人所熟悉的物質(zhì)作為作品材料，以極為犀利的視角、嚴(yán)肅而深刻的思考，以及最直接的語(yǔ)言，探討生命和社會(huì)最本質(zhì)的現(xiàn)象和問(wèn)題。在評(píng)論界看來(lái)，他也是極少數(shù)不使用中國(guó)符號(hào)的中國(guó)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)家之一，極少解釋自己的作品或把它們推向市場(chǎng)。顧德新于2004年獲得CCAA中國(guó)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)獎(jiǎng)"傑出貢獻(xiàn)獎(jiǎng)"。
此次新展中，藝術(shù)家將結(jié)合天安時(shí)間當(dāng)代藝術(shù)中心特殊的空間形態(tài)和建築特性，繼續(xù)使用生肉、水泥、大理石等日常材料，以其特有的智慧的藝術(shù)語(yǔ)言，直面生命與社會(huì)現(xiàn)實(shí)，傳達(dá)動(dòng)人心魄的藝術(shù)力量。"顧德新：2009.3.14"按藝術(shù)家的慣例以開(kāi)幕日期命名。對(duì)此，幾乎從不接受採(cǎi)訪的顧德新説過(guò)："觀眾不需要被語(yǔ)言束縛住他們對(duì)作品或展覽的看法, 或被名稱來(lái)引導(dǎo)思維；另一方面, 一個(gè)日期就代表一個(gè)事情的結(jié)束或者開(kāi)始, 對(duì)我來(lái)説，一個(gè)展覽的日期是結(jié)束, 而對(duì)你們來(lái)説，是一個(gè)開(kāi)始。"
賀潔
天安時(shí)間當(dāng)代藝術(shù)中心?前門(mén)23號(hào)
北京市東城區(qū)前門(mén)東大街23號(hào)
電話：86 10 65598008 * 810
傳真：86 10 65599260
hejie@bca-legationquarter.com
http://www.legationquarter.com
Gu Dexin：2009.3.14
Opening：2009.3.14 16:00 Saturday
Duration: 2009.3.15 – 2009.4.3
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 22:00 Mondays by appointment only
Venue: Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter No.23, Qian Men Dong Da Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Gu Dexin is one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary artists, widely esteemed for his great foresight within conceptual art during the last two decades. Gu has received national and international critical acclaim; Li Xianting named him “the most avant-garde artist amid the avant-garde”, Huang Zhuan titled him as the one “whose artistic production serves only art” and Fei Dawei honored him as “the best Chinese artist of all”. Now, after all of his past provocative and preeminent artistic achievements and experiments, Gu Dexin will showcase his latest work at Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter—his first exhibition in the very heart of China.
As a pioneer of Chinese Conceptual Art, Gu Dexin played a significant role in the early conceptualist “New Analysts Group”. Since his 1989 participation in "Les Magiciens de la Terre" at Center Georges Pompidou in Paris, Gu has been included in several major national and international exhibitions. In his artistic production, Gu uses familiar daily objects- often of vegetable, animal or industrial origins to serve as materials, which directly unveil his radical and provocative viewpoint about the most substantial issues of life and social reality. Critics regard him as one of the few Chinese artists to avoid obvious Chinese symbols and that he probably does the least to explain or market his works. In 2004, the Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA) honored Gu with their “Outstanding Contribution” award.
The upcoming exhibition will continue to feature daily materials such as raw meat, cement, and marble combining them with BCA’s specific spatial pattern and structure. With his unique and intelligent artistic language, Gu will convey the sense of tremendous thrill in confronting life and social reality. The title “Gu Dexin: 2009.3.14” is systematically named after the opening date of the art event for according to this low-profile artist, “on one hand, the way the audiences perceive an artwork or an exhibition should not be confined by the use of language. On the other hand, from my personal perspective, the inscription of a date also signifies the opening or closing of an event. For me, this date is a closing. But for others, it is a beginning.”
He Jie
Beijing Center for the Arts at Legation Quarter
No. 23, Qian Men Dong Da Jie, Dong Cheng District, Beijing
T: 86 10 65598008 * 810
F: 86 10 65599260
hejie@bca-legationquarter.com
http://www.legationquarter.com
