冯建国个展《房檐下的岁月》

展览时间：2009.09.26-10.23

展览地点：东磊影像画廊

房檐下的岁月

「旧去，新来。」

在社会演变的过程中，经济发展和文化保存总是鱼与熊掌的老问题，而北京可说是其中代表之一。作为「皇城」，北京多年来盛载着深厚的文化底蕴，在此当中，胡同文化是民间文化的一个重要标志。由排列整齐的灰瓦组成的房檐，所庇护着的不仅仅是老北京人的点滴，还有皇城独有的本土／民间内涵。每当家家户户油灯一亮、炊烟一起，一幕又一幕由岁月写成的剧目便陆续在胡同上演，然而这一切即将要被推土机画上句号，而这种文化又将以其它的形式轮回替演。

在曲将终人将散前，摄影艺术家冯建国利用其所熟练的大画幅照相机，冷静并客观地纪录了这个皇城文化仅余的一面。在高度专业纪实的同时，作者透过画面中一些细节的铺排，隐约透露了他对将要消失的胡同文化的婉惜；长窄的小巷、班驳的春联、起锈的自行车……人则在回忆里、在流光中、在看这系列作品被触动的跟前。

“Anyway the wind blows.”

Social evolution always takes place in the dilemma of economic development and cultural preservation and one of the representatives is Beijing. Regarding as the “Royal City”, Beijing is always historical, which is reflected on many aspects, such as the famous local culture, “Hutong”. The grey eave composed of neat rows was not only sheltering the old Beijingers, but also the native and local culture of the Royal City. When the oil lamp gets bright the families and smoke from kitchen chimneys dances to the sky, the plays Hutong written by years perform in the alley day by day. However all these will -stop be marked a full soon by the bulldozer, and this samsara is repeating alternatively in other form.

Before the big red curtain put down, photography artist, Feng Jianguo, used his well practice of large format technique to document the disappearing this local culture with his calm and objective point of view. In the frames, there are narrow alleys, scattered and torn spring festival couplets, stained bikes…while the locals are in memory, history and front of the frames.