冷林

冷林

冷林　　

1965年生于北京，中国当代艺术策展人。1988年毕业于中央美术学院美术史系，获学士学位；1993 年获该系硕士学位。担任北京公社创始人及现任主持，并担任著名美国画廊PaceWildenstein在亚洲的唯一分支机构Pace Beijing的总裁。

冷林曾任中国艺术研究院《文艺研究》编辑、中国社会科学院文学所助理研究员。1993年至2007年间，担任中国社会科学院副教授。从1994年开始，他全面涉足当代艺术领域，分别扮演过艺术评论家、策划人、艺术市场化和商业化的推动者等多重角色；是中国本土最重要的艺术评论家及艺术策划人之一，撰写了很多评论文章并发表于国际重要刊物中。其中在对90年代中国艺术的理论概括与分析中创建性提出的“是我”概念尤为引人注目；他曾经举办过颇具影响的《世说新语》、《是我》等展览；并在96、97年开创性地组织了两次中国当代艺术的拍卖，为中国当代艺术全面市场化奠定了基础。

Leng Lin

Leng Lin (born in 1965, Beijing) is an important curator of Chinese contemporary art. He graduated from the Department of Art History, Central Academy of Fine Arts with B.A. in Art History in 1988 and in 1993 he was awarded a master’s degree in Art History. He is the founder of Beijing Commune and the president of Pace Beijing.

Prior to founding Beijing Commune, Leng was the editor of Art and Literature Research, and also the assistant researcher of the Institute of Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From 1993 to 2007, he worked as an Associate Professor of Art Theory and History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since 1994, he has been in the field of Chinese contemporary art acting as a critic, curator, and gallerist; he is recognized as one of the most important curators and critics in mainland China. He has written extensively for numerous international publications. His writings on Chinese art theory in the 1990s are well-known, especially his concept of ‘I AM’. He has curated several important exhibitions such as New Anecdotes of Social Talk and It's Me. He was also responsible for organizing two of the earliest Chinese contemporary art auctions in 1996 and 1997; these were seen as helping create a foundation for a contemporary art market in China.