From Shooter to Sculptor： Zhang Jianguo＇s Artistic Career

Zhang Jianguo, a shooting champion of Sichuan Province, has never imagined that he would be recorded into the Olympic history as a sculptor. Just before the 2000 Olympics opened in Sydney, his sculpture works ＂Charm of the Gun＂ was permanently collected by the International Olympic Committee （IOC）. This stainless steel statue stands 1.2 meters high, with its base made of black granite.     

Liu Hong： Chinese Lute Is My Best Love

Liu Hong, member of Tianjin Musicians Association and council member of the Pipa （Chinese lute） Academic Committee of China Traditional Orchestra Association, currently teaches pipa at Tianjin Music Conservatory. She is openminded and bold and vigorous in her work. Losing her father when she was only one year old, Liu, together with her two elder sisters, were raised only by her mother who is an elementary school teacher. As she liked singing very much, her music teacher at the elementary school recommended her to the choir of the city＇s children place. Unfortunately, the choir had no vacancy when Liu came. She therefore was transferred to the instrument class. There she began to learn pipa. Liu was not exceptional at all in the very beginning, but she liked pipa and practiced very hard. When the class entered into the advanced level, only five children were qualified for further study and Liu was one of them.     

WUMEN-STYLE PAINTERS： LIFE EXPERIENCES AND ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

In the history of Chinese painting, elite painting, an arguable definition, has been referred to time and again, Elite painting reached its acme in the Ming Dynasty, with its artistic traditions and creation standards further improved,     

蔡国强：否证的艺术

《蔡国强：我想要相信》大型个人回顾展由中外文化交流中心、美国古根海姆基金会共同主办，于北京奥运会期间在中国美术馆展出；该展为“相约北京·2008”奥运文化活动之一，也是蔡国强20多年艺术生涯的总结回顾及其作品国内最大规模的展示，所展出的蔡国强上世纪80年代至今的40组（件）代表作，分别来自欧美及亚洲多所美术馆及私人收藏，以年代顺序和不同主题为线索，充分展示蔡国强卓越的创造力和出众的视觉及概念语言，阐释其在形式与概念上对国际当代艺术创作及公众参与艺术活动的重要贡献。     

都市寓言诗--侧记美国雕塑家《乔治·席格尔：街景》雕塑展

乔治·席格尔（1924～2000）,美国20世纪最重要且最具影响力的艺术家。其艺术生涯起于绘画,自上世纪60年代起他由平面转向立体,以家人和朋友为模型,创作无数真人大小的塑像,并以椅子、长凳、窗框等实物,组合成独一无二的装置艺术。     

DRAWING FROM NATURE： XU ZHIGUANG＇S PAINTING

Xu Zhiguang, a Shandong-born painter, has a typical character of Shandong people--simple and guileless. His personality has had visible impacts on his artistic creation. ＂1 put much values on sketching, because I believe that sketching can not only improve expressiveness of my painting works, but also help me to have a better understanding of what is happening today,＂ said Xu.     

Huang Qiuyuan：a Master Painter with Great Market Value

<正>Huang Qiuyuan is known as a master painter of China in the 20th century. He was virtually unknown to the art community when he was alive, but enjoyed great fame after he was dead, just like Van Gogh.     

栾海伦：永远的春天

“我不差钱,从不按照别人好恶绘画;我遵循自己的艺术追求、凭艺术直觉创作”,青年画家栾海伦接受韩国KBS广播电台记者采访时,如是表达其关于艺术创作的态度,鲜明而直截。     

Abstract Painting of Zhang Daqian

Zhang Daqian is a master painter of Chinese traditional painting who enjoys worldwide reputation. He is also an artist with strong individuality and legendary experience. His artistic career can be divided into three different stages: following ancient masters before age 40, following the law of nature between age 40 and 60 and following mind after age 60. In his early years, Zhang     

吴冠中：艺术市场的神话

艺术市场的主导 吴冠中在中国当代美术史的资历并非很深,30年前的1978年,他才在“中央工艺美术学院”举办新中国成立以来首次个展,时年59岁。然而,就作品价格而言,无疑是他谱写了艺术市场的奇迹。     

