危机......危机何在？

——中央美院实验艺术系艺术家

开幕时间：2009.06.27 周六下午3点

展览地点：威诺里萨当代艺术中心  北京市朝阳区崔各庄乡何各庄村一号地艺术园

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不确定性从未如此明确。处在前所未有的经济震荡下，翻天覆地的环境改变和武器试验的狂轰滥炸中，我们见证了人类史上最迅猛，规模最宏大的社会科学发展。当世界各地的媒体都处在一片迷惑与焦虑之中，这场展出展示了六位新兴的艺术家的作品，他们的展出主题为当代危机，从个人的到群体的。在厌倦了那些千篇一律的表达方式之后，于本平、季怀、王雷、田露、邓震和张鹏野不停地另辟蹊径，他们探索着，追问着。他们的方式与众不同，他们的成果也非同凡响。

通过生动而深切的关注这些问题，这些艺术家在每次引人深思的时候也同样让他们感到一阵欣喜。艺术市场也许由于经济危机举步蹒跚，但是艺术本身却愈发强盛，危机……？

Uncertainty has seldom been so tangible. Amidst spectacular economic upheaval, cataclysmic environmental change and the seismic thump of weapons testing, we are witnessing the most rapid, and extensive, social and technological changes in human history. The world’s media is awash with confusion and anxiety. This exhibition showcases the work of six emergent artists who have chosen to tackle themes of modern crises ranging from the personal to the universal. Tired of the same regurgitated modes of expression, Yu Benping, Ji Huai, Wang Lei, Tian Lu, Deng Zhen and Zhang Pengye are restlessly seeking alternatives, probing, questioning. Their methods are different and their results remarkable.

By engaging with these concerns in such a vivid and refreshing manner, the artists have raised as many eyebrows as they have questions. The art market may be reeling from the recent economic turmoil, but the art itself is thriving. Crisis…?