张值：舒卷的色彩

去年岁末，《归去来兮～旅法画家张值油画展》在北京当代写实美术馆开幕，展出的是张值近10年创作的油画，人们由此可了解到张值艺术创作的轨迹。张值的油画，从东方审美情境出发，融入西方绘画理念，形成了独特的艺术风格。张值是继林风眠、赵无极、朱德群、吴冠中等之后，在东西方艺术交融的绘画创作上又一位成就卓越者。     

从中国当代艺术的暴富神话说起……

上世纪80年代以来，当代艺术一度备受市场冷落，可以说，整个八九十年代，当代艺术几乎不具备市场行情，国内关于当代艺术的拍卖行亦是凤毛麟角，因其成交状况的不理想，仅有的拍卖行只能苦苦支撑。至于当代艺术的画家也远涉重洋，纷纷到异国他乡寻求艺术事业的发展，如海上画坛著名的“四大金刚”——陈逸飞、魏金山、夏葆元、赖礼痒都前往美国，另外还有现已著名的陈丹青、韩辛、蔡国强等一批中青年画家。即使到72004年，当代艺术仍未走出市场的低迷。     

以“永恒价值”获誉——速写澳大利亚“阿奇博公众评选”奖获得者张鸿俊

1960生于中国上海、1997年移民澳大利亚的著名澳籍华裔画家张鸿俊(Adam Chang)系中国上海美术家协会会员。2011年,张鸿俊以著名小说家、诺贝尔文学奖得主约翰·库切(J.M.Coetzee)头像为题创作的肖像画《约翰·库切》,赢得澳大利亚最著名艺术奖项——阿奇博大奖的"公众评选"奖。     

雷梅迪奥斯·巴罗：记录女性的叛逆和逃离

雷梅迪奥斯·巴罗，西班牙杰出的女性画家，近年来获得了越来越高的评价，认为她是超现实主义绘画的杰出代表，女性艺术的先驱。她原是超现实主义诗人本杰明·皮拉特的爱人，其画风和思想受其影响并带有较强的自传性。她用画笔记录了一生中为逃离男性中心话语的控制而做的种种努力。巴罗少女时期在一个修道院里度过，这种严苛的环境反而培养了其叛逆的性格，她的一生似乎在各种逃亡中度过：家庭、婚姻、爱情、战争，以及男性美学权威。     

广岛之恋：时间与记忆的游历

上世纪50年代末，战后法国开始了一场被称为“新小说”，“新浪潮”（及“左岸派”）电影的艺术实践。文本和电影第一次互为彼此而生，其中最引人注目的是“新浪潮”电影对传统电影的高度自觉与革新，其创造性的试图通过胶片传递出在文学哲学领域里被反复演绎着的现代主义气质，在这个意义上“新浪潮”可算作名副其实的“作家电影”。     

20世纪中国启蒙的缺陷——再读康德《回答这个问题：什么是启蒙？》

在中國現代史上,大規模的啓蒙運動發生過兩次,一次是20世紀初的“五四運動”,一次是20世紀80年代的“思想解放運動”,或者說“新啓蒙”運動。這中間大約隔了一個甲子,經歷了中曰之戰和國共之戰,以及新中國成立和大躍進、反右、文革,國人日益遠離五四啓蒙,直到物極必反。這兩次啓蒙運動有一個共同的特點,就是曇花一現。來勢雖然凶猛,輿論也造得轟轟烈烈,但隨着政治形勢的轉折,不久就消沉下來,甚至反過來遭到批判和清算。只有當政治上國人繞了一個大大的圈子,有了整整一代人的新的記憶,人們才發現啓蒙仍然是一個回避不了的話題,這就是爲什么兩次啓蒙之間必須要間隔60年的原因。     

大地艺术伉俪：克里斯托夫妇的“包裹”艺术

克里斯托和让娜·克劳德夫妇,是当代备受关注的艺术家,他们的作品从来不出现在画廊、美术馆、展厅或艺术品拍卖会上,而是矗立在大地与自然之间,既让人叹为观止,又如惊鸿一瞥,稍纵即逝。从上世纪60年代开始,他们匪夷所思的浩然景观。这些无法定义艺术品范畴的艺术项目,介于建筑、雕塑、装置、环境、工程之间,成为大地艺术杰出的代表,而这对艺术伉俪近五十年的创作传奇,更是当代艺术史上的七绝一笔。